Thanks to a donation by the Death Valley Natural History Association, the Furnace Creek Visitor Center has reopened despite the partial federal government shutdown, now in its second week.
The NFL’s Raiders will formally break ground on their Henderson headquarters and practice facility this month, the team announced Wednesday.
Eugene “Mean Gene” Okerlund, who interviewed pro wrestling superstars “Macho Man” Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan and became a ring fixture in his own right, has died. He was 76.
A former assistant basketball coach for the University of Southern California pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to commit bribery, admitting he accepted $4,100 in cash to steer players at the school to certain financial advisers and business managers.
“I think these games are great for the sport,” Golden Knights defenseman Nate Schmidt said. “I love the traditional matchups like this, but at the same time, it would be nice to see a Golden Knights game.”
Hawaii’s new medically assisted suicide law has gone into effect, but few doctors and pharmacies are willing to prescribe and dispense the life-ending medications.
A 20-year-old U.S. Marine from Minnesota was killed in a shooting at the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C., his mother said Wednesday.
Firearms have long been part of America’s gift giving tradition, and no doubt many of you either received or made a gift of a firearm as part of your holiday celebrations. The question now is, “what are you going to do with it?”
Prosecutors have charged a Mexican national with murder in the killing of a California police officer.
Police in Oklahoma City say they are looking for a man who fired a gun into a Taco Bell after he didn’t get the sauce he wanted.
Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Brisbane International on Wednesday to focus on being ready for the Australian Open, which will be his first competitive tournament since a knee injury forced him to retire from the U.S. Open semifinals in September.
A 14-year-old boy who authorities say was driving an SUV that caused a fatal car accident has been arrested on a murder charge.
The New York Yankees have obtained a low-cost infield replacement, agreeing to a one-year contract with shortstop Troy Tulowitzki for the major league minimum $555,000, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
A video of a swaddled baby, hooked up to breathing tubes, his tiny fingers and toes poking out from underneath a wrap, leads the homepage of the Every Baby Counts Nevada campaign site.
Alex Ovechkin will skip the All-Star Weekend in San Jose to get some extra rest and serve an automatic one-game suspension.
The Texas football program’s mascot, a large white and brown longhorn steer named Bevo, caused a stir at the Sugar Bowl on Tuesday when it knocked down its barricade and briefly charged in the direction of Georgia’s mascot , a bulldog name Uga.
Of all the Democrats considered potential candidates for president in two years, former Vice President Joe Biden makes the “best case,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.
Vermont’s population is among the smallest in the U.S., but a study from United Van Lines indicate people are moving to the New England state.
Officials at a Florida zoo where a toddler stumbled into a rhinoceros exhibit say the welfare of the animals was never compromised and the rhinos won’t be punished in any way.
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U.S. authorities fired tear gas into Mexico during the first hours of the new year to repel about 150 migrants who tried to breach the border fence in Tijuana.
Las Vegas police are investigating at least three crashes that occurred shortly after a water main broke early Wednesday and flooded an intersection near the downtown area.
Temperatures are expected to gradually increase following the coldest overnight temperatures in three years in the Las Vegas Valley as rain creeps into the weekend forecast.
Authorities are searching for a driver who fired several shots into a car carrying a family in the Houston area, killing a 7-year-old girl and wounding the child’s mother.
Shares of electric car and solar panel maker Tesla Inc. tumbled Wednesday morning after the company cut vehicle prices by $2,000 and announced fourth-quarter sales figures that fell short of Wall Street estimates.
Washington on Tuesday joined a handful of other states that ban anyone under 21 from buying a semi-automatic assault rifle after voters passed a sweeping firearms measure in November that has drawn a court challenge from gun-rights advocates.
The Russian government said Wednesday it has allowed an American citizen held on espionage charges to have access to U.S. officials seeking answers about his arrest.
Faced with biting public criticism from Republican Sen.-elect Mitt Romney, President Donald Trump pushed back Wednesday, reminding him that “I won big, and he didn’t.”
Officials say six passengers fell ill on a Frontier Airlines flight from Cleveland to Tampa.
Facebook has apologized for temporarily banning North Carolina evangelist Franklin Graham from its platform over a 2016 post about the state’s “bathroom bill.”