National Hockey League players will not participate in the upcoming Olympics.
They came, they saw, they donned sparkly pants (at least one of them, anyway).
Representatives of UNLV say they’ll wait until the state Gaming Control Board has completed its investigation of Steve Wynn before determining whether they would take away honors bestowed upon him over the years.
Don’t expect to see “Lady Doritos” on store shelves. The company behind the cheesy chips said Tuesday that it’s not developing a line of Doritos designed specifically for women, despite widespread online speculation that it was.
The U.S. Postal Service plans to issue a new stamp featuring Mister Rogers, the children’s television host known for his zip-up cardigan, sneakers and soothing manner.
An Amtrak engineer was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for a deadly 2015 derailment in Philadelphia as a judge reinstated involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges.
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck Tuesday near the coast of Taiwan, killing two hotel employees and injuring more than 200 other people, officials said.
After being held in April for the past three years will, the festival once will again take place over Mother’s Day weekend with two dozen food, wine and cocktail events planned for six Strip resorts and The Mob Museum.
Josh McDaniels has backed out of a deal to become the Indianapolis’ Colts new coach, a decision that shocked the franchise hours after it announced his hiring.
From its headquarters in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Bureau of Land Management oversees some of the nation’s most prized natural resources: vast expanses of public lands rich in oil, gas, coal, grazing for livestock, habitat for wildlife, hunting ranges, fishing streams and hiking trails.
Chicago’s Field Museum began dismantling the skeleton named Sue on Monday. Crews are preparing to move the display to a new exhibit and bring in a cast of an even larger dinosaur.
Colorado is mourning the loss of its third law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty since New Year’s Eve after a sheriff’s deputy was shot while investigating a stolen car.
A memo written by Democrats on the House intelligence committee as part of its investigation of Russian election interference was under review Tuesday at the White House, where President Donald Trump will decide whether to allow the public to read it.
The Las Vegas Valley will stay warm through the weekend with winds picking up steam.
The U.S. stock market mostly recovered after an early plunge Tuesday and was down moderately in late morning trading, raising hopes of a halt to a global sell-off.
A British judge on Tuesday upheld a U.K. arrest warrant for the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, leaving his legal position unchanged after more than five years inside the Ecuadorean Embassy.
SpaceX’s big new rocket blasted off Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars.
A $7.3 billion accounting charge pushed General Motors into a $3.9 billion net loss for 2017, but without the expense the company posted record per-share earnings.
Poland’s president said Tuesday he will sign into law a controversial proposal to outlaw blaming Poland as a nation for crimes committed by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.
The San Diego Girl Scout council is looking into whether a scout who was photographed selling cookies outside a marijuana dispensary broke any rules.
Researchers from Mansoura University in Egypt’s Nile Delta discovered the new species of long-necked herbivore, which is around the size of a city bus, and it could be just the tip of the sand dune for other desert dinosaur discoveries.
Investors might be wondering what to make of the dramatic sell-off in the stock market after months of tranquility. The combined two-day drop represented a 6.3 percent decrease in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index that undid the market’s gains for the year.
Jeffrey Wong, who oversees day-to-day operations of Hawaii’s emergency management agency office, was misidentified and now has received death threats.
Las Vegas police responded to a motel at 117 N. 9th St. about 4:20 a.m. Monday after a couple said their baby was having a medical crisis, police said. The baby later died at an area hospital, police said.