President Barack Obama believes firmly in freedom of the press and does not want journalists to be prosecuted for doing their jobs, the White House said on Tuesday, responding to criticism about his administration’s investigations of leaks to reporters.
A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday approved legislation to give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, setting up a spirited debate next month in the full Senate over the biggest changes in immigration policy in a generation.
The Clark County School Board unanimously appointed Pat Skorkowsky as superintendent of the nation’s fifth-largest school district on Tuesday night.
Democrats may have fallen short of crafting a comprehensive tax reform plan to address Nevada’s wobbly revenue structure, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a bevy of bills to raise taxes floating around the Legislature this year.
Oscar Goodman’s autobiography, “Being Oscar,” is being released Tuesday by Weinstein Books. The former three-term Las Vegas mayor sat down with me for an extensive interview that covered topics including representing the mob as a lawyer, his 12 years at City Hall and his half-century love affair with his wife, Mayor Carolyn Goodman.
In January, not long after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Gillespie joined other law enforcement members at a meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss gun policy.
With a brand forever linked with the “ultimate driving machine” tagline, you might not associate BMW with scooters. But BMW has built scooters for years in Europe, and it has been making inroads stateside with its own take on efficient, urban transportation.
Keeping up with her previous records of helping Filipino World War II veterans, Sen. Mazie K. Hirono [D-HI] followed this up by beating the 5 p.m. deadline last May 7 to insert an amendment to Sen. Bill 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, that will enable the children of Filipino World War II veterans to get permanent residence even if the veterans are either dead or alive.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday gave reporters a tour of its national support center in Quezon City.
China should respect the Philippines’ sovereignty over the Kalayaan Island Group in the Spratlys and stop raising tensions in disputed areas of the West Philippine Sea, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Cuisia Jr. said.
Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all
Committee sends bill for medical marijuana clinics to Nevada Senate
Republicans press NRC chair for answers on Yucca Mountain
Men arrested in death of teen during iPad robbery held without bail
Little Church of the West marks 70 years of walking down the aisle
Judai, Ryan mark 4th year amid split rumors
‘Cake Boss’ star and pastry chef Buddy Valastro to open Italian American restaurant at Palazzo