Vietnam War veteran Dave Freeman led a pack of 40 motorcyclists and a tour bus to the Cashman Center Bikefest Friday, launching the Concerned Veterans for America cross-country campaign to heighten awareness about a staggering backlog of veterans’ benefits claims.
Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins is resurrecting the sales tax increase proposal to help police departments pay for officers that his colleagues rejected this week.
A man set himself on fire on the National Mall in the nation’s capital as passers-by rushed over to help douse the flames, officials and witnesses said Friday afternoon.
A motorcycle rider who was struck by an SUV during a New York motorcycle rally that turned violent is a family man who tried to defuse a tense situation, family members said Friday.
The honesty of a homeless man who handed a lost, cash-filled backpack over to police has inspired more than $150,000 in donations to a fund set up in his honor, the fund’s organizer said Friday.
President Barack Obama went out for a deli sandwich Friday as the shutdown went into day 4, drawing a crowd and taking advantage of the spotlight to blame House Speaker John Boehner for the government pickle.
Over the course of nine years, somebody has stolen about $26,000 from the Oregon prison system — a quarter at a time. That’s about 104,000 quarters.
The College of Southern Nevada has hit a significant benchmark that will allow it to apply for the federal designation of Hispanic-Serving Institution next fall. Other Nevada higher education institutions also saw gains in Hispanic enrollments this fall, according to preliminary numbers. That boost could help those schools become Hispanic-Serving Institutions as well.
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin will furlough 3,000 employees on Monday and potentially more in coming weeks due to the government shutdown.
WASHINGTON — Prospects for a swift end to the 4-day-old partial government shutdown all but vanished Friday as lawmakers squabbled into the weekend and increasingly shifted their focus to a midmonth deadline for averting a threatened first-ever default.
