Federal authorities have upped the amount of cocaine they seized from a ship at Philadelphia to more than 35,000 pounds, making it the largest cocaine haul in the history of U.S. Customs.
The American Red Cross kicked off its “Missing Types” campaign at Findlay Honda Henderson in the Valley Automall. The organization is asking for blood donations.
Union representing 170 Clark County School District deans whose jobs were cut in budget cuts says School Board improperly OK’d the action in closed meeting.
The high-wire master will walk on a wire less than an inch wide above New York City’s Times Square in the two-hour ABC event.
This week’s top choices include the documentary “Apollo 11” and the return of “Legion” and “Big Brother.”
So many gray whales are dying off the U.S. West Coast that there is an urgent need for private beaches so the putrid carcasses of the ocean giants can rot in peace.
The Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B has been indicted on new felony charges in connection with a fight last year at a New York City strip club.
Starting midfielder Cristhian Hernandez was let go and leading scorer Irvin Parra’s suspension was extended for a second game.
A judge appointed a special prosecutor Friday to investigate the decision by Cook County prosecutors to dismiss all charges against actor Jussie Smollett.
The first day of summer was cooler than average, a trend that should continue through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Earlier this month, the Illinois legislature passed a bill that dramatically expands its gaming industry, in part allowing for more gambling machines and casinos.
Lady Gaga’s dual residencies are extending through next spring on the Las Vegas Strip.
Forward Brooks Macek is returning to Europe after he signed a one-year contract with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, the Kontinental Hockey League club announced Friday.
Police were trying to track down a victim in east Las Vegas on Friday after officers followed a trail of blood leading from an area where spent shell casings were found.
A man threatened a woman with a box cutter and sexually assaulted her at a northwest Las Vegas park Thursday morning, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the murder conviction and death sentence for a black man in Mississippi because of a prosecutor’s efforts to keep African Americans off the jury. The defendant already has been tried six times and now could face a seventh trial.
A bleak portrait emerged Thursday after 60 children were interviewed at a facility near El Paso where attorneys say young migrants are describing neglect and mistreatment.
Happy first day of summer, Las Vegas! As the city endures triple-digit temperatures, many turn to water parks as a way to get some relief from the heat.
Just as it looks like a replica of Encore Las Vegas, the inside of Encore Boston Harbor also looks like a replica of its Las Vegas sister property.
Please allow them to reintroduce themselves: The Rolling Stones are set to return to the stage — tonight in Chicago.
Joe Biden has sat atop the crowded Democratic presidential field from virtually the moment he joined the race.
A Georgia woman who was bitten by a rattlesnake while gardening has died.
Inside an Indiana aquafarming complex, thousands of salmon eggs genetically modified to grow faster than normal are hatching into tiny fish. After growing to roughly 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) in indoor tanks, they could be served in restaurants by late next year.
It’s a difficult time for the Pentagon to be without a permanent U.S. defense secretary.
President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. was “cocked and loaded’ to retaliate against Iran for downing an American drone, but canceled the missile strikes 10 minutes before they were to be executed after being told some 150 people could die.
Several hundred protesters, mainly students, gathered Friday outside Hong Kong government offices, with some blocking traffic on a major thoroughfare and others occupying the lobby of a government tax office.
A fire at a 150-year-old refinery complex in Philadelphia turned the early morning sky a bright orange and yellow and awakened startled residents with explosions that shook homes Friday.
The Aviators rallied from a nine-run deficit on Thursday night in their return to Las Vegas Ballpark, beating the Sacramento River Cats 11-10 in Pacific Coast League play before 10,089 fans.
One of two men who allegedly attacked employees at a central valley Roberto’s Taco Shop in 2017 was booked into the Clark County Detention Center last week.
Loren Klein tied a World Series of Poker record by winning a tournament in four consecutive years, taking down the $2,500 buy-in Mixed Big Bet event Thursday at the Rio.