With Hurricane Katrina bearing down on New Orleans, Phil Todora loaded up his aging car and headed to Las Vegas with his 17-year-old daughter, an aspiring rhythm and blues singer. That was 10 years ago this week.
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A buzz surrounded Southern California football even before coach Steve Sarkisian slammed too many drinks and embarrassed himself in public. He slurred words, shouted profanities and generally played the part of a college kid at a frat party.
The unmanned aerial system test facility in New York is working on sense-and-avoid technology that could help commercial airliners detect and avoid drones that invade their airspace.
Taylor Swift may have won the most Moonmans on Sunday but it was her reunion with rapper Kanye West on the MTV Video Music Awards stage that stole the show, as West declared he will run for the U.S. presidency in 2020.
When U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials arrived at the dedication site of the Gold Butte Backcountry Byway in June 1989, they were met by a line of peaceful protesters from the Moapa Band of Paiutes. The Paiutes were deeply concerned about the road. An official byway meant increased access, more motorized vehicles and the potential for disrespect and destruction of sites that are part of the Moapa Paiutes’ cultural heritage.
Reading state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer’s statement about the Education Savings Accounts lawsuit left me amazed (“ACLU sues to block education accounts,” Friday Review-Journal). Nevada’s assistant Senate majority leader said “the ACLU wants to go back to a system of hard zoning, forcing poor and minority students into chronically failing schools and furthering cycles of generational poverty.”
The Federal Election Commission, founded by Congress in 1975, is an independent regulatory agency entrusted with a very narrow mission: to enforce campaign finance laws. No more than three of the six commissioners can be members of the same party, and at least four votes — a bipartisan majority — are required for any official commission action.
Brett Nicholas’ two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning sent the Round Rock Express to a 5-3 win over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game Sunday in Round Rock, Texas.
Landon Orndoff catches air as he competes in the advanced BMX competition during the Craig Ranch Action Sports Competition at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas on Saturday. The official high temperature for Las Vegas was 107 degrees.
A man shot and killed by a Metro officer in a North Las Vegas foot chase on Saturday morning was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.