A 78-year-old murderer died Friday at a Southern Nevada prison, according to the state Department of Corrections.
The Clark County Commission on Tuesday voted 5-2 to raise the sales tax by one-eighth of a cent to pay for education and social services, half the amount authorized by the 2019 Legislature.
Most were for misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors, primarily drug possession, though there was one arrest for a felony sexual assault.
An 80-year-old man who suffered what initially appeared to be survivable injuries in a crash in June has died, Las Vegas police announced Tuesday.
A woman killed in a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning near Bunkerville has been identified as a 41-year-old Utah resident.
Officials said Tuesday that 34 people died after a boat packed with scuba divers caught fire near an island off the Southern California coast and they have called off search efforts for survivors.
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s waiting for the White House to chart a path forward on gun violence legislation following another mass shooting in Texas.
Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday defended his decision to stay at one of President Donald Trump’s properties while in Ireland in the face of criticism by Democrats and good government groups that he’s enriching Trump at taxpayers’ expense.
Barclays US Consumer Bank is looking to hire more than 50 apprentices in the valley.
When a late-night trip to a trash container left a wailing bear cub stuck inside a dumpster near a Lake Tahoe motel, deputies were called upon to help the cub reunite with its family.
A woman whose body was found Sunday afternoon in Lake Mead has been identified.
The pound on Tuesday touched its lowest level against the dollar since 1985, excluding a brief “flash crash” in 2016 that may have been caused by technical glitches, as international investors fret over a political showdown over Brexit this week.
Democrats are no closer to resolving the big questions dividing their party by race, generation and ideology than they were on the day of President Donald’s Trump’s inauguration
The U.S.-led Sentinel Program aims to secure the broader Persian Gulf region.
It’s difficult to quantify how much Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden has raised from the multibillion-dollar influence industry, but the roughly $200,000 he accepted from employees of major lobbying firms is far more than any of his rivals has received, according to a review of campaign finance data by The Associated Press.
The suspect’s 6-month-old brother, 5-year-old sister and 6-year-old brother were among the victims.
“We are in the midst of a historic tragedy,” Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said. “The devastation is unprecedented and extensive.”
Temperatures about 5 degrees above normal with elevated humidity will make for “uncomfortable” conditions in the Las Vegas Valley much of this week.
Hunter George scored his second goal of the match in overtime to give San Diego State a 3-2 victory over the UNLV men’s soccer team Monday at Johann Memorial Field.
Houston television stations reported a group of angry customers took extreme measures to get their hands on Popeyes hard-to-get chicken sandwiches.
There wasn’t a celebration hangover in the Aviators’ 3-2 win over the Tacoma Rainiers Monday afternoon in a Labor Day matinee at the Las Vegas Ballpark.
The conviction last week of a corrupt federal agent once again highlights the dangers of incentivizing policing for profit through civil asset forfeiture.
Maybe if the laws on the books were enforced, the money from tickets could be used for the school system and teacher raises.
I read Wayne Allyn Root’s column for the sheer entertainment, like reading the comics. His Aug. 25 commentary didn’t disappoint.
A family of five was displaced after their east valley home caught fire Monday night, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.
With the Labor Day weekend coming to an end, southbound I-15 toward Primm was clogged with Las Vegas-area visitors heading home.
Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson has taken a leave of absence since his wife, Wendy, died at 49 on Aug. 19 after a two-year fight with breast cancer. David Duggan is the interim coach.
Coming off a devastating ACL tear, Bryan De La Fuente is eagerly embracing his previous role as Lights captain.
The 5-foot-8-inch combo guard hasn’t scored in five games this season and averages 8.6 points on 37.2 percent shooting. Yet she continues to work, compete and combat the occasional self doubt — proving more than capable of performing the way she did Saturday.