Tex Winter, the innovative “Triangle Offense” pioneer who assisted Phil Jackson on 11 NBA championship teams with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, has died. He was 96. Kansas State University said Winter died in Manhattan.
The U.S. Postal Service is seeking to increase the price of its first-class stamp by 5 cents to 55 cents to help stem its mounting red ink. If approved by regulators, the 10 percent increase to the cost of mailing a 1-ounce letter would be the biggest since 1991.
The committee making recommendations to Gov. Brian Sandoval and the Nevada Legislature on attracting events to the new Las Vegas stadium is leaning toward expanding the role of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Las Vegas Events, rather than forming of a new sports commission.
Federal authorities have charged a New York man with building a 200-pound bomb they say he planned to detonate on Election Day on the National Mall in Washington.
A judge has denied a family’s plea to extend a court order that has kept a 9-year-old North Texas girl on life support. The ruling Wednesday means doctors in Fort Worth can disconnect Payton Summons from life support after 1:20 p.m. Monday.
The grand experiment, “Notorious,” premiered in 2013. The special changed Netflix’s programming trajectory, as the streaming service is now home to an array of comedy specials.
While he isn’t publicly supporting a candidate for the seat he held from 2003 to 2005, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval heaped praise on both of the top candidates.
Did anyone tell the Nashville Predators that it doesn’t pay to finish third?
In the high-stakes Nevada Senate race that could determine who controls the upper chamber, Dean Heller and Jacky Rosen are using the Kavanaugh confirmation battle to energize their bases ahead of the Nov. 6 election.
The midterm elections are weeks away but already progressive activists are calling for Democrats to impeach newly installed Justice Brett Kavanaugh if they take the House in November.
Manyang Lou, 58, was arrested last month and faces charges of sexual assault against a child under 14 years old. A girl told Las Vegas police that Lou assaulted her during a Sept. 22 massage, according to Lou’s arrest report.
Exhibitors on the Global Gaming Expo floor at the Sands Expo & Convention Center Wednesday pitched products to 26,000 attendees as casinos look for ways to turn young people into young gamblers.
Nevada Preps awards the team of the week to the Coronado Cougars.
The Mob Museum will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Circus Circus with a panel discussion Tuesday titled “Big Ideas Under the Big Top
Western’s Carolyn Lemon birdied two of her final seven holes Wednesday and held on to win the Class 3A Southern Region tournament at CasaBlanca Golf Club in Mesquite.
When Doug Martin signed with the Raiders in March, the two-time 1,000-yard rusher became a member of a supporting cast — a first for him in his seven-year NFL career.
Nearly a year after North Las Vegas couple Kelley and Peter Guidry lost their commercial space for Forgotten Not Gone, the pair is working remotely from their new home near North Decatur Boulevard.
Kyle Graham, at 5-foot-9 and a sturdy 185 pounds, is flourishing as a feature back, accumulating an area best 1,282 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns in the double-wing offense for the No. 2 Aggies.
Las Vegas Review-Journal staffers make their picks for Week 8 of the high school football season.
The downtown Las Vegas-focused investment vehicle announced Wednesday that it’s now called DTP Companies.
* LAKE MEAD — Cooler weather is here to stay, and that has anglers finding moderate success for stripers, catfish and smallmouth bass. Afternoons have been better than the morning hours. Jigging and trolling have been effective means of catching striped bass. Drop shots have been pulling smallmouth bass from around cliff walls, rocky points or areas with submerged weed beds. Catfish are active at night in the backs of coves and are hitting on various baits, such as hot dogs and chicken livers.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released drafts of the plans Tuesday and Wednesday, as the various state and federal stakeholders work toward final approval of their sweeping response to almost 20 years of drought on the river.
Utah State quarterback Jordan Love made his starting debut last season against UNLV and became Mountain West offensive player of the week. He has established himself among the conference’s best quarterbacks this season.
Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested 32-year-old Derek Alton Shapiro on suspicion of murder in connection with a homicide early Friday, Clark County booking logs and jail records show.
Diving deeper into the arts scene once she moved to Summerlin from Detroit in 1996, Niki J. Sands frequently visited Las Vegas-area libraries and museums for inspiration.
A neuromuscular disease forced former Clark County Fire Capt. Dennis Snider into early retirement more than 10 years ago, and the cause of the illness remains a mystery.
A Minnesota fugitive who taunted authorities on social media by vowing she’d “never be caught” has been arrested in northern Indiana.
U.S. stocks plunged to their worst loss in eight months on Wednesday as technology companies continued to drop. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 831 points.