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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Limiting the size of new swimming pools in and around Las Vegas might save a drop in the proverbial…
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Limiting the size of new swimming pools in and around Las Vegas might save a drop in the proverbial…
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s secretary of state’s office on Wednesday said it has…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A suspect accused of dismembering a man and driving around the Las Vegas area with a severed head and body parts has pleaded…
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America Equipment failure caused a transformer at the Hoover Dam to explode, causing a fire that lasted…
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis, new President Sandra Douglass Morgan and star tight end…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A driver accused of causing a triple-fatal DUI crash in Nevada’s Nye County has been sentenced to up to 60 years in prison. The…
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, one of the…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Tiffany Hayes had a season-high 31 points, Rhyne Howard scored 24 and the Atlanta Dream knocked off the Las Vegas Aces 92-76 on…
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The head of the baseball players’ association is worried about the sport’s…
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, one of the…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The All-Star break came at a good time for the Las Vegas Aces and since play resumed they’ve been on a…
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Casinos and other operators in Pennsylvania set a new annual record for gambling revenue, state regulators said Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The latest expense reports for state candidates in Nevada hold a familiar…
Continue ReadingNORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — The owner of one of the single-engine air planes involved in a deadly mid-air crash at North Las Vegas Airport during…
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MARC LEVY The Associated Press A man firing a rifle killed shoppers at an Indiana mall’s food court. A gunfight at a…
Continue ReadingTRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie won the Barracuda Championship on Sunday, holding on in the breezy final round of the PGA Tour’s lone modified…
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Joe Gibbs said he’s surprised his eponymous race team has yet to sign two-time NASCAR Cup…
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matt Holliday heard from agent Scott Boras that his son was about to be picked first in…
Continue ReadingNORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Four people died Sunday after two small planes collided at North Las Vegas Airport, authorities said. The Federal…
Continue ReadingW.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brandon Williams scored 22 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to an 85-77 victory over the…
Continue ReadingUNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 14 of her 22 points after halftime, Chelsea Gray tied her season highs with 21 points and nine assists…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were wed Saturday in a late-night Las Vegas drive-through chapel,…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — The loud shattering of a glass door at a Las Vegas Strip hotel apparently was mistaken for gunfire, causing panic inside and a…
Continue ReadingTRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie doubled his lead to six points Saturday in the Barracuda Championship, the PGA Tour’s lone modified…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — RJ Nembhard Jr. had 16 points and six assists, Isaiah Mobley added 15 points and 10 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A candidate for Nevada governor who lost the Republican primary in June is contesting the results in a lawsuit. The lawsuit from…
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — It was no shock that state Rep. Ron Hanks and Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters handily lost their…
Continue ReadingTRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie holed a long chip shot for eagle on the par-5 sixth hole and took a three-point lead Friday in the Barracuda…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — The corporate owner of several local Las Vegas-area casinos said Friday it plans to demolish three shuttered hotel towers and sell…
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Arkansas man admitted in federal court that a cache of dynamite and fuses found with him at a…
Continue ReadingBy POPPY CARTLEDGE Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Four-time Pro Bowl guard Richie Incognito has retired after a turbulent 15-year NFL…
Continue ReadingSPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Sparks police have arrested a 36-year-old suspect in a fatal shooting at a local bar. Francisco Contreras of Sparks was…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The G League Ignite said Friday that the team has struck a multiyear deal to relocate to Henderson, Nevada. The Ignite had been…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (10-8) CAMP SITE: Henderson, Nevada LAST YEAR: The Raiders survived a tumultuous season that featured the…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Becky Hammon knew it was time to leave the NBA last winter after being an assistant…
Continue ReadingTRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Charley Hoffman and Mark Hubbard each had 13 points in the modified Stableford scoring system to share the first-round lead…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writers A day after the New Jersey Devils missed out on the top prize in NHL free agency, they landed…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 20 of her 25 points in a record-breaking first half to help the Las Vegas Aces rout the New York Liberty…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural,…
Continue ReadingBy TINASHE CHINGARANDE, ELIZABETH FLOOD, SPENCER FRIEDMAN and DANIEL LAWALL / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for…
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer Judging success and failure in NHL free agency just hours after the market opened can be tricky, looking into the…
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Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tim Cone is the Phil Jackson of coaching basketball in the Philippines. He’s the Gregg…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kelsey Plum got Las Vegas started and Jackie Young helped the Aces close the door from the…
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA has completed the process of changing the transition take foul rule, ending years of…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that results of a blood-alcohol test taken from former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III can…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Golden State assistant coach Ron Adams is the winner of this year’s Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact Award, presented…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The WNBA teams are ready for the sprint to the finish with a month left in the regular season. With most teams…
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Paolo Banchero showed the Orlando Magic plenty in his two Summer League contests. And the…
Continue ReadingBOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — Six employees were injured, including one man with serious burns, after an explosion and fire Monday at a manufacturing…
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