Even as Shannon West Redwine writhed in pain at Sunrise Hospital in September, she had a message: With a family history of breast cancer and/or ovarian cancer, genetic testing for relatives can mean the difference between life and death.
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Coming to the aid of President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada on Tuesday charged Republicans with “grandstanding” on the U.S. consulate attack in Benghazi, and on reports the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups applying for tax exemptions.
Garbage thrown away last school year at Liberty High School would fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool more than 6 feet deep.
On a few occasions during his year-long employment at Dr. Dipak Desai’s clinics, gastrointestinal technician Joshua Cavett said the machinery that sterilized scopes that had entered patients’ body malfunctioned, leaving him and his fellow employees to take an untraditional approach.
A Las Vegas judge freed O.J. Simpson’s right hand Tuesday. The rest of the notorious former pro football star’s body remained shackled to a chair as his post-conviction hearing entered its second day.
Six people, including five family members, were arrested on gun and drug trafficking charges, the Boulder City Police Department announced Tuesday.
A Las Vegas law enforcement joint operation will crack down on dangerous drivers Wednesday.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday that he will sign a bill to allow judges to impose extra sentences on people who commit crimes because the victim is a transgender person.
A 25-year-old person of interest has been arrested after five people were found dead in one morning in the small Northern Nevada community of Fernley.
The accused mastermind of a massive scheme to take over homeowners associations was indicted by a Las Vegas federal grand jury Tuesday on charges of evading roughly $1.2 million in personal and company taxes.
Former lobbyist and land developer Harvey Whittemore accused of funneling illegal campaign contributions to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
A proposal to name the peak of Las Vegas’ Frenchman Mountain after President Ronald Reagan will receive a second hearing by a state naming board in September.
The 9/11 attacks launched the United States into a new era of military readiness which continued Tuesday with the opening of the $25 million, 65,000-square-foot North Las Vegas Readiness Center, next to the 20-year-old Clark County armory on Range Road in the north Las Vegas Valley.
LOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda even before he was sworn in, when a school massacre led him to lift gun control to the fore. Now, as he tries to pivot from a stinging defeat on that issue and push forward on others, the president finds himself rocked by multiple controversies that are demoralizing his allies, emboldening his political foes and posing huge distractions for all.
On any given night, you can find something special at Lee’s Family Forum. Whether you are watching the future stars of the Vegas Golden Knights hit the ice with the Henderson Silver Knights, sitting front row to the world’s fastest football with the Vegas Knight Hawks, or watching some of the best volleyball players on […]
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Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
Experts said there are significant safety hazards that in-flight turbulence poses to airline passengers and crews. Injuries have piled up over the years.
A coalition of residents and activists called on the Biden administration to issue heat protections for outdoor workers and declare climate change a national emergency.