Here are your Thursday afternoon headlines.
Expanded transit service, new buses and several road improvement projects are planned under the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada’s budget for 2017-18.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told the full Senate he knew that former director James Comey would be fired before he wrote his controversial memo.
The Clark County coroner’s office said it could not determine the cause or manner of death for an inmate who died in March while in the county’s custody.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority unanimously approved the stadium lease agreement with the Oakland Raiders Thursday afternoon.
Major League Baseball announced Facebook will carry a live game nationally each Friday starting with Colorado at Cincinnati this week. The Facebook package of 20 games will use the broadcast feed of one of the involved teams.
James and Harden headlined the All-NBA first team that was unveiled Thursday.
Kent Jacobs Boutwell of Southern California is seeking at least $10,000 in damages to cover unspecified injuries.
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was close to selecting a new FBI director and that former senator and Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman was among the top candidates.
Camila Cabello is 20. Cher turns 71 on Saturday. The 50 years in between them speak to the range of Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards, where the ex-Fifth Harmony singer debuts her first solo single, and Cher performs before receiving the Icon Award.
This weekend, Las Vegas’ always-growing roster of beauty pageants increases by one when the Ms. Senior USA pageant — for women 60 and older — kicks off at the Tropicana hotel.
A school bus flipped on its side in a hit-and-run accident involving four vehicles, sending more than a dozen people, including one student ejected from the bus and seriously injured, to the hospital, authorities said.
Prince William has paid tribute to his mother, the late Princess Diana, while presenting awards honoring her faith in the power of young people.
Always Dreaming is the horse the racing industry will be rooting for. A win in the Preakness sets up another Triple Crown chance in the Belmont Stakes on June 10.
The North Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday agreed to increase its contract with The Crossing Guard Co. by $79,905 for the next two years to pay for 10 additional crossing guards.
A Legislative budget subcommittee on Thursday signed off on a big chunk of the public schools budget for the coming two years, voting to include $63 million in revenue from a new 10 percent retail tax on recreational marijuana as proposed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval.
Riley Herbst, son of off-road racing star Troy Herbst, is the latest Las Vegas driver to be named NASCAR Next, a list that identifies young drivers on a fast track to the Cup Series.
The opening date for the $2.6 billion football stadium under construction in Inglewood, California, has been pushed back one year to 2020.
Protesters took to the streets of central Athens for a second day as lawmakers prepared to vote on creditor-demanded measures that will impose additional income losses for many Greeks for another three years.
The victim was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries after leaping or falling from the eighth floor of the structure.
Firefighters found Avelina Camargo, 22, unconscious in her apartment at 5421 E. Harmon Ave., near Boulder Highway, after responding to the blaze.
The Senate Transportation Committee wants to send left-lane slowpokes back to school.
A record 24 teams will participate in the NBA Summer League, which is expected to draw some top names. Teams with the first five picks in the draft will play.
I spent a good portion of my adolescence knowing with full certainty that, if I were ever granted a dying wish, it would be for Michelle Pfeiffer to serenade me with “Cool Rider,” her big number from “Grease 2.”
After a second-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles last season, Legacy senior Jamaal Britt came into this season with a new determination and will have a chance to end his career in style at the state meet.
Once on the brink of bankruptcy, North Las Vegas erased a long-term deficit and is on pace to hire 57 full-time employees over the next year.
UNLV basketball coach Marvin Menzies said he wasn’t concerned about the playing status for forward Dwayne Morgan. Instead, Menzies said he was trying to help Morgan get his life in order.
Amazon has begun the hiring process to fill 500 full-time positions for its upcoming fulfillment center in North Las Vegas.
The Clark County Coroner’s office identified the man shot and killed Tuesday night after a fight in a northeast Las Vegas Valley home.
The Clark County coroner on Thursday identified the man who was shot and killed by his neighbor in Las Vegas earlier this week.