The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday voted to permit lounges where people can consume marijuana, making the city the first in Nevada — and one of the few nationwide — to allow such businesses.
New York is now providing free phone calls from jails, making it the first major U.S. city to eliminate fees for inmate calls, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.
An eBay seller in Tennessee is hoping you don’t pass on this offer for a piece of old Las Vegas.
An Arizona man has died six days after being charged with killing his roommate and two dogs and setting fire to his wheelchair during an apparent suicide attempt.
Students at a North Carolina university were gathered for end-of-year presentations in an anthropology class when a gunman shattered the calm by opening fire with a pistol, killing two and wounding four, a professor said.
Erik Haula suffered a season-ending knee injury in early November, and the 28-year-old now finds himself as part of a logjam of forwards the Golden Knights must cull this summer.
Two Las Vegas men pleaded guilty Wednesday in Washington to federal conspiracy charges for their role in a scheme to defraud insurance companies through staged car crashes.
The trout fishery many Southern Nevada anglers have enjoyed through the years is gone. For the time being anyway. In fact, you won’t even find it listed on the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources digital fishing planner.
Immigrants and their supporters converged Wednesday on the Wisconsin Capitol to rally for Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal that would make driver’s licenses available to people who are living in the country illegally.
New population estimates show California’s births fell by 18,000 last year, prompting the slowest recorded growth rate the country’s most populous state.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman was sworn in for a third and final term on Wednesday in a ceremony that underscored the legacy of the Goodman name and celebrated her impact on the city, beginning years before she and her husband combined to serve six consecutive stints as its leader.
As senior vice president of flight crew operations, Tulle will lead a team of more than 2,100 Allegiant employees, including 850 pilots and 1,200 flight attendants across the company’s network.
The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that no rate hikes are likely in coming months amid signs of renewed economic health but unusually low inflation.
Prosecutors say a Chevy-versus-Ford argument escalated and ended with a man shooting his girlfriend and her son.
Members of the public can receive free legal advice between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. today at the Doolittle Community Center.
Florida lawmakers have passed legislation that would allow more classroom teachers to carry guns in school, the latest response to last year’s mass shooting at a Parkland high school.
A Las Vegas attorney who once clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Philip Pro is the newest member of the Nevada Gaming Commission.
The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress for an additional $4.5 billion in emergency funds for the U.S.-Mexico border as the administration contends with a surge of Central American migrant families, with the bulk of the funding for shelter and care.
A judge set bail at $250,000 on Wednesday for a 16-year-old charged in the shooting death of a 78-year-old security guard last month in the southeast Las Vegas Valley.
Burgers, which used to be simple and kind of boring, have taken off in recent years with even top-rated chefs nationwide tinkering with them.
The Raiders lost a valuable part of their backfield depth this week when running back Isaiah Crowell reportedly tore his Achilles’ tendon during a Tuesday workout at team headquarters.
The man was found floating in the pool on the 2200 block of South Fort Apache Road, near West Sahara Avenue, a little after 7 a.m. Wednesday in what police initially characterized as an accidental drowning.
Maine has become the first state to ban single-use food and drink containers made from polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam.
Temperatures will begin to climb Wednesday and continue to rise into the weekend as a cold front that ushered in cooler weather early this week exits the Las Vegas Valley, according to the National Weather Service.
An activist group says more than 100 people have been arrested at May Day rallies across Russia, with more than half of the detentions taking place in St. Petersburg.
“Paula Abdul: Forever Your Girl” is ready to shake up Flamingo Las Vegas.
A San Francisco billionaire is donating $30 million to the University of California, San Francisco, to research root causes of homelessness and potential solutions.
Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in finding a missing 61-year-old man who may be in severe emotional distress and in need of medical assistance.