A spectacular first-round knockout of middleweight Tim Boetsch on Saturday night after five losses in his last six bouts provided what seemed an ideal opportunity for 44-year-old Dan Henderson to go out on a high note.
Based on input from correspondents from The Sports Xchange who cover each team, here is a closer look at the player with the most to prove on each roster in 2015 as they head into this week’s round of organized team activities, with six teams beginning mandatory minicamps — Arizona, Denver, Indianapolis, New York Jets, Oakland, and San Francisco.
Gun control advocates, in their never-ending quest to take firearms from those who are licensed and trained to legally carry them, are trying to advance a bill in the House of Representatives introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. But the bill itself stomps on constitutional rights, and Rep. Maloney’s arguments for it can be shot so full of holes that the legislation would look like a target at a shooting range.
A high-profile Washington, D.C., defense attorney will represent former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert on criminal charges he tried to hide $3.5 million in payments he was making to conceal past misconduct, the attorney’s law firm confirmed on Monday.
Dozens of people rallied at Metro’s Northeast Area Command station Monday night to celebrate three people who lost their lives in a series of shootings a year ago. Las Vegas police officers Igor Soldo and Alyn Beck, who were ambushed and killed as they ate lunch on June 8, 2014, were honored at the substation, located near North Pecos Road and North Las Vegas Boulevard.
During a hike through a remote patch of Lincoln County last month, Jim and Liz Boone stopped to knock down about 20 hollow plastic pipes they found arrayed across the landscape. There’s no telling how many birds the Boones might have saved in the process, but they can easily pinpoint the number they could not.
It looks like Spike TV didn’t find Clint Eastwood’s joke about Caitlyn Jenner during the Guys’ Choice Awards taping on Saturday very funny. A rep for the male-centered network said the reference will be cut from the telecast.
The whistleblower in a Penn State University fraternity scandal tied to a private Facebook group featuring photographs of nude and apparently unconscious female students has sued the school and fraternity, according to court documents released on Monday.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in Texas after it was struck by gunfire from the Mexican side of the border Friday.
The Las Vegas Chamber is paying the price for its perceived lack of leadership on education tax reform in the 2015 legislative session and its funding of an independent Tax Policy Foundation study of Nevada’s revenue structure.
It is increasingly clear that Lester Holt is going to stay in the “NBC Nightly News” anchor chair. His assignment was originally supposed to last six months — the amount of time Brian Williams was suspended after ten years at the helm of “Nightly.”
NASA’s test run of a Mars landing system came to a quick end on Monday when the saucer-shaped vehicle’s parachute tore away after partly unfurling high over the Pacific Ocean, a NASA TV broadcast showed.
A mother was arrested Saturday after the remains of her young son were found in a California storage shed.
Step outside Monday if you want to bake in triple-digit heat and sun: Cloudy skies and showers are bound for Las Vegas.
Center Cedric Paquette scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period, lifting the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final Monday night.
About 57 percent of Eldorado’s class of 2015 celebrated graduation on Monday night, with 230 of 404 eligible students crossing the stage during Monday’s ceremony at the Orleans Arena. Principal John Anzalone is hoping to see that figure climb as seniors are given additional chances to complete graduation requirements this summer.
How can you make your dreams of seeing the world happen while also advancing your career and keeping your budget intact? We’ve rounded up 12 resources and organizations that can help millennials see the world for cheap — or even at a profit.
Two new rock climbing gyms in the Las Vegas market in the past nine months — doubling the number of indoor climbing facilities — signal increased local interest in a sport helped by the area’s popular Red Rock Canyon.
A transgender woman said Tempe Tavern in Tempe, Ariz., refused to serve her Saturday. The woman said she walked into the bar to get a soda and instead was kicked out.
An assault suspect’s big mouth got him into even more trouble in court where he faced charges after allegedly attacking a bus driver.
Megan Rapinoe scored twice to lead the United States to a 3-1 win over Australia in their Women’s World Cup opener on Monday, extending their unbeaten run against the Matildas to 25 games.
An arrest has been made in a shooting that fatally wounded a Minnesota man who was trying to buy 10 pounds of pot, according to a Las Vegas police report.
Apple launched Apple Music on Monday, a $9.99-a-month streaming music service that may not differ dramatically from competitors but comes with Apple’s deep music roots, global brand and hundreds of millions of iTunes customers.
Officials at Lake Mohave found three pipe bombs underwater near Laughlin, the U.S National Park Service and Arizona’s Kingman police said Monday.
Clark County management has ordered Martin Bassick, president of the Service Employees International Union Local 1107, to report for work at a county job in a move that reflects the county’s interpretation of a new state law.
A draft order prepared by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission would deny the application by the data storage company Switch to leave Nevada Power and purchase its own electricity on the wholesale market.
The “high” level fire call came in about 8:40 a.m. from building three, apartment 24 at 3600 Swenson Street, near the intersection of Twain Avenue
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona said BNSF railroad personnel reported a child had been hit at 10:16 a.m. Saturday on tracks in the community of Yucca, Ariz., roughly 30 miles east of Needles.
In the wake of Tony Romo being forced to cancel a fantasy football event scheduled for July 10 to 12 in Las Vegas because of the NFL’s policy against players being associated with gambling, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback made a politically correct post on his Twitter account.
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