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.
With less than 30 days before Nov. 6, the midterm election is largely seen as a referendum on Trump’s performance, which political strategists on both sides claim has energized their voter base.
Eli Tomac become the second rider in as many years to ride away with a $1 million bonus for sweeping all three main events of the Monster Energy Cup, the AMA Supercross all-star race at Sam Boyd Stadium Saturday night.
Justin Verlander outlasted an uncharacteristically wild Chris Sale, overcoming control problems of his own to give Houston six innings of two-hit ball on Saturday night and lead the Astros over the Boston Red Sox 7-2 in the AL Championship Series opener.
The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel is quickly becoming the hub for thrilling bouts and Saturday was no different for Golden Boy Promotions’ boxing card at the 4,000-seat venue.
A motorcyclist died Saturday evening after the rider fell from the bike on U.S. Highway 95 in the east Las Vegas Valley, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Question 5 offers a cost-effective and commonsense way to make our voter rolls more accurate, while also making registration more convenient for eligible citizens.
CNN’s Don Lemon replaces the late U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd as Exalted Cyclops
Our trading partners, as a group, have imposed more barriers to importing goods and services from the United States than we have imposed on them.
Despite having some of the most watched and expensive political races in the country, Nevadans won’t get to see many debates. There’s a reason for that. Jacky Rosen, Steve Sisolak and Susie Lee keep dodging them.
Last week, the Clark County School District took an important step for the more than 40,000 people who work in and on behalf of our schools.
We’re not going to accept a worldwide depression.