“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has begun 2016 the same way it closed out 2015: it’s making a killing at the box office. The seventh chapter in the space opera nabbed $34 million on Friday, putting its domestic cume on track for close to $750 million by the end of the holiday weekend.
Jason Peck didn’t expect 2016 to start out like this. Three to four feet of flood waters wiped out his basement and living room. Recalling the damage to his son’s room brought Peck close to tears.
One man was killed and another was injured in a shooting early Saturday morning in the East Las Vegas Valley.
Some landowners would be alarmed — even angry — to discover a federally protected species on their property. Not Susan Sorrells.
Several of the 17 detainees cleared for release from the Guantanamo Bay prison are expected to be transferred next week, a senior U.S. official confirmed to CNN Saturday.
Engineering for Kids is seeking a way to make technology and science exciting for youngsters.
Will there be a Ronda Rousey-Holly Holm rematch in Vegas? Will Floyd Mayweather Jr. come out of retirement? Will a hockey team and a second NASCAR race be announced for 2017? These questions are on the mind of Ken Solky.
Sen. Harry Reid’s focus is clear as he prepares for his final year in office. The 76-year-old Nevadan plans to use his leadership position in the Senate to drive a national agenda that he believes will help the middle class, get more Democrats elected and benefit his home state.
Not many folks predicted that daily fantasy sports would dominate the headlines over the last half of 2015.
Fractured and divided as we are, on one thing we can agree: 2015 was a miserable year. The only cheer was provided by Lincoln Chafee and the Pluto flyby (two separate phenomena), as well as one seminal aeronautical breakthrough.
Can Republicans win the next presidential election without getting more Hispanic votes? It’s a question that has obsessed the party since 2012. It’s also the wrong question.
Innovators and creators from across the globe will descend upon Las Vegas this week, introducing what they hope will be the next life-changing piece of technology at CES, which begins Wednesday.
A city councilman fed up with police from other counties racing after small-time crooks in his Jackson, Mississippi, neighborhood has called for residents to throw things at officers in pursuit.
Producing a show as all-encompassing as CES, the largest trade show in North America, is a little like building a small city in a matter of weeks. As with any city large or small, CES requires resources — energy, transportation and human capital. It takes a tremendous amount of work not only to build a successful show, but also to do so with an eye toward sustainability.
Like Las Vegas as a whole, the fortunes of the local restaurant industry continued to recover in 2015, with more openings across the valley.
Letters from Robert Morrow, Doug Nusbaum, and Fred G. Breitling.
All snug in your bed, with visions of sugar-plums dancing in your head? Not anymore. The cold sweats are back with the realization that government is never done wasting your money.
All investments carry some degree of risk. As a result, a lot of investments don’t pan out.
College football fans get four bowl games today. The action kicks off early with Penn State facing Georgia in the Taxslayer Bowl and will end with West Virginia facing Arizona State tonight in the Cactus Bowl. Here’s everything you need to know if you want to watch.
Just as the United States begins to address the terrorist threat of the Islamic State, the Transportation Security Administration is poised to adopt another arbitrary, ineffective, burdensome screening protocol that does nothing to improve the safety of commercial air travel.
Mayor Geno Martini recalls the day in 2010 when his doctor delivered the crushing news: He had Parkinson’s disease, a painful debilitating disorder without a cure. Later, he slid inside his pickup truck and started the ignition. Then he just sat there.
Someone forgot to tell Joe Duffy the part about there’s no sense in being Irish unless you know the world’s going to break your heart. He doesn’t seem all that taken with the doom and gloom and abiding sense of tragedy that history has permanently attached his nation’s heritage.
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight contender Stipe Miocic hopes his path to a title shot is quite simple.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 195 today at the MGM Grand Garden:
By most indications, the end is here for Tom Coughlin as coach of the New York Giants. In a cutthroat business, he has no playoff appearances in four straight seasons, and it does not make business sense to give him a shot to extend the streak to five.
An inmate is missing from Pioche Conservation Camp, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
Chad Kelly three three of his four touchdown passes to Laquon Treadwell and No. 12 Mississippi rolled to a 48-20 victory over No. 16 Oklahoma State on Friday night in its first Sugar Bowl appearance since 1970.
A person is expected to survive after being shot in the central valley Friday night, Las Vegas police said.
One of the first babies born in Las Vegas in 2016 arrived three weeks early to accept the honor. Born at 12:04 a.m. Friday, Julian Faustino Rodriguez was expected to be born Jan. 20, his mother said.
