Almost four decades after first-grader Etan Patz set out for school and ended up at the heart of one of America’s most influential missing-child cases, a former store clerk convicted of killing him was sentenced on Tuesday to at least 25 years in prison.
A middle school custodian accused of unlawful contact with sixth-grade girls was disciplined in June for behaving inappropriately with students, Las Vegas police records show.
Forget Camp David where former White House occupants unwound, entertained guests or met with foreign leaders. Donald Trump has yet to check in at the Maryland Catoctin Mountain Park presidential retreat.
I’d been hesitant about accompanying my brother on his annual Vegas trip with his buddies. I had no friends who might want to come with us — really, no friends at all in those days.
Nevada voters may decide if the state will change the structure of the board that grants pardons.
Glenn Beck and the Blaze have filed a countersuit against Tomi Lahren, pushing back against her claim that she was fired for her pro-choice views.
While nothing is set, Major League Baseball and umps are expected to discuss a plan — most prominently used in the NFL — for crew chiefs to wear a microphone and explain replay rulings.
International Game Technology has agreed to sell its social casino subsidiary for $825 million as it seeks to cut its debt, the Las Vegas-based company announced late Monday.
A bicyclist was struck and killed Tuesday morning by a tour bus in the western Las Vegas Valley.
Michael Hilson, 53, of Ontario, Canada, was walking outside of a crosswalk about 4 a.m. on Thursday near Pecos and Sunset roads when he was hit by a 2005 Saturn, police said.
Annual rockabilly, hot-rod festival draws fans dressed to the nines
United Airlines executives said Tuesday that it’s too soon to know if last week’s dragging of a man off a plane is hurting ticket sales. The chief executive said no one will be fired over the incident.
A top state economic development official on Tuesday praised Google for its purchase of 1,210 acres at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center.
Bus passengers were screaming in horror as the driver repeatedly stepped on the apparently malfunctioning brakes before plunging into a deep ravine in the northern Philippines, leaving at least 29 people dead Tuesday in one of the country’s deadliest accidents in years, a survivor and officials said.
Windy conditions and increasing temperatures are expected in the Las Vegas Valley this week, according to the National Weather Service.
Starbucks is calling a limited-time beverage that changes colors and flavors with a stir of the straw a “Unicorn Frappuccino.”
French police thwarted an imminent “terror attack” and arrested two suspected radicals Tuesday in the southern port city of Marseille, the interior minister said just days before the first round of France’s presidential election.
A Thursday night fire at the Bellagio was accidental and caused by a faulty light fixture, Clark County officials said in a statement Tuesday.
A Las Vegas fire captain was arrested Monday on charges related to the solicitation of a child for sex.
The man who randomly gunned down a Cleveland retiree and posted video of the crime on Facebook killed himself Tuesday during a police chase in Pennsylvania that began when a McDonald’s drive-thru attendant recognized him.
The federal government plans to release an above-average amount of Colorado River water into Lake Mead this year, but it’s less than many hoped after a healthy snow season across much of the West.
Police are warning people attending the giant Coachella music festival in the Southern California desert to take measures to safeguard their cellphones.
A Black Hawk helicopter crashed onto a golf course in Maryland during a routine training flight, killing one crew member and injuring the two others on board, the U.S. Army said.
Three people are accused of installing credit card skimmers at gas stations in the west and southwest Las Vegas Valley.
With emotions still raw, their anger unconcealed, forgiveness was the message sent by Robert Godwin Sr.’s family on television, just a day since their father was shot and killed.
Go ahead, throw another T-bone on the grill. Thanks to a boom in beef production, steaks and burgers will finally be cheap enough this summer to rival pork and chicken.
Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday called for an early general election to be held June 8 to seek a strong mandate as she negotiates Britain’s exit from the European Union.
A woman and her stepgrandson were swept down a remote creek in Grand Canyon National Park, but the family is holding out hope that the 62-year-old wife of a popular outdoor footwear company founder has the skills to keep them both alive until they’re found.
The American Gaming Association is starting a series of road trips Tuesday to explain how commercial and tribal casinos help small businesses across the country.
