Enough visitors are expected to pour into Las Vegas for New Year’s celebrations to temporarily move the city and surrounding communities up five spots on U.S. metropolitan population rankings.
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Serial murderer Samuel Little told the FBI more than a month ago that he killed a black woman in the city in 1993, but homicide investigators have so far been unable to match a victim with his account.
Governor-elect Steve Sisolak and Attorney General-elect Aaron Ford announced Saturday that they plan to join other states in opposing a Texas federal judge’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
Las Vegas residents Edward Hall and Winifred Kamen share a connection to the “day of infamy” when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. But one has no memory of the attack while the other will never forget.
On Saturday — the 30th commemoration of World AIDS Day — University Medical Center in Las Vegas will adopt CDC guidelines and begin testing all patients for HIV, not just those deemed most at risk of contracting the disease.
A North Las Vegas K-9 named Kya was injured Saturday while she and her handler searched for Camp Fire victims in Northern California.
The Clark County Fire Department is sending four dogs and their handlers to Northern California to help search for victims of the deadly Camp Fire.
Thursday’s 6-0 vote by the Southern Nevada Water Authority board aims to keep more water in the shrinking river system through voluntary cuts. The deal isn’t done, though, as Arizona and California are still debating their cuts.
As cars passed the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign Monday, 11 white crosses planted nearby paid silent homage to the victims of the recent mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California.
Among the thousands of Californians facing tragedy again Friday were survivors of both the shooting at Borderline Bar and Grille and the Route 91 Harvest country music festival attack in Las Vegas. They included Brendan Kelly and Molly Maurer.
At a roundtable meeting with reporters on Friday, Rosen discussed her plans as the Silver State’s next senator and the challenges of working in a divided Congress.
Brenda Occhipinti lost her 12-year-old son, Carlo Jr., to the flu last year. The terrible loss has opened her eyes to the risks of leaving children unvaccinated, and she made sure his surviving siblings all got their shots this year.
Environmentalists are celebrating a court ruling that removed more than a million acres of federal land in Western states from an upcoming oil and gas auction in greater sage grouse habitat, including about 330,000 acres in Nevada.
An estimated 1,700 people came together at Temple Beth Sholom in Summerlin on Thursday night to honor the 11 people shot and killed at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Ahmad Suhad Ahmad of Tucson is charged with texting the confidential source bomb-making instructions that were written in Arabic, providing some materials needed to make the devices and instructing an undercover FBI agent on how to assemble bombs in a condominium in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. In the city, you get The Strip (along with the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
After two days of official 108 highs, Thursday and Friday are projected to reach around 106. Winds could gust to 22 mph Thursday, giving a blow dryer feel to the day.
Toei Animation, the team behind the “One Piece” Japanese manga and anime franchise, had a “takeover” for the series on the exterior of the Sphere in Las Vegas.
One person was taken into custody after several deceased animals were found inside a U-Haul truck.
Hoda Kotb asked Celine Dion when she would return to the stage, but Hotb related that Dion was halted by her manager.