Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor who’d never been elected to public office, defeated Cook County Board President and longtime City Council member Toni Preckwinkle on Tuesday with backing from voters across the city. Late results showed Lightfoot, 56, winning every one of the city’s 50 wards.
A breezy Thursday will give way to a warm weekend in the Las Vegas Valley, according to the National Weather Service.
Thousands of chickens have died after a fast-moving fire ripped through a barn in Pennsylvania.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. will build a 15,000-seat arena and a 1,000-suite luxury hotel tower at its Marina Bay Sands Singapore property, the company announced Wednesday.
Most of the states that moved quickly to legalize sports betting after the Supreme Court cleared the way are still waiting for the expected payoff. Tax revenue has fallen far short of projections in four of the six states where gambling on sporting events started last year.
As former Vice President Joe Biden’s camp scrambles to contain any political damage over his past behavior with women, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has some words of advice: Keep your distance.
Boulder City Mayor Rod Woodbury will face Councilman Kiernan McManus in a June runoff election.
Officers responded a little before 10 p.m. Tuesday to the 5500 block of Sundance Avenue, near Bonanza Road and Christy Lane, after a man called 911 to report that he and a woman had been shot.
Megan Bocobo, Sanniyah Haye, Erin Thompson and Dubem Ezeanolue each won two individual events Tuesday to help Faith Lutheran’s girls track team to a 108-31 win over visiting Palo Verde.
Brandon Martin won two individual events and ran on the winning 400-meter relay team Tuesday to help host Legacy win a four-team boys track meet.
Meanwhile, total voter turnout for the primary was the second-worst in the last 20 years, with just 8.8 percent of all eligible voters casting ballots in early voting, by mail and on Election Day.
Sho Hampton had 17 assists Tuesday to help Canyon Springs’ boys volleyball team to a 22-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-16 home win over Cheyenne.
Michelle Romero will serve as the Ward 1 representative on the Henderson City Council for the next four years.
California psychiatrist Thomas Burchard, who was found dead in the trunk of a car last month, had texted his girlfriend on March 2 that he was looking forward to coming home but had to“take care of a few things in Las Vegas.”
Former Rep. Ruben Kihuen lost his bid for Las Vegas City Council by just five votes on Tuesday, as a former assemblywoman and a federal project manager will advance to a runoff in June.
A woman carrying two Chinese passports and a device containing computer malware lied to Secret Service agents and briefly gained admission to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club over the weekend during his Florida visit, federal prosecutors allege in court documents.
If the goal is to increase suppy. politicians should get out of the way.
New gun laws from Carson City are going to make life harder for the wrong people.
North Las Vegas Ward 4 incumbent councilman Richard Cherchio will face longtime businessman Pete Shields in the general municipal election on June 11.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman took an early and decisive lead in her quest to win a third and final term.
Cuba Bess, Brock Burton and David Avitia hit home runs to lead Grand Canyon to an 11-5 victory over the UNLV baseball team Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper crushed a long home run for his third hit while performing to jeers in his return to Washington, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Nationals 8-2 Tuesday night for the franchise’s best start in over a century.
Killer clowns and a foul-mouthed Helen Mirren took center stage Tuesday during the first full day of CinemaCon at Caesars Palace.
California Sen. Kamala Harris made three stops on a presidential campaign swing through Northern Nevada Tuesday, holding politics and policy discussions and touting her proposal to increase teacher pay at a roundtable with educators.
Logan Bleazard was 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored Tuesday as Coronado’s baseball team handed visiting Silverado its first loss in Desert League play, 13-3 in five innings.
Western’s Jared Smith shot a 2-under-par 70 at Legacy Golf Club on Tuesday to win a Sunset League match.
