Colin Kaepernick’s alma mater is standing behind his decision to sit during the national anthem in protest of oppression of minorities, at least for now.
Our music picks this week include Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and MSTRKRFT.
PT’s Entertainment Group announced Thursday that it has upgraded its year-old mobile application to include interactive free-play gaming, video poker tournaments and NFL football game-picking contests.
Sally Elloyan, a long-time employee of the state Gaming Control Board, has been named chief of the board’s administration division.
UNLV has been awarded more than $250,000 by the National Science Foundation to help examine middle school mathematics coursework across four states.
The National Nuclear Security Administration has rescinded a contract it awarded last week to a Lockheed Martin subsidiary to manage and operate the Nevada National Security Site.
Teddy Bridgewater could miss more than one season depending on his recovery from a horrific knee injury.
Montana reopened portions of the Yellowstone River and some tributaries Thursday but is keeping a popular stretch closed to all recreational activity due to a parasite that has killed thousands of fish.
Our entertainment picks this week include Kevin Hart’s “HartBeat Weekend” and stand-up performances by Bill Maher.
Another Marvel superhero, more Pablo Escobar and more than a handful of new and classic movies are headed your way to Netflix in September.
Desert Oasis High School was on lockdown for about 25 minutes Thursday morning after a student was threatened with a knife.
The comedian, whose humor is as unique as his voice, plays the M Resort on Saturday.
It will mark the first time that the City of Brotherly Love will be the headquarters for the popular draft since 1961. The draft is slated to be held April 27-29.
Restoring “Little Mickey Grogan” will involve painstaking work, but could produce a fascinating look at the silent movie era.
Civil defense authorities in New Zealand ordered the evacuation of some coastal areas early on Friday due to fears that an offshore earthquake could cause a tsunami.
Aside from supporting the only college football team in town, here are five (other) reasons you should follow UNLV football this season.
Florida officials on Thursday said they have trapped the first mosquitoes that tested positive for the Zika virus in the Miami area.
“2 Fast 2 Furious” — too soon? That is just one of the offerings that will be leaving Netflix in September.
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after documents relating to a sexual harassment complaint against Reno City Manager Andrew Clinger disappeared.
How much you’ll enjoy Max’s Restaurant pretty much depends on how familiar you are with Filipino food. Unless, of course, you stick with their famous fried chicken.
AMC theaters and Warner Bros. are bringing back a pair of Gene Wilder films — “Blazing Saddles” and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” — in honor of the late actor this weekend.
It’s back. Our weekly football edition of “What will the Rebels wear.”
Our arts picks this week include “The Wiz” at The Smith Center and “Yousuf Karsh: Icons of the 20th Century” at Bellagio’s Gallery of Fine Arts.
Las Vegas-based Scientific Games is acquiring a small Canadian table-game provider in a $21 million deal.
Think looks don’t matter in the classroom? Think again — a UNLV study authored by a psychology graduate suggests students learn better from teachers they find attractive.
The last remaining United States manufacturer of cluster bombs is ending production of the controversial weapon, citing reduced orders for the internationally banned munition.
Beach Boys singer Mike Love has detailed the band’s brief relationship with cult leader Charles Manson in the late 1960s in a new memoir.
Four centuries after his death, William Shakespeare’s words, and works, remain as alive as ever. Las Vegans will have the chance to peruse the volume that introduced the Bard’s plays as “First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare” continues on display at UNLV’s Lied Library through Sept. 29.
It may be based on William Shakespeare’s “A Comedy of Errors.” But, if he were here to watch “Bomb-itty of Errors,” the Bard might not recognize the zany mistaken-identity romp beneath those beats — and those rhymes.
A grand jury in Alabama has indicted a former space shuttle commander in the traffic deaths of two girls earlier this year.