Новости за 22.09.2016

Five burning questions as UNLV’s football team prepares to host Idaho at 6 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.

Before you go getting your hide chapped that Hollywood remade “The Magnificent Seven,” remember one thing: “The Magnificent Seven” itself was a remake.

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine was expected to land here midmorning today to stump for the Hillary Clinton campaign at an event at the University of Nevada, Reno.

A man smacked Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson in the face with a pie at a charity dinner, and an official says the former NBA star went on the defensive.

Residents in the Las Vegas Valley can expect high winds and blowing dust on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

This week’s Top 10 college football rankings saw a shakeup here and there from Week 3, but not a ton of drastic movement.

Our entertainment picks this week include the Las Vegas convergence of the real John Fogerty and the Fortunate Son tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Mia Farrow’s 27-year-old son, Thaddeus Wilk Farrow, has died after being found seriously injured in his vehicle in Connecticut.

As her deadline approaches, Britney Spears has singlehandedly raised $500,000 and another $352,000 as sponsors for a 10K bike-run challenge to be announced this morning at sports facility X Cycle, 750 S. Rampart Blvd. in Boca Park, on Thursday, Oct. 27, at noon.

A man was shot near Nellis Air Force Base early Thursday morning, Las Vegas police said.

“If The Killers were a part of it, something must be great about it,” The Lumineers’ Jeremiah Fraites says of Life is Beautiful. The Lumineers, Major Lazer, The Shins, Bloc Party and Mumford & Sons are among the must-see acts at this weekend’s festival.

From choosing the right footwear to not missing out on lower-billed acts, we’ve got you covered.

On the streets — and on the walls. That’s the focus for Life is Beautiful’s ever-expansive, and expanding, art program, which continues throughout the downtown festival Friday through Sunday.

Ozzie the giraffe has a new barn-style enclosure at Henderson’s Lion Habitat Ranch thanks to a partnership between the facility and area construction businesses, including Penta Building Group.

While different groups debate the impact of payday lenders, Nevada is looking at ways to regulate the industry in the Silver State.

They are the questions that every parent ponders: What to make for dinner? What can be made that will satisfy every family member and add enough variety and nutrition? Clark County School District registered dietician Lory Hayon wonders the same thing, except the questions are amplified by the thousands of mouths she must feed a day — adding up to 1.2 million meals per week.

In an effort to help beautify the northwest Las Vegas Valley, Clark County officials are seeking local artists to paint utility boxes.

Books, music, videos and now the whirring of sewing machines. Windmill Library welcomed members of the Las Vegas chapter of the American Sewing Guild for a Sit ‘n’ Sew day Sept. 2 in celebration of National Sewing Month.

Even before they met in 1968, Peter and Carole Sidlow were collectors. She was passionate about textiles, ribbons and antiques. His interests ran the gamut.

Most people imagine the life of a stand-up comic as a long series of anonymous hotel rooms and performing endless one-night gigs in dingy clubs with brick walls. Vinnie Favorito has been performing almost exclusively in Las Vegas since 2003. “It’s awesome,” Favorito said. “I have a great family and a great support system. Now I have a new family, (Red Mercury Entertainment). I’ve never been with such a professional crew as I am now. I’ve never been with a group that really cares the way this one... Читать дальше...

A firefighter among those battling a central California wildfire died Wednesday and another was hurt when the water truck they were in overturned on a highway miles from the fire lines.

An early Thursday morning fire forced the evacuation of three floors of the Carson Tower at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas.

UNLV updated its basketball schedule Wednesday, with times established for all but a handful of games.

The average decommissioned satellite either burns up over a specific ocean region or is ejected to a far-off orbital graveyard. But Chinese officials admit they have lost control of Tiangong 1.

Repair crews worked through the night trying to restore electricity to Puerto Rico’s 3.5 million people early Thursday after a fire at a power plant blacked out the entire U.S. territory.