Dr. Dipak Desai was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 18 years for his criminal convictions in the deadly hepatitis C outbreak.
Conor Perkins is becoming as automatic as death and taxes when it comes to game-winning kicks.
Bishop Gorman girls tennis coach Gordon Hammond probably would have taken a split of his team’s first six matches with Coronado in the Division I state tournament.He certainly would have been pleased with a narrow lead after the first round. He almost got a sweep.
Mercedes Khumnark walked off the 18th green at Bear’s Best on Thursday and thought her shot at a state title had vanished.
The Breeders’ Cup offers two of the best betting days of the year for horseplayers. The Daily Racing Form Breeders’ Cup Advance edition is available in all race books. You’ll need a week to get familiar with 172 horses that pre-entered into 15 championship races.
High-powered offenses always attract bettors. No coach in college football is scoring more points with the public than Art Briles, the architect of Baylor’s attack.
The Las Vegas police officer who shot an unarmed man Monday night was identified Thursday.
A local good Samaritan is stepping up to help fund the funeral for Kenneth Brown, the man killed Monday at Drai’s nightclub inside Bally’s while trying to disarm a man police say shot two security guards.
A theater ticket often doubles as a ticket to another world. And this week, local audiences have their choice of two vastly different, but equally distinctive, destinations: Mametland and Runyonland.
“KOMP’s Totally Politically Correct Holiday Bash,” featuring Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington, P.O.D. and Sick Puppies, hits The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on Dec. 15. Tickets start at $39.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at The Joint box office, 4455 Paradise Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.
Are they paying homage or should they be paying royalties?
The Misfits’ “Legacy of Brutality” lives on, not just via the band itself, but by the scads of groups inspired by the goth punk forebears, two of whom visit the House of Blues on consecutive nights this weekend.
Hey tabloid hounds, good thing The Venetian is a relatively small theater for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to play.
Technically, Halloween’s almost a week away, but the creepy clock’s already ticking with weekend haunts planned at a variety of venues.
When Broadway’s Betty Buckley played The Smith Center’s Cabaret Jazz last year, she focused on “Ah, Men! The Boys of Broadway” — but included one tune sung by a woman. The other woman.
It’s not quite the halfway point of the NFL season, and what happens from here will be as unpredictable as a drunken night on Bourbon Street. Still, it’s safe to say quarterback Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints are wholly relevant again.
Whether you like Novecento comes down to this: What do you see in your mind and anticipate on your tastebuds when you hear the word “pizza”? Novecento serves the real thing, Neapolitan-style pizza in the style of the place the pie was born.
Gov. Brian Sandoval and a host of volunteers kicked off a year-long celebration of Nevada’s 150th year of statehood Thursday, announcing a plethora of special events between now and the state sesquicentennial on Oct. 31, 2014 to honor the historic and special anniversary.
Tender Steak &Seafood at the Luxor, 3900 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is featuring specialty items in honor of the PBR World Finals through Sunday. A 30-ounce Angus beef rib-eye Tomahawk Chop paired with a Crown Royal flight is $95; they’re available separately for $75 and $30. Tender also is featuring a game meat tasting platter, $55 per person. …
The Life Is Beautiful festival — with music, food and arts — leaves such a large footprint in downtown Las Vegas that two giant Ferris wheels can double as beacons to help you find your way between the two main stages.
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