State Senate District 1

Republican political newcomer Arsen Ter-Petrosyan is aiming for an upset in his bid to unseat state Sen. Patricia Spearman in her Democrat-dominant district.

State Senate District 7

Democratic State Sen. David Parks is poised to hold on to his District 7 seat.

State Senate District 11

State Sen. Aaron Ford and his Republican challenger, Jon Frazier, aren’t eyeing the same target when it comes to expanding firearm background checks.

Assembly District 28

Democrat Edgar Flores is seeking a second term in Assembly District 28, with a challenge coming from Republican Wesley Cornwell.

2 dead, including gunman, in workplace shooting in Virginia

A current or former employee shot one person to death and wounded three others before apparently killing himself at a rail car plant in Virginia early Tuesday, authorities said.

Tribal voting battle could cost Nevada, rural counties more than $100,000

Two Nevada tribes are asking a federal judge to order the state of Nevada and two counties to pay them more than $100,000 in legal expenses in a growing legal battle over alleged violations of the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Search for Piano Guys’ daughter suspended

Authorities have suspended the search for a 21-year-old woman believed to be missing in the Columbia River Gorge.

Assembly District 34

Democrat Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod is hoping to take back at least one Assembly seat for her party that was lost during the Red Wave of 2014.

‘Mormon and Gay’ website launched to help LDS LGBT members

Mormon leaders are telling gay and lesbian members in a new website launched Tuesday that attraction to people of the same-sex isn’t a sin or a measure of their faithfulness, but reminding them that acting on those feelings by having sex violates fundamental doctrinal beliefs that will not change.

How much do you know about the World Series? — QUIZ

How much do you know about the World Series? How about the Chicago Cubs? Or the Cleveland Indians? Well, let’s see just how much you know.

Shriners Open offers $3 ticket special

Fans will have a limited opportunity purchase tickets to next week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open golf tournament for just $3.

Blue Man Group Drum-Off shows off styles, musicality of instrument

With a prize package worth $6,000 at stake, five finalists in the Blue Man Group Drum-Off pulled a variety of tricks from their proverbial hi-hats, some trying out different drumming styles and repeatedly flipping their sticks in the air, others drumming with a blindfold on and using light-up drumsticks.

London developer rescinds Moulin Rouge development offer

The excitement for what seemed to possibly be a final redevelopment attempt of the Moulin Rouge site is gone even faster than it came. A London-based developer who had offered to redevelop the site appears to have withdrawn from the project.

4 killed in accident on ride at Australian theme park

Four people were killed Tuesday after a river rapids ride malfunctioned at a popular theme park on Australia’s east coast, officials said.

61 killed in terror attack at Pakistani police academy

Militants wearing suicide vests stormed a Pakistani police academy in the southwestern city of Quetta overnight, killing 61 people, mostly police cadets and recruits.