John G. Avildsen, who directed “Rocky” and “The Karate Kid” — two dark-horse, underdog favorites that went on to become Hollywood franchises — died Friday at age 81.
Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes was injured Friday in a collision between a pickup truck and a train.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC Fight Night 111 on Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
The sun was in full force Friday as excited Electric Daisy Carnival attendees anticipated the opening of the gates for the three-day event. Already they were feeling the effects of the triple-digit temperatures.
Andrea Martinez, Miss Clark County 2017, was crowned Miss Nevada 2017 by last year’s winner, Bailey Gumm, on Friday afternoon in a ceremony at Tropicana Theater.
The Golden State Warriors won the NBA Finals in five games over the Cavs. Players are now taking a well-deserved vacation.
The revelers are arriving and the first night of the 2017 Electric Daisy Carnival is getting underway at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
It is past time for the government to stop ignoring the fact that there are crazy people out there and to do something to protect our society from those who wish us harm.
If we can’t all have different opinions without hatred and violence, then this country hasn’t progressed socially, ethically and morally.
Single-payer is not perfect, but as my Canadian colleagues tell me, everyone is covered, and it is rare for a citizen there to have to come to the United States
I would suggest that all future COLA increases for state employees be computed in the same manner as those of us on Social Security.
Ultimately, the order could go a long toward closing the “skills gap”
Vehicles faced delays of about 90 minutes just after 9 p.m. Friday on parts of Interstate 15 leading to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the site of the Electric Daisy Carnival.
Movie star Carrie Fisher died from sleep apnea and a combination of other factors, but investigators were not able to pinpoint an exact cause, coroner’s officials said Friday.
Andre Ward said he will make a big statement during his rematch with Sergey Kovalev on Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Prosecutors launched the evidence portion of Thomas Randolph’s trial on charges that he hired a hitman to kill his wife in 2008 before fatally shooting the hitman by telling jurors about the 1986 death of Randolph’s second wife, Becky Gault.
In his last actions stemming from the just-concluded 2017 legislative session, Gov. Brian Sandoval on Friday vetoed four bills, including a measure that would have increased Nevada’s reliance on green energy.
A huge crowd of people came from far and near on Thursday to get their first real look at subcontracted jobs and supplies that will be available to laborers working on the planned 65,000-seat domed football stadium for the Raiders.
Federal prosecutors said they smashed the structure of one of the country’s most ruthless criminal organizations with a racketeering indictment against 23 members of the Vagos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, who were arrested Friday in Nevada, Hawaii, and California.
Rafael Lopez was brought to the U.S. from Mexico as a child, graduated from UNLV, works in a job he loves and also owns a car. None of these accomplishments would have been possible without the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, he said.
A Salt Lake City couple traveled to Las Vegas this week to demonstrate a website and mobile app to 700 industry professionals attending the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists at Green Valley Ranch Resort in Henderson.
Police are searching for a man suspected of robbing a central valley bank Friday. The suspect is described as a white, middle-aged man about 5-foot-11 and 170 pounds.
The overseer of Las Vegas Review-Journal’s features and entertainment sections will now edit the newspaper’s Luxury magazine.
A Las Vegas firefighter was injured while responding to a fire at a vacant house on Ash Avenue around 1 p.m. Friday afternoon.
Las Vegas is heating up again – and that applies to a lot more than just the weather. In fact, the city is undergoing a slew of change and growth in areas far beyond the familiar gaming industry that fueled its initial fame. Opportunity is in full swing with better-than-pre-recession levels for jobs, the local economy and the real estate market.
A random encounter at a Florida golf course with Mets minor league assistant pitching coordinator Phil Regan in 2013 provided Kyle Regnault with the break he had been seeking.
North Las Vegas resident later worked as tireless veterans advocate and helped shape “stolen valor” laws aimed at war hero pretenders.
Several hundred billion gallons of water has vanished from federal forecasts for Lake Mead over the past two months, but Bureau of Reclamation officials insist there’s no reason to panic.
During the recently concluded 2017 legislative session, state politicians again passed some housing-related measures that Gov. Brian Sandoval signed into law.
The Clark County School District’s problem with improper sexual relationships between staff and students has been prominent over the past year, so where were the parents when it rolled out its new social media policy?