Authorities in the southern portion of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula ordered schools closed and set up emergency shelters as Hurricane Newton gained strength while bearing down on the twin resorts of Los Cabos for a predicted arrival Tuesday morning.
Eve Mikutowicz is searching for “chicken” lobsters, which run about 1½ pounds. Readers turn up a couple of places to find them.
In the wake of another missile launch, President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to work with the United Nations to tighten sanctions against North Korea, but added that the U.S. was still open to dialogue if the government changes its course.
Chevy Chase has checked into a rehab facility in Minnesota for treatment for an alcohol problem.
Queen guitarist Brian May says an asteroid in Jupiter’s orbit has been named after the band’s late frontman Freddie Mercury on what would have been his 70th birthday.
The family of Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu says he is responding well to treatment for an infection after checking into a South African hospital two weeks ago.
Cellphone video captured a group of people knocking over a popular sandstone rock formation known as the “Duckbill” on an Oregon beach.
With the Q50 Red Sport 3.0t 400, Infiniti offers what it modestly calls “an engaging driving experience.” Let’s start with the name: 400 is the horsepower output; “3.0t” means the engine has three liters of capacity (in six cylinders, arranged in a “V”-shape) and it’s turbocharged; and “Red Sport” makes me think the marketing department went home on Friday having failed to come up with a better way to indicate that this is the most high-tech and power-soaked sedan Infiniti has ever offered. That or someone’s a fan of Conan the Barbarian’s crazed girlfriend. Clumsy nomenclature notwithstanding, Infiniti’s Red Sonja is a firecracker.
British Airways travelers are suffering delays globally due to computer glitches in the check-in systems, with the company warning that there may be further trouble.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret Tuesday over his “son of a bitch” remark while referring to President Barack Obama, in a rare display of contrition by a politician whose wide arc of profanities has unabashedly targeted world figures including the pope and the U.N. chief.
Henderson police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide Monday evening in the city’s Anthem Highlands area.
Criss Angel works magic onstage; now he’s planning to work more with his charity show Sept. 12 at Luxor.
Officials say six horses in Northern Nevada have tested positive for West Nile Virus.
T.J. Rivera won the Pacific Coast League batting title, narrowly edging teammate Brandon Nimmo.
The 5-foot-8 Bishop Gorman-graduate is currently in South Korea, playing for the U.S. Women’s National Baseball Team in the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women’s Baseball World Cup.
Eshaan Vakil is the first student from Nevada who has ever qualified and won at this event, in which he competed against the top 85 history students from 38 countries, according to a release from the Clark County School District.
Hermine twisted hundreds of miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, creating large waves in some southern New England beach waters that lured in surfers despite the rough surf and rip currents that kept most beachgoers away on the last day of the holiday weekend.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway president Chris Powell, headed to Tennessee for Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee showdown that will set a college football attendance record, says neutral site football could still work at local track.
A 48-year-old Bullhead City man has been arrested and jailed following the detonation of an explosive device in an alley.
Expect warm temperatures in the 90s to remain through Friday, according to the weather service
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate carried a 6-year-old girl with a broken arm down Mount Charleston on Sunday, according to a post on the fighter’s Facebook account.
Thalia Sperry Dondero died Sunday afternoon, leaving a Southern Nevada legacy of public service that propelled her to become the first woman to serve on the Clark County Commission. She was 96.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority is now using a combination of aerial photography and high-resolution laser mapping to keep tabs on how much thisrty grass is growing in the valley and help shape its conservation efforts.
Nevada airwaves have become an all-out war zone for the state’s U.S. Senate race, as the contest becomes increasingly important in the battle for control of the upper house.
Psycho Las Vegas’ debut last month begs the question: What does it take to build a successful music fest in Vegas? To get some answers, we turned to two dudes who’ve done it: Tom Ingram, founder of the Viva Las Vegas rockabilly weekender, and Michael Gordon, head of the Las Vegas Death Fest.
Former Cleveland quarterback Johnny Manziel has re-enrolled at Texas A&M after his NFL career was derailed by a series of off-field incidents that included a domestic violence charge still pending in court.
For far too long she couldn’t talk about what happened to her — and what almost happened to her — without sobbing.
A.J. Gross’ love of live music helps him know what fans want in a four-day blues gathering at the Plaza.
