Calling it perhaps the biggest money laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people Tuesday with running what amounted to an online, underworld bank that handled $6 billion for drug dealers, child pornographers, ...
Critics of online gaming say a new generation of problem gamblers is likely to emerge with Internet poker being so readily available. But two presenters at this week's 15th International Conference on Gambling & Risk ...
Homeowners have only a few days left to self-report and avoid paying penalties for any home modifications done without a permit under a countywide amnesty program that runs through May.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday that he opposes and would veto a bill requiring private party background checks for gun purchases that Democrats support. Hours after a legislative hearing concluded for Senate Bill 221 from ...
Nevada owes the federal government an estimated $540 million that was borrowed to cover unemployment checks issued to the jobless during the recession. The Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved two bills to pay off the ...
A Las Vegas pimp faces sentencing after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to tax evasion, the Internal Revenue Service announced. Johnny Ray Taylor, 34, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas to one count ...
The Senate Finance Committee has approved spending $2 million during the next two years to recruit teachers for high-risk schools in Clark County. Each of the next two years, $1 million will go to the ...
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Tuesday he was surprised he wasn’t called to testify in the trial of former lobbyist and real estate mogul Harvey Whittemore, who is accused of illegally funneling $133,000 in contributions ...
A man convicted of three sex offenses involving juveniles was arrested Saturday after officers found a child in his residence, Metro Police said. The arrest of William O. Smith, 41, has prompted officers to search ...
Hoping to lure some of the movie industry from Hollywood to Las Vegas, the Nevada Senate has approved a bill to give tax credits to filmmakers who come to Nevada.
One of the men suspected in an ATM robbery earlier in May was arrested Monday night only hours after police enlisted the public’s help in finding the culprits.
It’s a question that’s loomed over the gambling industry since Internet gaming became a reality: In a battle between brick-and-mortar casinos and online casinos, who wins?
After 18 years working elections in Clark County, Joseph Gloria was announced as the new registrar of voters Tuesday, replacing Larry Lomax, who was appointed last week to serve on a national elections committee.
A CSX freight train crashed into a trash truck and derailed Tuesday in a Baltimore suburb and the explosion that followed rattled homes at least a half-mile away, sending a plume of smoke into the ...
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid today renewed his threat to go after filibuster rules that have hindered President Barack Obama’s cabinet appointments, but don’t expect him to back eliminating the filibuster when it comes to legislation.
Fear held sway as Nevada legislators heard three hours of testimony this morning on a controversial gun background check bill. The competing spectres: an intrusive federal government or another mass shooting perpetrated by someone who ...
The Smith Center pedestrian bridge will be christened Wednesday morning by city leaders. Funding for the $4.5 million bridge, which spans the Union Pacific railroad tracks, comes from three sources: $500,000 from the Federal Highway ...
The Nevada Tax Commission signed off on a $233 million settlement with the state's largest casino resorts to free them from paying sales taxes on the comped meals they provide their patrons and employees in ...
Tod Story, a longtime aide to Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, is the new exective director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. Story, who has served as the organization’s interim executive director since Feb. 1, ...
A newborn's cries from a public restroom in a residential building in eastern China led a tenant to a startling discovery: a baby boy trapped in a sewage pipe beneath a squat toilet.
A celebrated burlesque performer was killed and her husband critically injured in a crash over the weekend, when a party bus ran head-on into the couple's car as it was stopped on a highway south ...
A Las Vegas man killed Saturday when he lost control of a motorcycle near Jean has been identified by the Clark County Coroner’s Office as Michael Sando.
Attorneys won't be able to mention Trayvon Martin's drug use, suspension from school and past fighting during opening statements in the trial for the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot the teen, a judge ruled ...
Passengers whose cruise vacations were cut short by a fire onboard the Grandeur of the Seas arrived back home Tuesday on charter flights from the Bahamas, many praising the crew's response and some already planning ...
Stocks surged Tuesday, restarting a rally that brought the market to record highs this year, after U.S. home prices rose the most in seven years and consumer confidence reached a five-year high.
Nevada’s legislators are somewhat begrudgingly closing down this year’s legislative session with a budget that looks pretty close to what Gov. Brian Sandoval proposed in January — a budget Democrats say doesn’t do enough to ...
Virginia “Jenny” Fisher Murdoch had a dream a few months ago that her brother is alive. Murdoch knows dreams aren’t prophetic, and though she seems almost embarrassed talking about it, she says this one feels ...
A former principal is under investigation and taxpayers could have to cover as much as $100,000 because a local high school failed to raise enough money to host a national conference for student councils.
Bo Hash arrived at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals — Rose de Lima Campus with two Bounty paper towels wrapped around his bloodied right hand and his thumb in a red Dixie cup.
Lake Mead is more than just a body of water leading up to the architectural wonder that is Hoover Dam. A closer look at the lake reveals a region full of hidden gems and activities ...
