Новости за 27.12.2016

Backers of a plan to force the federal government to turn over control of millions of acres of land to Nevada are gearing up for new efforts in Congress and hoped-for support from President-elect Donald Trump. They're starting with plans to convince a skeptical public that state control of nearly ...

Investigators recovered the flight-data recorder from a crashed Russian military plane Tuesday and began reviewing its contents to learn why the jet went down moments after takeoff, killing all 92 people aboard, including ...

President-elect Donald Trump appointed an experienced hand from the George W. Bush era to his national security circle Tuesday and a figure from the Trump Organization to make international deals. Thomas Bossert will become as assistant to the ...

British author Richard Adams, whose 1972 book "Watership Down" became a classic of children's literature, has died, according to his daughter. He was 96. Juliet Johnson told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Adams died in Oxfordshire, England on Christmas Eve after ...

Police are searching for thieves who snatched two puppies from a Henderson pet store. KTNV-TV reports that surveillance video shows two people entering Petland on ...

Garry Shandling died from a blood clot in his heart, coroner's officials said Tuesday more than seven months after the comedian's unexpected death. A report by Los Angeles' coroner's officials released Tuesday states the fatal clot occurred after the comedian developed blood clots in ...

Actress Carrie Fisher, who found enduring fame as Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars," has died. She was 60. Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, released a statement through ...

A Las Vegas lawyer who formerly practiced in Portland and remains a member of the Oregon State Bar has been sending emails to Oregon lawyers, inviting them to help form a new group for ...

Authorities say a small plane with three people aboard has been reported missing in mountainous eastern Tennessee. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says authorities are ...

Authorities in Tennessee say they have recaptured five of the six inmates who broke out of jail on Christmas Day. The Cocke County Sheriff's Office says six inmates escaped from the jail early Sunday after removing ...

Here's the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from South Point. Our four sports writers started with...

A naval program that has become a target for critics is preparing to commission the USS Gabrielle Giffords, named for the U.S. politician who survived an assassination attempt in 2011. The USS Gabrielle Giffords, constructed by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama, has completed testing in the Gulf of Mexico and is scheduled to ...

The Bills have fired coach Rex Ryan ahead of their last game of the season after he failed to lead Buffalo to the playoffs. Bills officials announced Ryan's firing on Twitter on Tuesday, after a Week 16 loss to the Dolphins dropped the Bills to 7-8 and officially eliminated ...

Firefighters battled a blaze at a strip mall for more than an hour this morning, according to the Clark County Fire Department. Fire department officials said they received reports about ...

Detectives are investigating the death of a woman found Monday afternoon in the central valley as a possible homicide, according to Metro Police. Officers arrived about 4:30 p.m. Monday at a vacant unit at ...

Putting 75 years of resentment behind them, the leaders of the United States and Japan are coming together at Pearl Harbor for a historic pilgrimage to the site where a devastating surprise attack sent America marching into ...

Donald Trump cannot move ahead with his plan to dismantle his charitable foundation because state prosecutors are probing whether the president-elect personally benefited from its spending, the New York attorney general's office said Tuesday. "The Trump foundation is still under investigation by ...

The furious winter storm that swept into the northern Great Plains on Christmas Day weakened Tuesday, but thousands remained without power in the Dakotas and Michigan. High winds and drifting snow continued to make travel hazardous in the Dakotas, even as ...

Fights broke out at malls around the country Monday night sending shoppers, who were looking for post-holiday deals, scrambling for the exits. No one was seriously injured in the mall melees, which, during ...

Nevada’s national school ranking is disheartening. To be ranked at or near the bottom in an array of categories means no one cares to improve our education. All of the teens at the forum had strong opinions about how they would instill change to make improvements. ...

You are, in fact, about to lead the largest science department anywhere in the world. When you get the feel of the place, one hopes that talk of disbanding it will disappear. Likewise wild talk about rooting out climate science, which has the department in shock. The DOE is not part of climate science conspiracy. Please examine your charge before you trash it. ...

One friend of mine canceled our dinner plan because he hadn’t realized that it fell around the time when his daughter expected word from her top Ivy League choice. He and his wife couldn’t leave her home alone in such a tremulous state, at such a terrifying juncture. ...

The easiest cover of bowl season so far came from the team that was supposed to have the hardest matchup. ...

The discussions with federal border officials, along with separate talks with city officials in Laredo, Texas, one of the busiest crossings, come as aides to Trump maintain that construction of a border wall will be a top priority of his administration. ...

Before undertaking the rite of passage of a road trip, there are some steps you should take ...