Las Vegas has an addiction. It’s intoxicated by rising rooftops and rising room rates. As our regional economy finally begins to improve, remember that blindly worshipping these two narrow slivers of the national economy landed us in the worst economic crisis we’ve ever scrapped our way through.
And now, something all Southern Nevadans can get behind: preventing more unwanted, costly IRS intrusion.
Rep. Cresent Hardy is quick to remind voters that he’s not a verbally gifted politician. In just the past year, the Republican freshman from Nevada’s 4th Congressional District has declared that he isn’t “articulate, well-spoken,” and that he’s not “slick or polished” several times.
Andre Iguodala’s year-long sacrifice paid off in a big way as the Golden State forward was named the Most Valuable Player of the NBA Finals on Tuesday.
Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, was moved 3 centimeters (about 1.2 inches) southwest by the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that devastated Nepal in April, Chinese authorities say.
Former UNLV standout Adam Scott was among the first of 156 players competing this week to arrive for the U.S. Open. He’ll have 11 days of practice under his belt by Thursday’s first round and will welcome back caddie Steve Williams, who helped Scott to his only major championship, the 2013 Masters.
Videogame console titans Microsoft and Sony vied for attention ahead of the industry’s annual E3 conference, giving fans sneak peaks of the latest Xbox and PlayStation games.
The Timberwolves and Lakers highlight the first-day schedule of the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, which was released Tuesday. The games run from July 10 to July 20 at Cox Pavilion and the Thomas & Mack Center.
Glenn Carano, 59, will be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame on Friday at Orleans Arena. Carano, the father of former MMA star Gina Carano, is being inducted alongside boxer Mike Tyson, NASCAR driver Kurt Busch, golf pro Joe Kelly and rodeo coach Ric Griffith.
A 29-year-old Scottish woman was found guilty after she lied about having an abortion to give her baby away to her gay friend, BBC reported.
A 5-year-old child was hospitalized Tuesday night after being found in the family’s swimming pool, according to Henderson police.
In his push to bring an NHL team to Las Vegas, Bill Foley would prefer to build an expansion team from the ground up. Neither Foley nor Las Vegas wants to take over the castoff Phoenix Coyotes.
Dock Ellis was an All-Star and World Series champion who pitched parts of 12 seasons in the big leagues, but he’s probably best known for throwing a no-hitter on acid.
Amy Wambach, a 35-year-old veteran, scored the game’s only goal in the United States’ 1-0 victory over Nigeria in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Tuesday, enabling the Americans to finish first in Group D of the Women’s World Cup.
Phil Mickelson has six runner-up finishes in the U.S. Open, the only major he has not won. But he is playing well, and bettors are showing faith in him. More tickets are being written on Mickelson than on any other player at the Westgate Las Vegas sports book, where his odds are 15-1 after opening at 25-1. Rory McIlroy is the 7-1 favorite, with Jordan Spieth at 8-1.
Vanilla. Chocolate. Butter pecan. Those are the three most popular ice cream flavors among Americans. And now let’s cast those dull spoons aside and dig into some far wilder flavors being scooped by a movement of premium ice cream re-thinkers and out-of-the-carton trend-setters from coast to coast.
Kirk Kerkorian loved a scrapper. In his early years, he was one of the top amateur boxers on the West Coast long before becoming one of the most influential figures in Las Vegas history.
Andre Iguodala scored 25 points Tuesday to become an unlikely MVP, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, securing the franchise’s fourth championship and first since 1975.
Pro poker player Vanessa Rousso is one of the 14 houseguests competing for the $500,000 grand prize on the CBS series.
The gastropub specializes in American food, including many familiar favorites with updated twists. The decor has touches reminiscent of a classic schoolhouse.
The North Las Vegas Fire Department is responding to a fire at a recycling center on Commerce Street near Carey Avenue.
The operator of the government weapons laboratory at Los Alamos, N.M., faces fines totaling $247,500 after losing track of classified material that was supposed to have been shipped to Nevada in 2007, but never arrived.
Police say an 18-year-old Logan, Utah man set fire to the kitchen of a church because he said he “hates churches.”
Which do you prefer, by the glass? As a snow cone? In a mimosa? All three? You will have a chance to try Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label in all of these forms during a Las Vegas stop by the Clicquot en Route truck, starting Thursday.
Segway Las Vegas wants to again use its electric two-wheel devices on the Strip. Or more specifically, the Strip’s sidewalks. But it faces a rocky road of opposition.
The Blackhawks truly united the city of Chicago en route to winning their third Stanley Cup championship in six years.
The Las Vegas Valley will be so hot this week that three nonprofits opened cooling stations Tuesday.
Credit rating firm Moodys late Monday warned legislation that could lead to the breakup of the nation’s fifth-largest public school system “poses uncertainty” and “a credit negative” to the district’s ability to repay debt.
A teenager from Chicago shot a man over comments made on Facebook about slain rapper Young Pappy, prosecutors told NBC Chicago.
