Federal investigators estimate a commuter train was traveling two to three times the 10 mph speed limit when it slammed into a New Jersey rail terminal last week, a U.S. official told The Associated Press Tuesday.
It probably won’t be quite the spectacle that the first presidential debate was but it will give you a chance to see the guys vying for the No. 2 spots.
“In Japanese culture, each vegetable is used in so many different ways, from the seeds to the skin to the stem. There isn’t a crazy amount of ingredients, like we use in the United States.”
Maria Sharapova has been added to a star-studded roster of tennis icons that will play for charity at Monday’s Smash Hits benefit at Caesars Palace co-hosted by Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King.
Five players to watch when UNLV’s football team plays San Diego State at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (ESPNU) at Qualcomm Stadium.
Welcome to Week 5 of the NFL season. We’re now in our first week with four bye teams, which this time includes Jacksonville, Kansas City, New Orleans and Seattle.
The man who died Monday after he crashed his car while calling dispatchers to report he was shot has been identified by the Clark County coroner.
A fire at an unoccupied house near North Sloan Lane and Stewart Avenue early Tuesday morning caused extensive damage.
Maria Sharapova’s doping ban was reduced from two years to 15 months on Tuesday, meaning the Russian tennis star can come back in April and return to Grand Slam play at the French Open.
Tim Kaine’s and Mike Pence’s mutually friendly style could make for a less cutthroat environment in Tuesday’s debate versus last week’s presidential debate.
Yuliya “Julie” Usyk wants her 22-month-old son Matthew to be more marketable, so she’s teaching him the language she grew up with: Russian.
In leaked videos, Mormon leaders discuss concerns about the growth of the gay rights movement and hear from a former U.S. senator and church member who tells them the Iraq war could open the door for new converts, according to footage that pulls back the curtain on a religion that is closely guarded about its inner workings.
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the NCAA’s appeal of the Ed O’Bannon case, leaving in place lower court rulings that found amateurism rules for big-time college basketball and football players violated federal antitrust law.
Google might be getting serious about selling its own hardware gadgets.
British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for work that “revealed the secrets of exotic matter,” the prize committee said.
Numerous readers have shared similar experiences in recent years: You go to buy tickets the minute they go on sale, only to discover that many, if not all, of the best seats have immediately been kicked to resale sites, where they are substantially more expensive.
nternational efforts to end the fighting in Syria have been dealt a serious blow, with the United States suspending direct contacts with Russia on halting the war, and chilly relations are turning even frostier after Russia put a hold on a plutonium disposal deal with Washington.
More than five months after Prince’s fatal drug overdose, investigators have narrowed their focus to two main questions: whether doctors illegally prescribed opioids meant for the pop star and whether the fentanyl that killed him came from a black-market source, a law enforcement official said.
When President Theodore Roosevelt designated the country’s first national monument 110 years ago, the proclamation inadvertently left out a punctuation mark, and what was supposed to be Devil’s Tower became Devils Tower instead. Some say that’s not all it got wrong.
Pastor Neal Creecy says the gathering meshes nicely with the congregation’s focus on outreach. “We want the biker community to know they’re welcome at Shadow Hills, and a lot of people who ride are part of this fellowship,” he notes.
No one could have imagined back in 1928 the pot of gold the NFL would become, nor how exclusive and valued a franchise would be to those cities hosting them. If such a truth is going to find Las Vegas, this is certain: It must happen now.
A local charity has been bringing survivors together for nearly a decade, turning a daunting challenge into an uplifting endeavor.
One of the ramps in the Spaghetti Bowl interchange will be closed for eight hours beginning Wednesday night as part of the ongoing $1 billion Project Neon, the Nevada Department of Transportation said.
The fire started about 7:50 p.m. on the 2300 block of East Nelson Avenue, near Las Vegas Boulevard North and Civic Center Drive.
A Maryland man is in critical condition after suffering a head injury during a fight with two Oakland Raiders fans from New York during a Baltimore Ravens game.
The latest Southern Nevada soccer coaches polls, compiled by Tech coach Josh Jones.
DyeStatNV’s latest boys and girls cross country coaches polls.
