Новости за 05.09.2016

Thalia Marie Sperry Dondero, who broke gender barriers by becoming the first elected female Clark County commissioner and serving in a number of other influential leadership positions, died Sunday. Her legacy includes ...

Florida State has posted a losing record against the spread in two of the last four seasons under coach Jimbo Fisher. Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze has never ended a season unprofitably. ...

Twin bombings near the Afghan Defense Ministry have killed at least 24 people, including two security force generals, in an attack claimed by the Taliban. Public Health Ministry spokesman Ismail Kawasi says ...

The shape of Bill Cosby's felony sexual assault trial could become clearer at a hearing Tuesday when his lawyers fight to keep out key evidence, including nearly 1,000 pages of damaging testimony he gave in ...

Hermine continued Monday to twist hundreds of miles off shore in the Atlantic Ocean and was expected to keep swimmers and surfers out of beach waters because of its dangerous waves and ...

Nevada National Guard members at home and in Kuwait are marking the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting that killed four people at a Carson City restaurant, including three ...

Hungary's prime minister vowed Monday to protect his country's borders against a possible surge in migrant arrivals this fall and offered to help neighboring Serbia to do ...

President Barack Obama says the NFL quarterback who is refusing to stand for the national anthem is the latest in a long line of professional athletes who have exercised their constitutional right to make ...

U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem Sunday night before the Seattle Reign's game against the Chicago Red Stars "in a little nod" to ...

Despite formidable opposition across the political spectrum, President Barack Obama is using his final months in office to fight for congressional approval of a 12-nation free trade pact called the ...

President Barack Obama said Monday the U.S. and Russia have not given up on negotiations that could stem the bloodshed in Syria, but acknowledged leaders are challenged by "gaps of trust" between ...

A string of bombings, including a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State group, struck in and around several Syrian cities on Monday, killing at least 43 people, mainly in ...

In the wake of recent attacks across the globe, fears over terrorism, immigrants and illicit drugs have been used to justify costly proposals for thousands of miles of walls along our Southern border and bans on the admission to the United States of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria, or even bans on entire religious groups. This heated political rhetoric obscures the complexity of the border reality confronted by the United States and its neighbors, all of whom benefit from growing cross-border trade and travel.

Labor Day, a traditional holiday honoring American workers, is an apt time to take a hard look at the value of labor …

Emergency cash offered by payday lenders can be enticing, at least in the short term. The issue is that borrowers who might already be living week to week often struggle to repay and can face mounting interest rates — compounded by the fact that there are no limits on the charges Nevada lenders can levy on customers ...

Responsibly managing your credit affects more than just borrowing. It can affect routine matters such as having utilities connected, getting a cellphone or even applying for a job.

In Nevada, service-industry workers, their union and others typically play a key role in electing Democrats up and down the ballot and, despite Clinton securing most major union endorsements — including from the biggest labor federation in the country, the AFL-CIO — analysts see some evidence of a disconnect between leadership and membership ...

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The general manager of House of Blues Las Vegas talks about changes to the venue, his plans for growing the business, his passion for professional sports and the importance of adjusting one’s management style to get the most out of each employee individually ...

In the Notes: United Way of Southern Nevada, After-School All-Stars Las Vegas, McDonald’s, City National Bank, Mesquite Gaming, Las Vegas Southwest Rotary and more ...

Medical marijuana has been legal in Nevada for years, but only recently have rules been in place for dispensaries to do business. Navigating the regulatory maze has been challenging, but the rewards have been worth the effort, the owners of one dispensary say.

Katie Laning Niebaum, vice president of communications and media relations for the National Restaurant Association in Washington, D.C., calls food waste “one of the most important opportunities restaurants have to decrease our environmental footprint and address hunger in America.”

The leading opponents of a November ballot question to require universal background checks on gun purchases would have voters believe that the measure is full of diabolically restrictive provisions that make it a full-on assault on the Second Amendment. It's not.

Take a good look when someone says, “Unions aren’t needed anymore.” Is it a representative of a think tank financed by Big Business? Some corporate executive whose place in the 1 percent …

First, a 31-point win, regardless of the opponent, is impressive. But that was just the beginning of what the Crusaders had to overcome to win a football game ...