Think of it as the calm before the Stormtroopers. And the Wonder Women. And the Deadpools.
Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday that a woman who was detained after wearing a miniskirt in a video that went viral has been released without charge.
Facebook may soon add a pay wall for news content from premium publishers. The company’s news partnerships head Campbell Brown told publishers at an industry event in New York this week that the company is getting ready to test news subscriptions as early as this fall.
Virginia native Steve Barr, who attended culinary school in Florida, came to Las Vegas in 1999.
The mood in City Council chambers was joyful Wednesday morning, as the city completed its leadership transition with Michele Fiore and Steve Seroka officially taking their seats on the City Council dais.
Two hundred years to the day after Jane Austen died, a new 10-pound note featuring an image of one of England’s most revered authors has been unveiled — right where she was buried.
Football players from four Las Vegas area high schools have landed in hot water in recent weeks after incidents involving firecrackers, smoke bombs and a drug deal “gone sour” at a Utah football camp.
Forget hot dogs, hamburgers, steaks and chops. If you want to treat your family and friends this summer, whip up a backyard paella.
Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg, a chief architect of the state law that legalized casino gambling, said Wednesday he was strongly opposed to a new law that could allow casinos to serve alcohol until 4 a.m.
On a visit to the Korean border village of Panmunjom on Wednesday, the tension was palpable as North and South Korean troops glared at each other across the military demarcation line that divides their countries.
An underwater robot entered a badly damaged reactor at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant Wednesday, capturing images of the harsh impact of its meltdown, including key structures that were torn and knocked out of place.
The Hogwarts universe is set to expand by an additional two new Harry Potter books, published in conjunction with a British Library event, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the magical series.
Here are your Wednesday morning headlines.
Jarick Caldwell, a hybrid wide receiver/tight end from Chander, Arizona, committed to play football at UNLV. Caldwell (6 feet 3 inches, 200 pounds), a three-star prospect according to Scout.com, tweeted his commitment.
Two years after a white Ohio police officer fatally shot an unarmed black motorist in the head, the case is in the hands of federal authorities.
President Donald Trump warned Wednesday about the dangers of voter fraud but told a panel he launched to study the issue that it should follow the facts wherever they lead, and that “no conclusions” have been drawn about what they will find.
Laptops and tablets on U.S.-bound flights from Mexico will be subjected to heightened carry-on security measures beginning Wednesday at the request of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Mexican authorities announced.
Flight delays, minor damage also reported as unsettled weather continues to unleash torrents of rain, high winds in parts of the valley.
No one was injured after a Wednesday morning shooting in the central valley that led to a car crash.
Tesla Inc said SolarCity co-founder Peter Rive is leaving the company, eight months after the electric car maker bought the biggest U.S. residential solar panel maker.
Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Jeff Clark said the man shot was in critical condition as of Tuesday.
Swiss police say they’ve formally identified two bodies found on an Alpine glacier as those of a couple missing for nearly 75 years.
A former high school chemistry teacher convicted of cooking methamphetamines in New Mexico like the fictional Walter White character in the show “Breaking Bad” is set to be sentenced.
As wildfires rage throughout the western U.S., one California blaze in the rugged mountains outside of Yosemite National Park destroyed eight structures and forced thousands of nearby residents to flee their homes.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man they said used a “threatening note” to rob a bank Tuesday afternoon.
A Florida state attorney is voicing alarm after a 10-year-old boy died last month with a dangerous opioid mixture in his system, making him one of the youngest victims in the state’s drug epidemic.
