Poirier outlasted Hooker in a five-round slugfest between lightweight contenders that may have been the best fight of the year.
A fast-growing fire raging just north of Reno on Saturday night has burned multiple buildings and forced evacuations near the University of Nevada, Reno, according to fire officials.
Two people were left dead and at least four people were in fair condition at a hospital Saturday after a man drove into a distribution center and started shooting at people.
In the latest move to change place names in light of U.S. racial history, leaders of Orange County’s Democratic Party are pushing to drop film legend John Wayne’s name, statue and other likenesses from the county’s airport because of his racist and bigoted comments.
The Raiders made big improvements during the offseason, but they need five specific players to deliver big seasons for 2020 to be a success.
Kevin Harvick won the first of two NASCAR Cup races this weekend at Pocono and will start 20th on Sunday with the field set by inverting the lead-lap finishers.
A man died after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Saturday night after he barricaded himself in a motel room on the southwest side of Las Vegas, police said.
Across the city, entertainers are quickly recalibrating to follow COVID protocols, which are in fact changing by the day.
Former Lights FC coach Eric Wynalda hinted who his successor might be on Twitter.
The health department confirmed that the cases were related to alcoholism. Authorities have noted that people with substance abuse issues, particularly within the homeless community, have been known to use sanitizer and other products as a substitute for alcohol and liquor.
The body of a woman who went missing while swimming in Lake Mead on Wednesday was found in the lake Saturday morning.
Andrew Toles was found behind a building at the airport in Key West, Fla., and appeared to be homeless when arrested Monday on the misdemeanor charge of trespassing.
The newly mandated mask policy in Nevada seemed to be grasped quickly Saturday by those visiting the Las Vegas Strip.
Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into applause Saturday as lawmakers took a big step toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that has come under intensifying criticism in recent weeks amid nationwide protests against racial injustice.
Caesars Entertainment on Saturday confirmed an employee has died after testing positive for the coronavirus.
A motorcyclist has died following a crash Saturday afternoon in North Las Vegas near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Carey Avenue, police said.
After spending the last three summers caddying and learning about golf, Reality Welch earned a scholarship through the Evans Scholars Foundation to attend college.
Padma Lakshmi, who emigrated from India as a child, makes kitchen time a family affair with her 6-year-old daughter.
People gathered in their cars, on motorcycles, bicycles, skateboards and other modes of transportation at a Black Lives Matter parade Saturday afternoon.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey ended a stay-home order in mid-May and allowed most businesses to reopen.
The school will now be known as the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper shot and killed a man who had fired at him while running from a traffic stop Friday night in Elko.
Terry Cottle recently stepped aside from his position at College of Southern Nevada following three decades as an coach and administrator on the local college scene.
The Culinary Union plans to file a lawsuit on Monday against “major Las Vegas Strip casino companies,” alleging that casinos have not adequately protected workers from the coronavirus.
Despite the uptick, the “process of actually getting those homes built is still being quite dramatically affected” Home Builders Research President Andrew Smith wrote in a report.
When he accepted a People’s Choice Award in 2017, Tom Hanks twice during a 33-second acceptance speech did his Ken “The Snake” Stabler impression.
Raiders’ great Cliff Branch brought the element of speed to football, and his career took off as a result.