There are some Brazilians who aren’t likely to find much to enjoy about the start of Rio de Janeiro’s colorful Carnival parades — the mayor, the governor and the president.
Two Ohio police officers responding to a 911 hang-up call were fatally shot on Saturday after entering a townhome in a Columbus suburb and a suspect who police were once warned “carries a gun all the time” was taken into custody, authorities said.
A suicidal suspect was found about 11 a.m., armed with a handgun, about 3 miles east of Lake Mead Boulevard and Los Feliz Street, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Grant Rogers said. The man was wanted in connection with a shooting on Saturday, Rogers said.
The pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon based out of the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing in Tucson has landed safely at a Phoenix airport after striking a cable.
Newcomers like “Fifty Shades Freed,” ”Peter Rabbit” and “The 15:17 to Paris” breathed some fresh life into a marketplace that has for weeks been dominated by “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” ”The Greatest Showman” and various Oscar contenders.
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are prepared to black out parts of their memo about the FBI’s Russia investigation to ensure there’s no harmful spilling of secrets, then try again to get President Donald Trump to let it come out.
Russia has scrubbed the planned launch of an unmanned cargo spacecraft that was to have delivered tons of supplies to the International Space Station.
The National Weather Services expects some light showers through midweek in the Las Vegas Valley.
Ticket prices at Walt Disney World in Orlando and at Disneyland in California are increasing, company officials said Sunday.
The pilot and three passengers who survived a deadly helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon were hospitalized Sunday in Las Vegas after an hourslong rescue effort, officials said.
Exactly what happened to the dog on that New Jersey highway, no one really knows.
NBC has apologized to South Koreans for an on-air remark by an analyst that cited Japan as an example that has been important to the country’s own transformation.
Here’s what’s happening at the Winter Olympics on Sunday.
Maiah Yearwood scored a game-high 16 points, and Legacy’s girls basketball team started the third quarter on an 11-0 run on the way to a 53-39 victory over Arbor View on Thursday.
It was a good night for women at the Critics’ Choice Awards, which honored women-centered stories like “Big Little Lies,” ”The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” ”Wonder Woman” was named best action movie and star Gal Gadot accepted a special award for challenging gender stereotypes.
Five states in Mexico now have the sternest “do not travel” advisories under a revamped U.S. State Department system unveiled Wednesday, putting them on the same level as war-torn countries like Syria, Yemen and Somalia.
Desert Pines senior Lorenzo Brown scored a team-high 17 points in an 80-49 road victory over Sunrise Mountain on Thursday night.
Nayeli Silva-Kahalewai tossed two touchdown passes and caught two TDs for Durango’s flag football team Thursday, and the Trailblazers downed visiting Desert Oasis, 36-29.
Brian Washington scored 27 points, including the game-winning layup, to lift Cimarron-Memorial’s boys basketball team to a 50-48 road win at Shadow Ridge on Thursday night.
North Las Vegas police have identified Jasen Moore-Logswood, 21, as a person of interest in the death of Abigail Fischl, who was shot Dec. 9 near East Ann Road and East Tropical Parkway.
We should have majored in math or economics. If we had, this column might have been about us winning half a million dollars in the Westgate SuperContest Gold or $168,000 as the back-to-back winner of the Golden Nugget’s Friday Football Showdown.
Savannah Blanchard-Davis had 17 points as Mojave’s girls basketball team edged host Pahrump Valley 43-41 on Thursday.
Clark County schools will have more money in their budgets in 2018-19, after the Board of Trustees approved transferring more responsibilities — and the funding along with it — to individual campuses Thursday.
County officials imply that the massive price hike won’t be a deterrent to wireless carriers.
A few common-sense adjustments can improve mental health
If you think, Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ is the one to blame for federal marijuana policy, you must be smoking something.
I do not oppose the Raiders buying the parcel. I do oppose the suggested sale price.
I know of dozens of Turnberry Place and Turnberry Towers homeowners who are in the process of installing very expensive blackout curtains and drapes.