It was Dipak Desai’s fault. It was always his fault.
Sometimes, things are better left to the professionals. Consider the case of Brian Read, a pitcher for the Seacoast Mavericks of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, who attempted to tap into his inner Joey Chestnut but wound up almost choking to death and needing surgery.
At Tucson, Ariz., the Padres (49-40) were down to their last strike when pinch hitter Mike Wilson singled, scoring Dan Robertson and Gregorio Petit to extend their lead to 2½ games over the second-place 51s in the Pacific South Division.
Members of the Mitchell family said they had done nothing wrong when Henderson police broke into their two homes without warrants, according to a federal lawsuit.
Daniel Negreanu is a poker activist, championing any cause he believes will improve the game. The latest hot-button issue he is speaking out against is excessive time wasting. Or, as he calls it, tanking.
Green Valley Presbyterian Church, 1798 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson, will present “Jonathan Gorst: An Evening of Music” at 7:30 p.m. July 13. A goodwill offering will be accepted to benefit Henderson Presbyterian Church food bank, 702-454-8484.
Dwight Howard, the NBA’s most dominant and indecisive big man, who tired of Orlando and never loved Los Angeles, has made up his mind.
A small jet carrying six passengers suffered significant damage as it landed at McCarran International Airport on Friday night, according to an airport spokeswoman.
An unarmed security guard died Friday after an altercation with a man who now faces a murder charge, Las Vegas police said.
Death Valley to celebrate 100-year anniversary of the hottest day in recorded history — 134 degrees — and a crowd is expected.
A representative of Cirque du Soleil says “Ka” plans to remove its final battle scene, the same scene during which a performer died on June 29 after falling roughly 90 feet in front of a live audience.
A man was arrested Thursday evening in a shooting that left a victim in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head, according to Las Vegas police.
Justin Jasper had a carload of guns, body armor and explosives when he was arrested this week near Washington University in Seattle. And he apparently had a plan: Do something in the West to support protestors demanding reform in Brazil.
A Las Vegas man was critically injured when his car crashed through two brick walls on Friday, according to police.
It might not surprise you to know, given the number of beer trucks making daily deliveries to casinos, bars, restaurants and taverns statewide, there are only a handful of states whose residents drink more beer on a per capita basis than Nevada, according to a new study.
Egyptian military armored vehicles have raced onto a main bridge over the Nile River in Cairo in the first major move to break up clashes raging between Islamist backers of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and their opponents.
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center is one of 55 hospitals in 21 states that have agreed to pay the federal government a total of more than $34 million to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare for a back procedure, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Nevada attorney general’s office has declined to pursue charges against Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo after officials there determined there was insufficient evidence to show the elected official willfully overspent his budget during the last fiscal year.
For Ryan Kennelly, it’s the numbers that tell the story.
Hertz employee Riley Fairchild recalls that a recent customer had reserved a Chrysler 300 luxury car. But when he saw the Ferrari California sitting in the rental car lot, the $80-a-day Chrysler went out the window.
A 1900s-era milk house recovered from during Las Vegas Wash area construction six years ago is among the Clark County Museum’s newest exhibits.
Fresh out of World War II, a young doctor named Joseph M. George Jr. boarded a train to California. During the steam-powered locomotive’s stop in downtown Las Vegas, he spoke witha bellhop about his plans to set up a medical practice. Las Vegas needed doctors, too, the bellhop told him, and George never got back on the train.
The violence that marred Wednesday’s El Super Clasico exhibition matchup between rival Mexican soccer teams has cast doubt on whether high-profile games will return to Las Vegas.
The motorcyclist who died Thursday morning after hitting a light pole on Windmill Parkway near Arroyo Grande Boulevard has been identified by the Clark County Coroner’s office.
Support for gay marriage by companies as varied as Goldman Sachs, Microsoft and Starbucks gathering steam to change policies in states that bar same-sex couples from tying the knot.
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Slots player turns $25 bet into $1.2M at Nevada casino
I-15 reopens after closure, barricade event in North Las Vegas
Fill a truck for $100 at Tropicana liquidation sale
Restaurant closing after more than a decade on Las Vegas Strip
Roommates’ dispute turns deadly in northwest Las Vegas neighborhood