A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school’s priest decided they could cause a reader to conjure evil spirits.
Comic actor Kevin Hart’s wife says he’s “going to be just fine” following a weekend car crash that left him with a major back injury.
Jorge Mateo homered and had two hits as the Las Vegas Aviators topped the Tacoma Rainiers 3-2 on Monday.
The USS Arizona Memorial welcomed large numbers of visitors to its reopening after 15 months of repairs, officials said.
The gunman in a spate of violence after a routine traffic stop in West Texas had just been fired from his job and called both police and the FBI before the shooting began, authorities said Monday.
The Raiders made a move to straighten out their crowded quarterback room on Monday.
An unidentified adult woman was found dead Sunday afternoon in Lake Mead at the 33 Hole Overlook north of Boulder City, according to the National Park Service.
Carolina Hurricanes captain Justin Williams says he is taking a break from the NHL to start this season.
Seven months after the launch of a Henderson specialty license plate, only 108 have been sold. The Nevada DMV requires 3,000 plates to be sold in the first full year.
Naomi Osaka’s 10-match U.S. Open winning streak and title defense are done after she was outplayed in the fourth round by Belinda Bencic and lost 7-5, 6-4.
The Walt Disney Co. accounted for about half of all ticket sales in U.S. and Canada theaters on the season, which came to a close Sunday with the Gerard Butler action thriller “Angel Has Fallen” topping the box office for the second weekend.
New Jersey rapper Fetty Wap was arrested in Las Vegas on Sunday morning after punching an employee of a business on or near the Strip, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
If you need to take care of any banking needs on Labor Day, check to see if your branch of choice will be open, as most banks will be closed.
Hurricane Dorian unleashed massive flooding across the Bahamas on Monday, pummeling the islands with so much wind and water that authorities urged people to find floatation devices and grab hammers to break out of their attics if necessary.
Wind gusts rocked the valley last night but will be absent for Labor Day, leaving a slight chance of rain showers and thunderstorms throughout the day.
The U.S. Coast Guard says 25 bodies from the Southern California boat fire have now been found and nine people were still missing Monday night.
Erik Jones used every bit of stamina he had at Darlington Raceway. Few know better than Jones the effort it took to hold off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch and win the rain-delayed Southern 500.
Despite growing concern that an economic downturn may be near, Nevada Treasurer Zachary Conine says there’s no reason would-be students should put off higher education.
Three Nevadans shared with the Review-Journal their approaches to graduating debt-free, and the challenges and limitations of each.
Should the Diamondbacks or another major league team move to Las Vegas, it would mean the end of Triple-A baseball in the city.
Between 2008 and 2017, fatal red light crashes left 147 dead in the Silver State, according to AAA.
Historic Water Street in Henderson is trying to balance its vintage feel as new residents and new businesses arrive.
It went all the way down to the first day of September, but the Aviators earned a Pacific Coast League playoff berth with an 8-1 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers Sunday night at the Las Vegas Ballpark.
Novak Djokovic’s left shoulder was aching, his chances were fading in the fourth round against Stan Wawrinka and, soon enough, the U.S. Open’s defending champion and No. 1 seed was out of the tournament, leaving to a chorus of boos.
Ben Franklin said, “He who gives up liberty for security deserves neither.”
I believe having people use mass transit and taking cars off the road is in the best interest of society. Sometimes, the answers to problems are simple ones.
I keep hearing teachers say they deserve the step increases they were promised when they started their master’s program or the continuing ed curriculum.
Labor Day has a different history in America than in Europe, points out Julia Vitullo- Martin, editor of “Breaking Away: The Future of Cities.”
Nevada’s right-to-work is simple: It means no worker can be forced to join a union or pay union dues to get or keep a job. It’s basic common sense.