Federal crash investigators are focusing on inadequate maintenance as the cause of a twilight sightseeing helicopter crash that killed a pilot and four tourists near Las Vegas in December 2011.

Authorities say a man is dead after a fire broke out in a Clark County garage.

Federal crash investigators plan to report the cause of a twilight sightseeing helicopter crash that killed a pilot and four tourists outside Las Vegas in December 2011.

Authorities in Las Vegas have identified a 54-year-old man who died in a crash after knocking down a woman who had just left his vehicle.

A court date was canceled for a Nevada state lawmaker hospitalized for a medical and mental evaluation after being accused of threatening a state Democratic Assembly leader.

A pedestrian and a driver are in critical condition following separate traffic accidents in Las Vegas over the weekend.

Police in North Las Vegas have arrested a local doctor on suspicion of sexual assaulting a 68-year-old woman during a physical examination.

Prince is about to get a new honor to add to his extensive collection. He's getting the Billboard Icon Award.

Reno police say Kassidy Nelson, the missing Utah girl, has been located in Las Vegas.

A Japanese billionaire is asking a federal judge to halt an attempt by Wynn Resorts Ltd. to oust him from its board.

Business students who want a job at Caesars Entertainment are working on their poker faces.

The Nevada Gaming Commission has signed off on a $1 million fine against the Palms Casino Resort for failing to prevent nightclub employees from providing drugs and prostitutes to customers.

President Barack Obama plans to visit Las Vegas next week on the first trip outside Washington of his second term.

A Nevada woman accused of trying to vote twice is agreeing to plead guilty to a reduced charge in a case that she says shows the need for voters to produce photo identification.

Police say two boys, ages 12 and 6, who were missing overnight from their home in North Las Vegas have been found safe at a home in Las Vegas.

A plan to allow tourists to shoot high-end Italian guns inside a casino on the Las Vegas Strip appears to have fallen apart.

A Las Vegas judge agreed to again postpone an evidence hearing for entertainer Flavor Flav on felony charges stemming from an October argument with his longtime girlfriend.

A Nevada lawmaker accused of threatening another legislator was ushered into a legislative police office Wednesday when he arrived at the state Legislature.

The Las Vegas Strip is already home to casinos that mimic the canals of Venice and the skyscrapers of Manhattan. Now Sin City is getting an events center modeled on an eastern European glass factory.

Nevada's largest casinos suffered a combined loss of $1.2 billion in 2012, despite an increase in revenues.

The top firefighter in Las Vegas is retiring next month after 27 years on the job, including two as fire chief.

The Clark County coroner is identifying a Las Vegas police lieutenant, his former police officer wife and their 5-year-old son as the three people found dead in a burned home after an apparent double murder-suicide in Boulder City.

Analysts say new home sales in Las Vegas improved in 2012, but are still a fraction of what they were during the region's boom years.

Authorities in Las Vegas have identified a 35-year-old man dead in a double stabbing that apparently stemmed from a drug deal gone wrong.

The gambling industry's main lobbying group is asking casinos to be mindful of the way they advertise online.