Public buses are still breaking down due to the extreme summertime heat in the Las Vegas Valley, but the instances are decreasing, according to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.
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For the second year in a row, UNLV has been named one of the most diverse undergraduate campuses in the nation.
A white Dallas police officer was arrested Sunday on a manslaughter charge in the off-duty shooting of a black neighbor whose apartment she says she mistook for her own.
Hurricane Olivia is weakening but forecasters are predicting the storm will hit the Hawaiian Islands as a tropical storm on Wednesday.
A highway running the length of California remained closed for a fifth day Sunday near the Oregon border as a wildfire smothered rural forestlands in smoke and flame.
The annual Astronomy Festival at Great Basin National Park drew hundreds of attendees, including some from as far as North Carolina, who took in breathtaking views of the night sky over three days.
CBS says longtime CEO Les Moonves has resigned, just hours after more sexual harassment allegations involving the network’s longtime leader surfaced.
A rapidly strengthening Hurricane Florence churned across the Atlantic on Sunday toward a possible direct hit on the U.S. Southeast late this week, triggering warnings to people up and down the coast to get their emergency kits ready, map out escape routes and fill sandbags.
A commercial plane crashed into a lake in South Sudan on Sunday and killed 20 people, a local official said.
A three-year contact to be voted on by the School Board on Thursday includes a memorandum of understanding about how any additional funding state lawmakers add to the district’s coffers will be used.
One Mississippi high school senior had to quickly discard her crown after being named homecoming queen — and put on a football helmet.
But with this approach, some have questioned the necessity of a $57 million library, or “knowledge commons,” as it has been called.
Authorities in eastern Ohio say a grocery store employee has been charged with felony theft for helping herself to deli ham for years.
A Cirque du Soleil performance in Washington state ended abruptly when a hose on a hydraulic system broke and sprayed audience members with what the theatrical company says was vegetable-based oil.
The motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the crash on the 4100 block of Industrial Center Drive, the North Las Vegas Police Department posted on social media.
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.
Race officials have expressed the desire to host a number of events, including nightclubs, a concert venue, weddings, and private events such as luncheons and fundraisers, at the Grand Prix Plaza.
