The Clark County School Board unanimously approved several changes on Thursday evening to its abstinence-based sex education curriculum for the upcoming school year.
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NASA aborted its first attempt to inflate an expandable space habitat early Thursday morning after the North Las Vegas-built module did not perform as expected.
Eugene Monroe, an offensive lineman for the National Football League’s Baltimore Ravens, joined a panel at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to discuss the need for marijuana research Wednesday morning.
A public fact-finding review revealed on Tuesday that high levels of drugs, including methamphetamine, were found in Bryan Bauer’s system after he was fatally shot by a Henderson police officer on July 4.
Although the first official day of summer isn’t until June 20, the Bellagio has completed construction and development on its extravagant summer floral display.
Congresswoman Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, and Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Executive Director Barbara Buckley called attention Friday to a national backlog of visas for undocumented immigrant victims of crime.
It’s late afternoon and 23-year-old Grayson McClure is lying in the bed that has become his life, talking in his slow cadence about his years enduring a mysterious disease that medical science cannot solve, one many doctors have walked away from even trying to diagnose.
The Clark County School District cautiously reserved comment on a new directive the Obama administration issued Friday requiring all public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.
Reactions to Friday’s White House directive that transgender students should be able to choose the school restrooms and locker rooms they use based on their gender identity ran the gamut, but most of the people randomly surveyed in Las Vegas felt strongly one way or the other.
Chancellor Dan Klaich resigned Thursday. The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents accepted his resignation at a special meeting that was called in response to demands from legislators and the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce following a Las Vegas Review-Journal article published Sunday.
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and the federal judge presiding over his criminal case alleging they violated his constitutional rights to a speedy trial and attorney of his choice.
A group of investigative journalists on Monday published the names of thousands of offshore companies at the heart of a massive trove of data on the finances of the rich and powerful that has become known as the Panama Papers.
The three Democratic candidates seeking a primary win in June to take on Rep. Mark Amodei in the 2nd Congressional District in November agree on one point: The GOP incumbent from Carson City is out of touch with many of his constituents.
A 55-year-old federal prison inmate from North Las Vegas is one of 58 people whose long sentences on drug-related offenses were commuted Thursday by President Barack Obama.
It was a dreary day for a somber ceremony Thursday as law enforcement officers from around the state gathered in the rain to remember fallen capital city sheriff’s Deputy Carl Howell at the annual Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ceremony.
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Colin Czech is accused of killing a man outside a downtown convenience store and eating parts of the victim’s face, police said.
The Las Vegas Strip casino introduced a new tier in its loyalty program, and visitors will need to reach at least that tier to receive unlimited free parking.
Harry Reid International Airport said its parking was in “high demand” this weekend, and expected Terminal 1 long term and economy parking to be at capacity.
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