Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme has died of esophageal cancer and complications from heart disease, according to published reports. He was 73 years old.
Here are your Wednesday morning headlines.
Las Vegas posted its highest March visitation numbers, mimicking gaudy airport traffic statistics reported earlier in the week, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority officials said Wednesday.
United Airlines is investigating the death of a giant rabbit on one its trans-Atlantic flights, adding to a growing list of customer complaints for the U.S. carrier.
A congressional battle was renewed Wednesday when a House panel held its first hearing this year on reviving the mothballed Yucca Mountain nuclear repository in Nevada.
An intentionally set vehicle fire prompted temporary evacuations Wednesday morning in a western Las Vegas gated community.
Serena Williams says she was taking a personal photo of her progressing pregnancy on Snapchat when she accidentally pressed the wrong button and made the post public.
No matter how long they looked, no matter how deep a running back class this is considered to be, the Raiders weren’t about to find in the draft someone of Marshawn Lynch’s track record or ties to their community.
A man was shot multiple times at an apartment complex in the northeast Las Vegas Valley early Wednesday morning.
A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer fired a warning flare toward an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel coming near it in the Persian Gulf, an American official said on Wednesday, the latest tense naval encounter between the two countries.
Hours after a display of North Korean military power, rival South Korea announced Wednesday the installation of key parts of a contentious U.S. missile defense system meant to counter the North.
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter has canceled her speech planned for this week at the University of California’s Berkeley campus after a dispute with university officials.
Forty-three percent of drivers tested in fatal crashes in 2015 had used a legal or illegal drug, eclipsing the 37 percent who tested above the legal limit for alcohol, according to a report released Wednesday by the Governors Highway Safety Association and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility.
A diary kept by John F. Kennedy during his brief stint as a journalist after World War II has sold for more than $718,000 at auction.
You’d think Twitter would be able to milk its status as President Donald Trump’s megaphone. But the company still faces stagnant user growth, has never made a profit and may even report a quarterly revenue decline Wednesday, a first since going public.
Allegiant Air is interested in acquiring hotel property, though company executives had scarce details to offer on the plans during a quarterly earnings call Tuesday.
3 things to watch for on Legislative Session Day 80: constructions costs, barber board and surrendering newborns.