Las Vegas Herald news Las Vegas Herald news Rss feed

  • British prime minister Indications London attack was terror

    British forensic officers attend the scene of an apparent attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London on Wednesday. British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack in southeast ...

  • Fairgrounds on Las Vegas Strip will accommodate 64000 for special events

    : Circus Circus Enterprises Inc., a subsidiary of MGM Resorts International, sought use permits and approval for the fairgrounds complex from the zoning ...

  • Wildfire closes Scottys Castle in Death Valley

    A wildfire is burning on the grounds of Scotty's Castle at Death Valley National Park in California, but the historic mansion has not been damaged. Park spokeswoman Cheryl Chipman said the blaze broke out at the northern end of the castle grounds Tuesday afternoon. It is now burning up Grapevine Canyon toward the Nevada border, about 180 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The castle is not ...

  • Jose Canseco accused of sexual assault in Vegas

    LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police are investigating a woman's allegations that former baseball player Jose Canseco Jr. sexually assaulted her. Officer Bill Cassell said Wednesday that the 48-year-old Canseco was named as a suspect in the investigation. Cassell says the investigation isn't complete, no charges have been filed and no arrest has been made. The department spokesman ...

  • Canseco tweets he is suspect in Las Vegas sex assault probe

    Jose Canseco in 2005. Jose Canseco loves the limelight - even though he’s the target of a rape investigation.The outspoken slugger and admitted steroid-taker today posted a series of tweets, some that he removed a short time later, that revealed he’s being investigated for raping a Las Vegas woman. He named and posted a picture of the tanned lean, ripped, bikini-clad fitness model ...


clear
Las Vegas Weather
91.0°F Clear
Winds: From the NNW at 6.0 MPH Gusting to 16.0 MPH
Thu
clear
91° 63°
Fri
clear
86° 64°
Sat
clear
90° 63°
Last Updated on May 22, 2:19 PM PDT
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

Movie Review

Mon oncle Antoine [DVD]

Mon oncle Antoine [DVD]

Set in the blustery, frozen winter landscape of northern Quebec in the 1940s, Mon oncle Antoine is a coming-of-age tale that is as much about life in a small rural mining town as it is about the travails of its teenage protagonist, which is a good thing since, even by th ... ...

On Facebook

  • Update FBI agent likely struck by shrapnel while arresting murder suspect

    An FBI agent was likely struck by shrapnel, but wasn't shot, while arresting a California murder suspect Tuesday. Authorities initially said the unidentified agent was shot in his bulletproof vest Tuesday night in the 1700 block of Karen Avenue, near Sahara Avenue and Maryland Parkway. The agent was working with a local Las Vegas police fugitive task force. He was struck when the suspect, ...

  • Panel rejects construction of a new Nevada execution chamber

    CARSON CITY -- A panel of lawmakers decided Wednesday not to fund construction of a new $700,000 execution chamber at Ely State Prison. The decision was made by a joint Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance subcommittee when it voted to approve a $104 million capital improvement program for the upcoming two-year budget that begins July 1. The vote was unanimous and there was no comment from ...

  • Oklahoma tornado damage could cost more than $2 billion

    MOORE, Okla. - The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. State authorities meanwhile said two infants were among the 24 people who perished in the twister.Oklahoma Insurance Department spokeswoman Calley Herth told The Associated Press that the early damage tally is based on ...

  • IRS official Lerner I did nothing wrong

    IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (AP ...

  • Kitchen Nightmares appearance leads to viral customer service disaster for restaurant

    PHOENIX -- It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet. An Arizona restaurateur, fed up after years of negative online reviews and an embarrassing appearance on a reality television show, posted a social media rant laced with salty language and angry, uppercase letters that quickly went viral last week, to the delight of people who love a good Internet meltdown. "I AM NOT ...

More Las Vegas Herald news