Central Michigan quarterback Cooper Rush completed 20 of 33 passes for 352 yards and a Kelly/Shorts Stadium-record six touchdowns as the Chippewas beat UNLV 44-21 before an announced crowd of 19,922 on Saturday in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids, the drugs at the heart of a crisis that has cost 165,000 Americans their lives and pushed countless more to crippling addiction.
When Washington state made one of the first major moves to place limits on opioid painkiller prescriptions, pharmaceutical companies fought back — using the Pain Care Forum, a national network of drug companies and opioid-friendly nonprofits, many of them funded by drugmakers.
In 1977, when U.S. Highway 50 was still the road less traveled, just another anonymous stretch of asphalt traversing the American West, Denys Koyle’s life took an unpredictable turn.
After eight long years of lies and propaganda from the Obama administration and its lackeys in the mainstream media, it’s time to call Barack Obama exactly what he is: the worst president ever.
When Carl Graves realized this spring that he and his roommate no longer could afford their Las Vegas apartment, the 44-year-old pictured himself living on the streets again, as he’d done on and off since 2010.
In a hotly contested race that could determine control of the Nevada Senate, the state Democratic Party is painting GOP Assemblywoman Victoria Seaman as a supporter of Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy, now jailed awaiting trial on federal charges for an armed standoff with law enforcement in 2014.
A new concept that allows businesses to place wagers on behalf of passive investors is failing to gain much traction with Nevada’s sports books.
Federal labor lawyers asked a judge Friday to order a contracting company with ties to a polygamous sect to pay at least $200,000 in back wages to children who were sent to work picking pecans for long hours in the cold.
Here are nine takeaways from the week photojournalist Erik Verduzco and I spent in Macau for Tuesday’s opening of the Parisian Macao. There’s a lot to be said for “everything under one roof.”
UFC veteran Michael Johnson said he was finally healthy after shoulder surgery and ready to put his two consecutive losses behind him in pursuit of the lightweight title.
An explosion in a crowded Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan on Saturday night left 29 people injured, and authorities called the blast an “intentional act,” but said there was no terrorist connection.
Mormons Manuel and Claire Saldana say they normally identify with Republican values and principles, but the Virginia couple is struggling to stay on board with the GOP after Donald Trump became the party’s presidential nominee.
Silverado topped Faith Lutheran, Shadow Ridge and La Salle (Calif.) on Saturday to claim the tournament’s Challenger Division — a consolation bracket for the fourth-place teams in Friday’s pool play.
Las Vegas real estate investor Stephen Siegel is known for his chain of low-priced Siegel Suites apartment buildings but he also owns hotels in Southern Nevada, and he’s been looking to sell a few.
Crowds enjoyed the the Ferris wheel and other rides and entertainment Saturday evening at the San Gennaro Feast at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas.
Five Faith Lutheran boys and four Tech girls finished in the top 10 in their respective races at the Moapa Valley Invitational.
Laura Sussman, co-owner of Kraft-Sussman Funeral Services, says baby boomers are personalizing their funerals to the point where they may end up in the coffin in surfing gear instead of their best church suit. She said it’s common for services now to be held in parks instead of funeral homes. And rock music instead of somber church music is now common at many funerals.
The park, named in recognition of Paiute ancestors, includes a multi-use field, turf volleyball field, a tot lot and basketball courts, is located at 9347 Cimarron Road, south of Blue Diamond Road.
Sierra Vista won the first and third sets against Bonanza to win the Boulder City Invitational.
