An avalanche swept the slopes of Mount Everest on Friday along a route used to climb the world’s highest peak, killing at least six Nepalese guides and leaving nine missing, officials said.
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A 2-year-old girl was struck by a van about 9:30 p.m. Thursday and died at Pecos Road and Dillon Avenue, north of Lake Mead Boulevard, a Las Vegas police watch commander said.
Las Vegas police said they have arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal stabbing Thursday, the third in a span of 24 hours.
Nevada high school freshmen and sophomores in 2014-15 lucked out Thursday when they were freed of the graduation requirement that has kept diplomas from thousands of past students, and will likely do the same for thousands more to come.
NASA planet hunters found an astonomical object dubbed Kepler-186f that has the potential to sustain human life.
Henrique De Castro’s severance pay more than doubled the amount that Yahoo paid CEO Marissa Mayer last year.
Caesars Entertainment’s Linq retail district apparently is driving more than tourism to the heart of the Strip. Officials with the Las Vegas Monorail Co. say it’s partially responsible for a boost in ridership for the 3.9-mile elevated transit system that has seen a downward spiral in ridership since 2007.
A federal jury in Las Vegas has begun its deliberations in a civil rights case that stems from a police beating in 2007 at McCarran International Airport.
There was chaos and confusion on the bridge of a sinking South Korean ferry, with the captain first trying to stabilize the listing vessel before ordering its evacuation, a crewman said Thursday. The captain and a dozen crew members survived, but more than 270 passengers are still missing.
Walter Unbehaun has spent nearly all of his adult life behind bars, so it’s not surprising that he faces sentencing Thursday for yet another crime, a bank robbery last year. His reason for robbing the bank is surprising, though: He was homesick for prison.