For his first hang gliding flight, it was a wild ride for Chris Gursky.
Two storm systems this week are expected to bring precipitation to the Las Vegas Valley and drop high temperatures below 60 degrees for the first time since March.
The first of four family members charged with killing eight people from another Ohio family has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and other charges in the potential death penalty case.
The Grand Forks Air Force Base says the North Dakota family killed in a crash in Montana was a U.S. Air Force family.
An internal watchdog has cleared Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of wrongdoing following a complaint that he redrew the boundaries of a national monument in Utah to benefit a state lawmaker and political ally.
Automatic fire sprinklers, interconnected smoke alarms and more frequent inspections top the wish list of officials looking to make homes in the Las Vegas Valley safer from fire.
A team of Las Vegas fire inspectors is scrutinizing apartments in the city’s oldest and most urban neighborhoods — places with the highest loss of life, the highest need and the highest call volume.
The Westlake Apartments blaze from nearly two years ago reflects the higher fire risk in Las Vegas’ older, urban areas.
While hotels on the Strip have become fireproof fortresses and commercial buildings soak up most of the attention from understaffed inspection agencies, fire safety in the valley’s urban core has been left behind, sometimes with deadly consequences.
Israel’s prime minister says he will soon travel to the central African nation of Chad to officially restore relations.
Rider University removed the restaurant from a survey of dining options “based on the company’s record widely perceived to be in opposition to the LGBTQ community.” The fast-food chain was included in previous surveys.
The U.S. military says three American service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province.
The ride-hailing service Uber has been fined the equivalent of nearly $1.2 million by British and Dutch authorities for failing to protect customers’ data during a cyberattack in 2016.
President Donald Trump is strongly defending the U.S. use of tear gas at the Mexican border to repel a crowd of migrants that included angry rock-throwers but also barefoot, crying children.
Airline officials say a pilot is under investigation after falling asleep in the cockpit of a freight plane and overflying his Australian island destination by 46 kilometers (29 miles).
State and federal investigators are trying to find out who hung seven nooses in trees outside the Mississippi Capitol early Monday, a day before a U.S. Senate runoff that has focused attention on the state’s history of racist violence.
Las Vegas police are looking a man who robbed two businesses on the morning of Nov. 1 in the east valley.
The special counsel in the Russia investigation is accusing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of violating his plea agreement by repeatedly lying to federal investigators, an extraordinary allegation that could expose him to a lengthier prison sentence — and potentially more criminal charges.
Coronado senior forward Hailey Morton made an uncontested layup with 53 seconds left in the fourth quarter to break a 51-all tie and help the Cougars score a 55-52 victory over host Clark.
American border agents are under no obligation to simply stand by when scores of migrants ignore checkpoints and attempt to illegally and forcibly enter the United States.
In 2016, Diana Edelman founded Vegans, Baby, a website that features profiles of local restaurants dedicated to, or simply supportive of, vegan, vegetarian and other plant-based diets.
Sex talk in front of Dad, seahorse-shaped keytars, spark-shooting brassieres and giant meat grinders: Lady Gaga has always brought the spectacle to a city where spectacle is life’s blood.
Several people watched as a teenager wearing a white hoodie, a Gucci backpack and a red bandanna over his face fired shots into another teen’s body.
An inmate at a Northern Nevada prison died last week, according to the state Department of Corrections.
UNLV sophomore outside hitter Mariena Hayden was selected to the Mountain West’s all-conference volleyball team, and freshman middle blocker Kate Brennan gained honorable mention.
The Ethel M Chocolate Factory has turned its botanical cactus garden into a holiday cactus garden.
Coronado senior forward Hailey Morton made an uncontested layup with 53 seconds left in the fourth quarter to break a 51-all tie and help the Cougars score a 55-52 victory over host Clark.
Lelenn Ross scored nine of his game-high 18 points in the second quarter on Monday to lead Eldorado’s boys basketball team to a 63-40 home victory over Rancho.
Justina Coronado caught a 2-yard touchdown pass from Jennifer Haberstock in the second overtime Monday to lift Green Valley’s flag football team to a 31-25 home victory over Bonanza.
Deshaun Watson threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a third as the Houston Texans set a franchise record with their eighth straight win, 34-17 over the Tennessee Titans on Monday night.