Major League Soccer is postponing a decision on its next expansion team until next year.
Egan Walker, a family court judge in Washoe County, was selected from three finalists for the vacancy on the Washoe County District Court bench created by the death in October of Chief Judge Patrick Flanagan .
Britney Spears is to cap her residency on the Las Vegas Strip on Dec 31 with a performance on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2018.”
Commitments to the Vegas Strong Fund are now more than $12 million, according to Virginia Valentine, president of the Nevada Resort Association.
Authorities say a dog that fatally mauled a 69-year-old woman to death at a Phoenix boarding facility will be euthanized and then tested for rabies.
A homeless woman has been accused of trying to steal more than $1,000 in goods from a Massachusetts Target store during a Shop with a Cop holiday event attended by dozens of police officers.
The heist occurred on Jan. 9, when a man walked into a convenience store near Boulder Highway and Indios Avenue, drew a gun and demanded money, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
An Ohio man has been charged with animal cruelty after 166 cats were taken from a home where 55 other felines were found dead.
U.S. deaths from drug overdoses skyrocketed 21 percent last year, and for the second straight year dragged down how long Americans are expected to live.
Mormons are posthumously baptizing Holocaust victims as well as grandparents of public figures like Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Steven Spielberg, despite church rules intended to restrict the ceremonies to a member’s ancestors, according to a researcher who has spent two decades monitoring the church’s massive genealogical database.
Here are your Thursday morning headlines.
Review-Journal reporter Todd Dewey, handicapper Bernie Fratto and The Mirage sports book director Jeff Stoneback preview Week 16 of the NFL season.
Items associated with Elvis Presley are on the auction block, including the rocker’s rocking chair from the Jungle Room at Graceland.
The “Godfather of Grass” — who generated an Internet following for his exploits during his run from the law — is facing prison time after admitting his involvement in a marijuana operation in rural Kentucky nearly a decade ago.
J. Edgar Hoover’s Communist-hunting agents thought the classic movie was a Trojan horse sneaking anti-American propaganda to the masses. This argument was compiled in a memo written by an unnamed special agent in the FBI’s Los Angeles field office about “communist infiltration” of the motion picture industry.
Clifford Irving, whose scheme to publish a phony autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes created a sensation in the 1970s and stands as one of the all-time literary hoaxes, died after being admitted to hospice care. He was 87.
Winds that gusted as high as 68 mph in the valley on Wednesday were forecast to diminish on Thursday, and chilly temperatures should begin to edge higher as the weekend arrives, according to the National Weather Service.
Australian police said there is no evidence of a terrorist link to a car ramming attack Thursday in central Melbourne that left 19 people injured.
UNLV fans were encouraged to bring a new stuffed toy to the Runnin’ Rebels’ game against Mississippi Valley State on Wednesday night at the Thomas Mack Center to participate in the 2nd annual Teddy Bear Toss.
Noah Taitz knocked down three 3-pointers in the first 6:30 of the second half to lead Bishop Gorman to a 69-63 win over Overland (Colorado) in the Tarkanian Classic at Orleans Arena.
Three takeaways from the UNLV basketball team’s 95-63 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Wednesday at the Thomas Mack Center.
A man burned his arm in an explosion Tuesday investigators think ignited while he was cooking marijuana, the Las Vegas Fire Department said.
Jaden Hardy scored a team-high 23 points to help Coronado to a 72-59 win over Maranatha (Calif.) in the Orleans Division bracket of the Tarkanian Classic at Bishop Gorman on Wednesday.
UNLV was never truly challenged in a 95-63 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Rebels have one nonconference game remaining, Friday at home against Northern Colorado.
Senior Essence Booker scored a game-high 28 points, and a run of 23 unanswered points catapulted the Grizzlies to a 67-42 victory over Mt. Eden (California) in the opening round of the Tarkanian Classic at Liberty High School.
Riverdale (Tennessee) limited Centennial’s girls basketball team to 23 second-half points on Wednesday, and the Warriors earned a 71-60 win over the Bulldogs in the Tournament of Champions in Gilbert, Arizona.
District Judge Stefany Miley granted Kirstin Lobato’s request a new trial after finding that ineffective assistance of counsel may have played a role in the woman’s 2006 conviction of killing a homeless man and cutting off his penis.
The FBI will bring in about 100 people from outside the Las Vegas area to increase its presence during New Year’s Eve, the agency’s Las Vegas chief said Wednesday.
The chief of the FBI’s Las Vegas office said he expects the agency to release a report on the Oct. 1 massacre before the tragedy’s first anniversary.
