Новости за 19.02.2016

Robert L. Lough recalls how Vietnam War veterans were shunned when they returned to the U.S., and now he wants to be there for former military personnel who need a friend in tough times.

The man killed in the southeast valley Monday has been identified by the Clark County coroner.

The Martin Luther King Boulevard offramp from Interstate 15 is closed Friday morning because of a single-car crash, Nevada Highway Patrol said.

Friday's Bellator MMA event in Houston has been almost universally panned as little more than a circus by purists of mixed martial arts.

Barbara Richardson, a state administrator in New Hampshire, was named Nevada insurance commissioner Friday.

The Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 Brush St., was packed for the group's 10th anniversary.

The Vatican on Friday tried to tamp down a firestorm ignited by Pope Francis' comments assailing Donald Trump's views on U.S. immigration as "not Christian," saying it was not a personal attack or attempt to influence the U.S. campaign.

The Strip has plenty of showrooms, offering a variety of entertainment. Out in Summerlin, there's a relatively new theater that offers more than shows — it gives young people the chance to explore what the industry entails.

A judge in Illinois on Friday will hear a lawsuit challenging Ted Cruz's eligibility to serve as president, putting questions about the Texas senator's status back into the news the day before the South Carolina primary.

It's been four years since Project 150 was established, and it's grown by leaps and bounds since. Normally, that would be a good thing, but in this case, it means demand for the nonprofit's services are greater.

Composer Jason Robert Brown has three Tony Awards. Someday, he hopes, he'll have a Broadway hit.

Shawn Winrich had just gotten off the boat that takes visitors to the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor when he decided to use his smartphone to snap photos of the beautiful scenery. As he clicked away, he noticed a helicopter dropping in altitude near the hundred or so people gathered at the Remembrance Circle.

Our picks for your best bets in TV and movies in the week ahead.

Rick Harrison had very specific criteria when it came to finding tenants for his Pawn Plaza, 725 Las Vegas Blvd. South: They had to be cool.

Members of the U.S. Supreme Court paid their respects to their late colleague Antonin Scalia during a brief but somber ceremony at the court on Friday.

Health care and more control over schools were among top priorities cited by Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen on Feb. 3 during his annual State of the City address.

A Las Vegas kitten who had the misfortune of suffering an eye injury while feral is now in the home of a national celebrity.

Harper Lee, author of the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird," one of the greatest literary successes of the last century and the basis for a classic 1962 film of the same name, has died, according to her hometown publication, AL.com. She was 89.

A pedestrian is in serious condition after a possible hit-and-run in the central Las Vegas Valley on Friday morning.

Two woman are dead and a man is wounded after an early morning shooting near the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas police say.

This year, don't get mad at the tax man. Instead, devise a plan to find as many secret tax deductions as you can. Here's a roundup of 15 of the most commonly overlooked tax breaks in hopes that the more you know, the less you'll pay when you file your taxes by this April 18.

The UNLV men's golf team shot a second-round 3-under-par 285 for a two-round total of 5-over 581 in the John A. Burns Intercollegiate at Kauai's Wailua Golf Course.

While NASCAR continues reinventing itself to look like the NFL on wheels, there's at least one area in which stock car racing seems to have inched ahead of pro football on the high side.

As soon as you enter Shawn Porter's business, you're asked — politely, yet firmly — to remove your shoes. Not every gym makes that request. But as Porter's father and lead trainer, Kenny, points out, this is a high-performance center, not a gym.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch won the two 60-lap/150-mile Can-Am Duel races at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday.