Новости за 16.02.2016

The race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination has turned into quite a battle, so it's appropriate that a week from Tuesday, the GOP campaign heads to the Battle Born state for Nevada's first-in-the-West caucus.

The Feb. 4 Democratic presidential debate is what a debate should look like, not the clown shows that make up the Republican debates.

Recently, the Review Journal reported again on the chronic teacher shortage in the Clark County School District, the nation's fifth-largest. More than halfway through the school year, at least 700 positions remain unfilled, with more than three quarters of the vacancies in high poverty schools.

Las Vegan Roy Nelson knows his last fight was not the most entertaining 15 minutes his fans have endured even though he was able to slog through Jared Rosholt's backpedaling and earn a victory.

A big week continues for Ultimate Fighting Championship star Ronda Rousey.

A man was critically injured when he was hit by a car Monday night near Texas Station, according to North Las Vegas police.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar led the Grammy winners on Monday with five wins but was shut out of the night's top categories as Taylor Swift nabbed album of the year in an upset victory.

The 58th Grammy Awards kicked off on Monday, feting the biggest names in music.

Four Americans have been arrested in Bahrain for entering the country using false information and allegedly participating in "attacks on police," according to a police statement released Monday.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, who has urged President Barack Obama to move "right away" in filling the late Justice Antonin Scalia's seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, has spoken to the White House on what is shaping up to be a major partisan battle, a Reid aide said Monday.

Up close and personal. That's the theme for the Las Vegas Philharmonic's new Spotlight Series, a trio of chamber music concerts that kicks off Tuesday at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts.

The sudden death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia does not affect any Nevada-specific cases, but advocates for various issues said Monday his death creates uncertainty as the nation's highest court considers hot-button issues such as union membership, abortion rights and immigration.

The sudden death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia does not affect any Nevada specific cases, but advocates for various issues said Monday his death leaves a void and uncertainty as the nation's highest court considers hot-button issues such as union membership, abortion rights and immigration.

In the halfcourt, it's the same Princeton-style offense that Air Force has run for years, an attack that has been challenging for teams to defend. The Falcons, though, don't shy away from playing a full-court game. They even embrace it.

A massive diamond among the largest ever discovered was recently unearthed in Angola, mining company Lucapa announced Monday.

Single-game tickets will go on sale at noon Tuesday for this spring's Big League Weekend games between the New York Mets and the Chicago Cubs.

It's half past 12 at the gym when the fighter strolls in from brilliant sunshine. He looks spry for 84 years old — and for a guy who fought two wars with Carmen Basilio back in the day

A Kentucky lawmaker fed up with anti-abortion laws in her state has introduced a bill that would require men seeking erectile dysfunction drugs to visit a doctor twice, get a note from their wives and swear on the Bible to be faithful.

A man was hospitalized with critical injuries Monday morning after police said he was run over by a tractor-trailer in the loading dock of Hard Rock Hotel.

If Southern Nevada were to develop an inland port, it could result in speedier delivery of goods to the Strip and clear some truck traffic from Interstate 15 south of Las Vegas.

The Zika virus may be particularly adept at entrenching itself in parts of the body that are shielded from the immune system, making it harder to fight off and possibly lengthening the timeframe in which it can be transmitted, top U.S. experts said on Friday.

Las Vegas police are seeking the public's help in finding a man in connection with a robbery at a gas station in November, the department tweeted Monday.

AT&T has finally made a splashy 5G announcement of its own.

West Coast Harry Potter fans, rejoice! The "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" at Universal Studios Hollywood is one step closer to becoming a reality. In order to run "technical rehearsals" before the magical land officially opens on April 7, the theme park has cracked open the gates to Hogsmeade Village.

Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight contender John Lineker will be unable to fight Cody Garbrandt on Sunday's UFC Fight Night 83 card in Pittsburgh after contracting dengue fever in Parana, Brazil.