With the new year came a new name for the Atomic Testing Museum. It’s now the National Atomic Testing Museum thanks to a provision in this year’s Defense Authorization Act that was signed by President Barack Obama.
CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago police officer used a $132 speeding ticket he issued to track down a woman and ask her for a date, saying the least he could do for costing her so much money was to buy her dinner, a lawsuit filed by the woman alleges.
CARSON CITY — Nevada won’t be a state where the Marijuana Policy Project embarks on a petition drive this year to let voters decide whether to legalize marijuana.
NV Energy says a metallic Mylar balloon sparked an electricity substation power outage that affected about 13,000 customers for about an hour west of the Las Vegas Strip.
The UNLV women’s basketball team, paced by double-doubles from Lenita Sanford and Jamie Smith, beat instate rival UNR 74-63 on Monday night at Lawlor Events Center in Reno.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Brandon Weeden threw for 399 yards and three touchdowns to Justin Blackmon in their final collegiate game, leading No. 3 Oklahoma State to a 41-38 overtime win over Andrew Luck and No. 4 Stanford in an entertaining Fiesta Bowl on Monday.
Much like the weather, everybody these days likes to talk about the nation’s crippled finances — but nobody wants to do anything about it.