He’s the only local driver in Saturday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. So if Spencer Gallagher can keep his nose clean, as the auto racing announcers like to say, and he is running near the front toward the end, the Fox Sports 1 and Motor Racing Network broadcast crews will be inclined to mention his home track advantage.
A Georgia license plate featuring the Confederate battle flag was on sale again on Wednesday after the state ended a temporary hold on the specialty plates in response to the June massacre of nine black churchgoers in South Carolina.
Inyo Fine Cannabis, which opens Thursday, becomes the second marijuana dispensary in Clark County. And like other businesses in Nevada’s emerging legal pot industry, it has built in several layers of security to deter robberies and break-ins.
The body of a Colorado teenager who vanished seven years ago was found stuck in the chimney of a mountain cabin within a mile of where he went missing, authorities said on Wednesday.
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said the Washington Redskins should keep their controversial name despite complaints from some Native American groups and members of Congress that it is racist.
Comedian Kenan Thompson appeared on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” Tuesday night and told the host about some advice Bill Cosby gave him while working on “Fat Albert” in 2004.
In a catch that’s been widely hailed as the best in Division III football history, Knox College receiver Ilir Emini kicks an underthrown ball in the air to keep it alive and then hauls it in while lying on the field for a 37-yard reception in Saturday’s 20-6 win over Lawrence in Appleton, Wis.
Target is expanding its price match guarantee to items bought online. Target.com will match prices at 29 retailers, including Amazon and Walmart.com.
A woman was charged this week with murder for allegedly throwing her newborn girl from a seventh-floor window in her boyfriend’s Bronx apartment, NBC New York reported.
The first Tesla Model X SUVs have been delivered to six lucky customers. Elon Musk handed over the keys Tuesday during an event near the automaker’s factory in Northern California.
The U.S. House of Representatives, continuing its fight against women’s healthcare provider Planned Parenthood, on Wednesday voted to strip the organization of its funding.
A South Carolina police officer was fatally shot at a mall on Wednesday during a struggle with a knife-wielding gunman, a law enforcement official said.
Billionaire William Koch persuaded a federal appeals court to uphold a jury verdict and $1.15 million award against Silicon Valley entrepreneur and fellow oenophile Eric Greenberg over the sale of 24 bottles of fake Bordeaux.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin stayed the execution of inmate Richard Glossip on Wednesday while the state reviews protocol questions, her office said.
The Senate moved Wednesday to prevent the first part of a multi-step budget crisis when it voted overwhelmingly to keep the government funded through Dec. 11.
