Las Vegas police arrested the father of a 3-year-old boy late Friday after the child reportedly drowned in a bathtub that afternoon and had apparent signs of abuse.
A rare order from a federal judge alerting prosecutors to possible criminal misconduct by Uber or a key executive deepens the turmoil swirling around the ride-hailing company at a time when it’s grappling with other legal and image problems.
UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will put his belt on the line against former champ Jon Jones at UFC 214 in Anaheim, California.
The Warriors opened as minus-1,600 favorites over the Spurs (plus 900) in the NBA Western Conference finals, which start Sunday in Oakland, California.
Everyone is susceptible to crime, but a safety event slated for May 24 serves to remind the public that criminals often consider senior citizens easier targets.
The UNLV women’s basketball team announced Friday that starters Dakota and Dylan Gonzalez would forgo their final year of eligibility to pursue other interests, including a blossoming music career.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 211 on Saturday at American Airlines Center in Dallas, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
Here are your Friday afternoon headlines.
Atlantic City’s casinos saw their first monthly revenue decline of the year in April, with the amount of money won from gamblers declining by 1.6 percent.
Former UFC champion Junior dos Santos might not have been emotionally ready to be the heavyweight champion when he won the belt in 2011.
Neither Spencer Raban nor his family like to talk about the Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of cancer, he was diagnosed with at age 9. It’s not that the now-cancer-free Moapa Valley High School student is embarrassed or even trying to repress the memories; he just doesn’t want to be identified by it.
A calf born seemingly healthy at a North Dakota ranch has an extra set of limbs hanging off its neck.
While promoter Kathy Duva and boxer Sergey Kovalev waited for Andre Ward’s signature to make the rematch official, she was looking at other options to force the light heavyweight champion to sign.
North Las Vegas police say a 23-year-old man shot to death Thursday night may have known the man who killed him.
Roland Bueno Cardenas, 55, of Las Vegas is accused of killing Gary Breitling, 57, of Sidney, Montana, on March 25 while getting off the tour bus in front of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Henderson resident Kathy Carr jokes that she created Canine Bodywork & Aquatics for her dog, Ginger, a 13-year-old chow mix with three legs. The business, 2563 Wigwam Parkway, may not be for solely for Ginger, but it serves dogs like her — old or disabled.
When Michelle Chapman noticed her son, Alexander Fellows, was barely talking by 2 1/2, her pediatrician recommended her to Easterseals Nevada.
All 25 fighters who hit the scales ahead of Saturday’s UFC 211 made weight. UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk made weight with just 10 minutes left.
Three children trapped on the second floor of a burning house died early Friday, despite the efforts of police officers to rescue them as flames engulfed the building near Houston. Six members of the same family were hurt, including three with critical injuries, authorities said.
Zap is back. Clark County’s Zap Public Art Series, which began in 2005, is bringing public art to the Lone Mountain area.
A man has been charged with illegally paying gift cards and cash to a woman for registering Republican voters in Clark County.
One person was hospitalized after a dog attack in a northwest Las Vegas valley neighborhood Friday.
This summer, two competitions give Nevada entrepreneurs a chance at almost $100,000 worth of cash and services to help grow their business.
The controversial Education Savings Account program sought by Gov. Brian Sandoval and Republican lawmakers is now homeless.
A resolution stating the Nevada Legislature’s opposition to the construction of a high-level nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain won unanimous approval Friday from a Senate panel.
Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies.
A judge set bail at $350,000 Friday for a 27-year-old man charged with murder in the punch-and-fall death of a father of five outside the Vanguard Lounge in downtown Las Vegas.
Findlay Toyota general manager John Barr has continued his feverish rush to become the Leukemia and Lymphoma Man of the Year. The award is given to the person who raises the largest sum of money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
It’s not difficult to generate excitement at Friendly Ford. All anyone needs to do is ask about the benefits of the 2017 Transit Connect passenger wagon and cargo van.
Footage of The Beatles on the set of their 1965 film “Help!” is being offered for sale after 50 years if being hidden in storage.
