Dr. Todd Swanson, a longtime surgeon in Las Vegas, says increased activity bybaby boomers, coupled with obesity, is fueling the increase in knee replacement surgery. The number of Americans getting the surgery is expected to jump from 600,000 a year to more than 3 milliion by 2030.
British bookmaker William Hill Plc rejected a 3.2 billion-pound ($4.2 billion) cash-and-stock offer from 888 Holdings and Rank Group, a deal that would take recent industry consolidation to a new level.
The man who died Sunday night under suspicious circumstances has been identified by the Clark County coroner as Michael Darneal Shaw Jr., 37.
Democratic congressional candidate Jacky Rosen on Tuesday proposed two debates with 3rd Congressional District opponent Republican Danny Tarkanian.
Nearly four months after a Las Vegas man was critically injured in a motorized scooter crash, Las Vegas police said Tuesday Kristopher Torrez has died.
Most of Lisa Gibson’s students are 50 and older with a touch of technophobia they would like to cure. Several of the questions they ask, in fact, deal with social media. Their families are often telling them that unless they get wired in, they are going to be left out, she said.
I spent a recent Friday catching up on movies I’ve missed: Bryan Cranston’s “The Infiltrator,” “Star Trek Beyond,” “The Purge: Election Year,” “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,” “Bad Moms” and the social-media dare thriller “Nerve.”
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday asked who would pay for the necessary upgrades to freeways and streets leading to a 65,000-seat domed football stadium proposed by Las Vegas Sands Corp., Majestic Realty and the Oakland Raiders.
The Clark County Fire Department responded to a fire Tuesday morning at a vacant home in the east Las Vegas Valley.
Efforts to find a 20-year-old hiker reported missing since the last week of July in the rugged Ruby Mountains of northeast Nevada are scaling back and shifting from search to recovery mode, a sheriff’s official said.
Search crews have recovered the “black box” from the wreckage of the freighter El Faro that sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin.
It’s the ever-popular tortured artist effect: a solitary painter wrestling with creative challenge. But that’s not the only method of making art.
A Kansas waterslide billed as the world’s tallest remained off-limits as authorities pressed to figure out how a state lawmaker’s 10-year-old son died of a neck injury while riding it.
A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday upheld the 14-year prison sentence for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich despite his emotional plea for leniency after an appeals court set aside part of his public corruption conviction.
A woman was shot in the leg after an altercation at a gas station near the MGM Grand on Monday night.
Single-day tickets for the Sept. 23-25 art and music festival go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Arbor View’s girls soccer team was recognized nationally last week, when they were named the No. 21 team in the country in USA Today’s Super 25 preseason rankings.
Day Four of the Rio Olympics will feature Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky in pursuit of more gold medals, the U.S. women’s soccer team playing their third match of the Games, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team going for gold in the team final and much, much more.
Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow is now pursuing a career in professional baseball and will hold a workout for major league teams later this month, according to agents Jimmy Sexton and Nick Khan.
Officials say an infant whose mother traveled to a Zika-infected area in Latin America died shortly after birth in a suburban Houston hospital, marking the first Zika-related death in Texas.
Jay Pharoah and Taran Killam won’t be back when “SNL” returns this fall for its 42nd season, the network said Monday.
While Las Vegas is running ahead of 2015 in terms of home and condo sales, the limited supply has finally caught up with the market.
No one can deny that motorcycle helmets save lives. According to analysis of data compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, helmets reduce the risk of death in an accident by 37 percent and reduce the risk of traumatic head injury by 69 percent.
Back in the late 1960s, the Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts — otherwise known as SNORE — was born at the Sawdust Saloon on Highland Drive south of Sahara Avenue.
Black Canyon Water Trail consists of a 30-mile stretch of the Colorado River flowing from the Hoover Dam to Eldorado Canyon, a historic mining area on the shores of Lake Mojave. The trail offers spectacular paddling and boating experiences unlike any you will find anywhere else in the Southwestern United States.
While many of Zoe Luquette’s peers were racing around Las Vegas trying to catch Pokémon, the 15-year-old was wakeboarding on Lake Mead on a Thursday afternoon, two days before competing at the California INT League’s Stairway to Heaven event in Lemoore, California.
Colin Christie’s Las Vegas home boasts two 13-foot RV garages, however, there are no recreational vehicles in sight.
When the temperature soars, boating on Lake Mead is an excellent way to beat the summer heat. With nearly 300 square miles of waterways and numerous secluded coves to explore, there is an outdoor adventure just waiting for you to discover.
The Valley of Fire loop offers motorcycle enthusiasts an awe-inspiring ride surrounded by breathtaking scenery. This 130-mile trek is the ideal day trip from Las Vegas for anyone who wants to trade the hustle and bustle of the city for the serene scenes of Nevada’s largest and oldest state park.
Motorcycle riders enjoy superior handling, great gas mileage and the ability to park just about anywhere, but as with anything in life, there is a trade-off. According to statistics gathered by the Institute for Highway Safety, motorcyclists are undeniably at greater risk of dying in a crash than individuals riding in a passenger vehicle.
