A teenage boy testified Monday he just wanted to buy some marijuana when he was raped by a Royal Saudi Air Force sergeant in the bathroom of a Circus Circus hotel room on New Year’s Eve.
Allison Weiderman would love to extend her junior season and get the Desert Oasis girls golf team into next week’s state tournament at her favorite course, Bear’s Best.
The local nonprofit Catholic War Veterans will hold its gala dinner Friday to raise money to help needy veterans and their families with food, rent, utilities, transportation and clothing.
The curtain is falling on The Act nightclub, another case of what happens in Vegas better not cross the raunch line.
A dry ice explosion occurred late Monday for the second time in as many nights at Los Angeles International Airport, but there were no reports of any injuries or evacuations, authorities said.
Since moving from her native Budapest, Hungary, four years ago and enrolling at UNLV, Lucia Batta has experienced plenty of culture shock.
Trunk or Treat, the city of Henderson’s safe trick-or-treating event, will be held from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 24 at Black Mountain Recreation Center, 599 Greenway Road.
UNLV’s offense is not only good, but by the Rebels’ standards, it is historically good. But now the Rebels face an offense that is playing at an even higher level.
The “law of the land” is off the bargaining table, as far as Senate Democrats and the Obama administration are concerned. House Republicans have demanded changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, as part of any budget deal to end the partial federal government shutdown and increase the debt ceiling. Despite this month’s disastrous Internet rollout of federal-state health insurance exchanges; public outrage with higher premiums, deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses after a promise of reduced costs; and scaled back provider networks that are forcing Americans to find new doctors, Democratic leaders are adamant that no changes to Obamacare will be considered. Even proposals to delay or repeal Obamacare’s job-killing medical device tax, backed by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, have been rejected.
In a steamy tropical forest 46 million years ago, a prehistoric mosquito bit a critter, drew blood and was blown into a lake in what is now northwestern Montana. Belly full, she died and sank.
Macy’s Inc. says it will open most of its stores for the first time on Thanksgiving, breaking a long-standing tradition for the venerable retailer.
Nellis Air Force Base officers will proceed Tuesday with prosecuting and defending one of their own for alleged sex abuse.
It was not the showgirls or the bikini-clad dancers or the spray paint artists that stood out Friday night on the Fremont Street Experience. What looked out of place was the sight of Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez walking the length of the attraction followed by a small platoon of attorneys.
PAHRUMP — Nye County’s embattled tax assessor on Monday denied allegations of evidence tampering in an ongoing grand jury probe in Las Vegas.
The alleged pirate kingpin thought he was going work in the movies. Instead he landed in jail.
Southern Nevadans stuck in traffic might take some solace in a report issued Monday by the state transportation department showing an increase in road construction dollars flowing south.
Officials in charge of Nevada’s health insurance exchange describe the challenge of running the new system as an ever-changing job. And it’s just begun.
Follow the link for the boys and girls soccer coaches polls, as compiled by Tech coach Josh Jones.
A sister race track of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway plans to host a college football game in Bristol, Tenn., in 2016, but don’t expect any gridiron matches at the Las Vegas car track any time soon.
Follow the link for the boys and girls Division I and I-A cross country coaches polls, as compiled by Arbor View coach Tyrel Cooper.
A man who admitted to indecent exposure acts and might have also rode a skateboard naked through parks has been arrested by Henderson police.
Allegiant Air will switch its gates at McCarran International Airport from Concourse D to Concourse A starting Tuesday.
Maxine Powell, who was responsible for developing the charm, grace and style of Motown Records’ artists during the Detroit label’s 1960s heyday, died Monday at age 98.
Once a month on Sunday, three organizations spend their morning and afternoon trapping feral cats. Volunteers from Heaven Can Wait Animal Society, the Community Cat Coalition of Clark County (C5) and the Las Vegas Valley Humane Society work with cat colony caretakers to reduce the overpopulation of feral cats. Heaven Can Wait plans to host its 11th anniversary feral cat clinic Oct. 20, targeting feral cats throughout the valley.
In 1991, when Shelley Bonner-Carson wanted her boots shined before an important meeting with casino executives, she learned men could get their shoes shined, but not women — all shoeshine concession stands were inside men’s restrooms. Now, her business, Goodfellows Shoeshine & Accessories, is in 10 Las Vegas hotel-casinos and has expanded into four states with 131 employees.
