A woman was fatally shot by an officer while participating in a “shoot-don’t shoot” exercise during a two-hour citizens academy hosted by the Punta Gorda Police Department in southwest Florida.
A Las Vegas man died after his motorized scooter crashed into a central valley business Tuesday night.
Longtime ESPN television host John Saunders has died at the age of 61, the cable sports network said on Wednesday.
Tesla said on Wednesday that one of its cars had crashed in Beijing while in ‘autopilot’ mode, with the driver contending sales staff sold the function as ‘self-driving,’ overplaying its actual capabilities.
Former National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, a supporter of legalized sports wagering, will address next month’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.
The head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division says the Baltimore Police Department’s unconstitutional and discriminatory practices have “deeply eroded” the relationship between officers and the community.
A 10-year-old boy who was killed at a Kansas water park while riding on a 17-story waterslide was decapitated, a source told The Associated Press Wednesday.
Day Five of the Rio Olympics will feature more swimming, the United States’ Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross in beach volleyball, U.S. women’s field hockey facing Japan and U.S. men’s basketball against Australia.
About 40 people attended a Strangulation Seminar in July at UNLV to learn what to look for to identify strangulation in victims. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Nevada saw about 700,000 reported cases of strangulation in 2014.
Yair Rodriguez continued his impressive ascent in the UFC featherweight division with a win over Alex Caceres in the main event of the UFC’s first card in Utah. It just wasn’t quite enough to supplant any of the top-10 featherweights in the newest CoveringTheCage.com rankings.
Another UFC fighter failed a drug test issued by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Ning Guangyou, however, will not face discipline for the transgression.
An excellent credit score really is something to write home about.
A man who was threatening to jump from a northwest valley 215 Beltway overpass Tuesday night was in custody as of early Wednesday, officials said.
From the pool to the gymnastics floor, Team USA had nice day at the Rio de Janeiro Games.
Henderson Gold Star Mother Marina Vance said Tuesday her son’s service wasn’t about politics or religion. Her son, Spc. Ignacio “Nacho” Ramirez, was killed Aug. 9, 2006, in Iraq.
It has been a long, strange journey for Phil Brooks to finally make his UFC debut, which is expected to happen in Cleveland at UFC 203 on Sept. 10.
Just over a month ago, the 51s dropped both games of a doubleheader to the Albuquerque Isotopes. On Tuesday, Las Vegas suffered the same fate, losing 7-0 and 4-3 to Albuquerque at Isotopes Park.
The National Rifle Association opened its Nevadans for Freedom campaign office in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, a sure sign the gun rights advocates’ fight against Question 1 is heating up.
Two teachers from Southeast Career and Technical Academy began a two-week internship Tuesday shadowing production engineers who operate the Fanuc robotics system at Clearwater Paper in North Las Vegas. It’s the same robotics system that future Faraday Future engineers will operate.
The preparation now is for three exhibition games in a popular cruise-ship stop. But the work that probably will define how UNLV fares under first-year coach Marvin Menzies began in earnest last month.
Tickets and venue details have been put on hold for the Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward matchup after last-minute negotiations requested by Roc Nation Sports, Ward’s promoter.
Manny Pacquiao announced Tuesday that he will fight Las Vegan Jessie Vargas on Nov. 5 at the Thomas & Mack Center, ending a brief retirement from boxing.
The Las Vegas Fire Department is investigating a house fire on Tuesday evening near downtown Las Vegas that displaced two adults and a dog.
Delta Air Lines said Tuesday that some computer systems are still working slowly more than a day after an outage crippled the airline and led to more than 1,500 canceled flights.
Michael Phelps sat alone, thoroughly exhausted. He put his head in his hands and then motioned at his neck as though he had nothing left to give. No need. His work was done.
No one was injured in a house fire Tuesday evening in the southeast valley, the Clark County Fire Department said.
New Jersey’s latest shot at legalized sports betting suffered a significant setback Tuesday, when the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the prohibition of sports gambling in that state by a 10-2 vote.
The Las Vegas Valley will be sunny and slightly cooler than normal this week, according to the National Weather service.
After a one-off at bantamweight in his Resurrection Fighting Alliance debut, Shai “Must Be Nice” Lindsey will return to flyweight at RFA 42. Lindsey hopes he’ll rebound into the win column and prove he’s ready for the big stage.
