Texas carried out the nation’s first execution of 2018 Thursday evening, giving lethal injection to a man who became known as Houston’s “Tourniquet Killer” because of his signature murder technique on four female victims.
Southern Nevada real estate professionals already have seen indications of an anticipated climb in local land values as a result of Las Vegas’ leap into big-league status.
The current Tampa Bay Lightning assistant played for the first Las Vegas Thunder team in 1993.
Schools across the Nevada System of Higher Education may soon see an influx of $25 million, and it’s not from taxpayers or student fee hikes.
Southern Nevada provides multiple ways to celebrate Chinese New Year, from elaborate floral displays to art exhibits to lion and dragon dances.
Hardy filed paperwork on Thursday with the Federal Elections Commission declaring his candidacy for 2018 race for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District. Hardy, a Republican, won the seat in 2014 and held it for one term before he was defeated by current Nevada Rep. Ruben Kihuen in 2016.
The Chris Hemsworth-led picture feels like a half dozen or more recent war movies, which is what you can imagine the heads of various Hollywood studios saying —until producer Jerry Bruckheimer pleaded something along the lines of, “But, wait! This time there are horses!”
O.J. Simpson’s lawyer says the former football star isn’t planning to move from Las Vegas to Florida like he told state parole officials before he was released in October from Nevada state prison.
The Palo Verde High School student facing sexual assault charges was arrested at home on Thursday before he went to school, his attorney said.
The lanky, bespectacled man walked into a bank in a strip mall on Tucson’s northern edge with a gun, demanded that a teller hand over an undisclosed amount of cash and made his escape on foot.
The Venetian and Palazzo debuted its Chinese New Year display Jan. 12 themed “Year of the Dog.”
Proposition bets for the AFC and NFC championship games from the Westgate sports book.
North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee declared there’s a “new dirty F-word” at City Hall: Faraday Future.
UFC lightweight stars Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson again have been booked to fight. This time, the enigmatic bout is scheduled to headline UFC 223 on April 7 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Phoenix police say a convicted felon suspected in the slayings of his mother and another man is behind seven other recent killings.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the victim as Las Vegas resident Mario Tarin, 72. Tarin died two days after he was found unresponsive on the kitchen floor of his central valley apartment on Dec. 29.
OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder, known for belting out such hits as “Apologize” and “Stop and Stare,” is plowing millions into Las Vegas’ office market.
Edgar Bennett, the Packers’ offensive coordinator the past three seasons, was named wide receivers coach for the Raiders. Mike Trgovac will also leave Green Bay to take over as defensive line coach in Oakland.
It’s not exactly true that Nick Garritano scouted most of his players when they were playing Wiffle Ball in their backyards, although it could be. Joey O’Brien — Joey Takashi O’Brien of Okinawa, Japan — is another story.
A man who was killed in a crash near Kyle Canyon Road on U.S. Highway 95 has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
You might want to grab a Red Bull on your way into the theater for this coming-of-age romance.
The NIAA’s Board of Control voted 7-2 Thursday in favor of the principals’ proposal. There will be no 5A classification when the schools realign next school year.
In May, a CG Technology bettor made three futures wagers on the Jaguars to win the Super Bowl for a total of $3,200 to win $337,500.
A California couple tortured a dozen of their children for years, starving them to the point that their growth was stunted, chaining them to their beds for months at a time and forbidding them from showering more than once a year or using the toilet, a prosecutor said Thursday.
There are burning questions, and then are magma-hot lines of inquiry capable of liquefying those lesser tongues that would dare attempt to answer them.
A member of the U.S. Marshals Service was shot and killed early Thursday while serving a warrant, the mayor of Harrisburg said.
What happens to all the leftover food on the Strip?
A government shutdown loomed larger despite House approval of a stopgap spending bill late Thursday, as Senate Republicans acknowledged they lacked the votes needed to pass the measure before the Friday midnight deadline.