The UNLV Alumni Association announced Wednesday that Patrick Smith, a board member and former president of the association, has died. He was 45.
The Arkansas River held steady at record levels Thursday, putting enormous pressure on aging levees and offering little relief to areas enduring historic flooding.
A woman caught on video shoving a 74-year-old man off of a Las Vegas bus pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and other charges related to his death.
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to push the Trump administration’s long-awaited plan for Mideast peace.
New Hampshire on Thursday became the latest state to abolish the death penalty when the state Senate voted to override the governor’s veto.
President Donald Trump and his acting defense secretary distanced themselves Thursday from an order to keep a warship named for the late Sen. John McCain, a Trump thorn, out of sight during the commander in chief’s recent visit to Japan.
A Tennessee man has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for urinating on a Kellogg’s cereal conveyor belt at a Memphis facility.
The crash happened around 8:10 a.m. Thursday at Flamingo Road and Swenson Street, according to the Metropolitan Police Department’s traffic unit.
The bodies turned up in some of Chicago’s most derelict places: alleys, abandoned buildings, weed-choked lots and garbage containers. The victims were mostly black women who had been strangled or suffocated.
MGM Resorts International confirmed the elimination of 557 more jobs Thursday, bringing the total of layoffs to 1,070 as a result of the MGM 2020 cost-cutting program.
Las Vegas Fire Department firefighters put out a blaze in a two-story apartment building in the western valley Thursday morning.
Just before 3 a.m., the Nevada Highway Patrol responded to the crash involving two vehicles and a semitrailer on northbound I-15 near Moapa Valley.
President Donald Trump blasted special counsel Robert Mueller on Thursday, calling him a “never Trumper” who led a biased investigation on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
The planet of Batuu invites guests to live out their own “Star Wars” story.
The U.S. economy grew at a solid 3.1% rate in the first three months of the year, but much of that gain was based on temporary factors.
The fire, which started just after 3 a.m. at an office in the Dona Maria Plaza, 3211 N. Tenaya Way, near West Cheyenne Avenue, was believed to be intentionally set.
The Las Vegas Valley has about a week left before high temperatures are expected to top the 100-degree mark, according to the National Weather Service.
Rescue workers scoured the Danube River in Budapest Thursday for 21 people missing after a sightseeing boat sank in a matter of seconds after colliding with a larger cruise ship.
The ranks of Democratic White House hopefuls backing impeachment proceedings grew on Wednesday following a rare public statement from special counsel Robert Mueller that made clear his Russia report didn’t exonerate President Donald Trump.
New state abortion laws likely to become bogged down in legal challenges face another potential obstacle: prosecutors who refuse to enforce them.
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential contenders are in a feverish battle to one-up each other with ever-more-ambitious plans to beat back global warming , curb gun violence , offer universal health care coverage , slash student debt and preserve abortion rights. Largely left out of the policy parade: immigration.
Many students using Opportunity Scholarships will lose their funding within the next two years unless the Legislature acts, according to Don Soifer.
A dwindling cohort of D-Day veterans and dignitaries will gather to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the invasion that marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany.
A Las Vegas police motorcycle officer avoided serious injuries on Wednesday night after a crash in the western Las Vegas Valley.
Tanner Anderson pitched six strong innings Wednesday night as the Aviators remained unbeaten against the Sacramento River Cats, winning 7-1 in a Pacific Coast League game before 5,512 at Raley Field.
Las Vegas native Blake Frischknecht scored the go-ahead goal in the 89th minute to lead Orange County FC past Lights FC 5-3 in a U.S. Open Cup third-round match Wednesday at Cashman Field.
Also happening downtown, an evening of self-expression at Artifice and a soccer match watch party.
UNLV senior Aiwen Zhu moved up 47 spots in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings to close her career at No. 58 after upsetting two top-30 players in the postseason.
The funding bill, Senate Bill 543, now heads to the Assembly for action with five days remaining in the session. The Senate voted 18-3 to approve it after debate.
