More than 200 freezing passengers and crew remained trapped on a burning ferry and adrift in rough seas between Italy and Albania early Monday after enduring a second night of smoke, frigid temperatures and gale-force winds awaiting evacuation after fire broke out. At least one person died and two were injured in the risky rescue operation.
Complaints against judges across the state are rising, but the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline is having a tough time keeping up. Executive Director Paul Deyhle said the commission lacks modern-day resources, manpower and authority to handle the growing caseload.
The Baltimore Ravens are back in the playoffs. The Seattle Seahawks are staying home — in a good way. While the Ravens made it on San Diego’s loss to Kansas City, the Seahawks rounded into form in the last few games of the regular season to grab homefield advantage.
Ousted Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks, the first person ever expelled from the Legislature, was the man behind the hundreds of trees made available on the morning of Christmas Eve and he was happy to do it.
A blaze at a senior citizen apartment complex hospitalized one woman and injured a man in North Las Vegas Sunday afternoon, the fire department said.
A northern Arizona police officer killed over the weekend was shot repeatedly at close range by a domestic violence suspect after calmly asking the man if he could pat him down for any weapons, authorities said Sunday.
While UNLV was shocking No. 3-ranked Arizona, Dick Vitale and his bride of 43 years were taking in Le Reve at Wynn Las Vegas. Le Reve was the first big production at the Wynn, so it’s still a diaper dandy among Las Vegas shows.
Ships and planes have resumed searching for a passenger jet that went missing more than 24 hours ago on a flight from Indonesia to Singapore. Officials said they believe that the plane is at the bottom of the sea.
Eric Whitacre is a world-class, Grammy Award-winning music composer who grew up in rural Nevada, went to school at UNLV and makes about a dozen speaking appearances a year. He also recently appeared before the Governor’s Conference on Tourism.
A man in his 50s surfing on the Central California coast survived an attack Sunday by a juvenile great white shark, state officials said. The man sustained minor injuries and was able to paddle himself to shore.
After four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, Jim Harbaugh is expected to accept a six-year, $48 million offer to become the next head coach at the University of Michigan. Other expected moves: The Jets will probably fire Rex Ryan, and Mike Smith is probably out in Atlanta.
A former Nevada wildlife panelist says a case can be made that desert tortoises might not have been as threatened by human activities, such as development and livestock grazing, as biologists once thought. Instead, the real culprits appear to be ravens, magpies and large birds of prey.
The Nevada Highway Patrol is alerting drivers to expect long delays and traffic cameras show bumper to bumper traffic near Primm on southbound I-15.
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day plans might need to be altered to include staying home, keeping warm and maybe participating in snowball fights for fun as the National Weather Service is almost certain there will be accumulated snow in the valley and the Mojave Desert.
Couples fight over their children, their houses, and even their pets. A recent survey found that lawyers have noticed an increase in the number of fights over custody of a pet. Most of the time, those disputes involved a dog.
Believe it or not, there are a few things that, while important and closely related to your financial health, aren’t reported to credit bureaus and won’t result in a bad credit score. Hopefully your quest for the highest credit score possible is made a bit less stressful with the following knowledge.
Audiences had their pick of genres during the Christmas weekend, but splashy holiday debuts proved no match for “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.” “The Interview,” meanwhile, wowed with $15 million from its 2 million online rentals and purchases.
A plane traveling from Toronto to Washington made an emergency landing in central Pennsylvania after the crew detected smoke on the flight deck and in the cabin. Porter Airlines spokesman Brad Cicero says the turboprop landed safely Sunday morning at Williamsport Regional Airport.
From giants in the casino industry such as Jackie Gaughan to the last lady Munchkin, Las Vegas bid adieu to many prominent and noteworthy men and women in 2014.
A man was trapped in an SUV and later hospitalized with minor injuries after a crash on Wigwam Avenue and Torrey Pines Drive Sunday afternoon. The driver, a man in his 20s, may have broken his hand.
Clint Carvahlo and his Extreme Parrots were semifinalists on “America’s Got Talent” and appear nightly at Planet Hollywood’s V Theater, but their current Springs Preserve gig may be “the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done,” Carvahlo says.
The Islamic State militant group has killed 1,878 people in Syria during the past six months, the majority of them civilians, a British-based Syrian monitoring organization said on Sunday.
Las Vegas’ restaurant realm staggered a bit for a few years during the worst of the recession, but like the most dedicated Strip imbiber it regained its footing during 2014 and partied on in high style.
An 11-year-old Bismarck boy is gathering donations to help fill backpacks with items like water bottles and hand warmers to give to the homeless.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has awarded a $50,000 grant to a Carson City arts organization.
A Massachusetts woman charged with two counts of murder after the skeletal remains of three babies were found in her squalid home faces arraignment.
Dance and church have not always been a unifying force in American culture, but when they are combined by liturgical dancers, the result can be a sacred experience.
Main Street Station’s Pullman Grill decorated in its holiday finery lent a nostalgic ambience to the American Culinary Federation of Las Vegas’ annual holiday reception and dinner the evening of Dec. 16.
Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team, told Oprah Winfrey that he still dreams of playing in a regular season game and that he is not the only homosexual in pro football.
