HOUSTON — Within hours of being booked at a Border Patrol station in far West Texas, two teenage sisters from Guatemala came forward to allege that an agent conducted an improper strip search.
Authorities say 25 people were transported to hospitals with mostly minor injuries following a crash on a Los Angeles highway involving a bus and multiple cars.
Saudi Arabia on Sunday threatened to retaliate for any sanctions after President Donald Trump said the oil-rich kingdom deserves “severe punishment” if it is responsible for the disappearance and suspected murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.
At about 1:25 p.m., the commission reported a traffic backup spanning at least 10 miles on southbound I-15.
Axel Botticelli teamed with fellow junior Jack Kostrinsky to win the Mountain Region doubles championship last week, giving the pair the chance for the Class 4A state doubles crown this weekend in Reno.
President Donald Trump says he has a “very good relationship” with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis even though he thinks the Pentagon chief is “sort of a Democrat.”
Pope Francis on Sunday praised two towering figures of the 20th-century Catholic Church as prophets who shunned wealth and looked out for the poor as he made saints of Pope Paul VI and martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero.
The day after a mourning community said last goodbyes to eight of 20 victims of a limousine crash — four sisters and four other relatives — the Senate’s top Democrat called on federal regulators to formulate new safety standards for the vehicles.
Here is a look at some of the week’s top high school sports events.
The schedules and results (when available) for the boys tennis team tournaments are here.
The schedules and results (when available) for the girls tennis team tournaments are here.
There’s no shortage of things to do at Bellagio: watch the fountains, tour the conservatory or art collection, see a show, hit a lounge, grab a meal, bet on sporting events, relax by the pool — and gamble, of course. Or go shopping at one of many ultra -high-end stores.
Sexual harassment allegations triggered an investigation of Eric Toliver, then-compliance director for UNLV’s athletic department, by an outside law firm earlier this year. Toliver quit Feb. 9 and hasn’t been heard from since.
Raiders quarterback Derek Carr was sacked six times Sunday, the last of which caused an apparent injury to his left, non-throwing arm, on the offense’s final play of a 27-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks at Wembley Stadium in London.
The Neil Armstrong film “First Man” settled for a third-place landing at the North American box office in its opening weekend in theaters. The Ryan Gosling-starrer and a host of newcomers, like the family-friendly “Goosebumps” sequel and the neo-noir mystery “Bad Times at the El Royale,” couldn’t unseat last week’s top two films, “Venom” and “A Star Is Born,” which again took first and second place.
It’s a spectacle unique to Las Vegas. Six million plants, plus giant trees, water features, lighting, butterflies, birds androbotics have crossed the 13,500-square-foot floor of the Bellagio Conservatory Botanical Garden in the past 20 years,along with about 150 million visitors.
After four of the top eight teams lost, The Associated Press college football poll had a new look behind No. 1 Alabama, with Ohio State reaching No. 2, LSU jumping back to No. 5 and Michigan moving into the top 10 for the first time this season.
Mark Fuller may have been the only person near center Strip the night of Oct. 15, 1998, who wasn’t trying to catch a glimpse of the Fountains of Bellagio. In fact, he was facing the other way.
A federal judge last month ruled against the state’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit by 13 inmates inside the Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown. They allege Correction Department officials exposed them to high levels of the radioactive gas, creating unconstitutional and inhumane conditions of confinement inside the maximum-security prison.
Investigators say a party in South Texas to mark a toddler’s first birthday erupted in gunfire, leaving four men dead and a fifth man wounded.
Michael Gehlken and Ed Graney preview the game between the Oakland Raiders and the Seattle Seahawks from Wembley Stadium in London, England.
Search and rescue personnel are continuing to comb through the ruins of a small Florida Panhandle community destroyed by Hurricane Michael, which has left hundreds thousands without power and without easy access to supplies.
Temperatures this week in Las Vegas will hover below normal but should rise as the weekend approaches, according to the National Weather Service.
McDermitt High School football coach Richard Egan wants players from the tiny school straddling the Nevada-Oregon border to take away more than just athletic skills from their time as Bulldogs. He said he strives to impart lessons they can carry throughout their lives.