Six out of seven Colorado River basin states have settled on a proposed set of cuts aimed at saving the crumbling river system and preventing Lake Mead and Lake Powell from crashing — with one very notable state missing from the agreement.
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Cities nationwide have braced for protests after body camera footage was released Friday showing Memphis officers beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, who died of his injuries three days after the Jan. 7 attack.
“It is in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate the Scorpion unit,” Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said in a statement.
A federal deadline to make cuts in water use from Lake Mead, Lake Powell and the rest of the Colorado River hits next week.
A newly elected member of the state Republican Central Committee was removed for recording Michele Fiore ranting about Amy Tarkanian, and a new policy prohibiting videotaping was imposed.
Nevada and three others states are the only ones in which all counties are experencing low levels of the virus.
Rescue personnel in California have found a 75-year-old hiker who was lost on the same snow-covered mountain where actor Julian Sands is missing.
Senators grilled Ticketmaster Tuesday about its spectacular breakdown last year during a sale of Taylor Swift concert tickets.
Gov. Joe Lombardo touted fiscal responsibility during his first State of the State speech Monday.
The dangerous Boulder Highway corridor is still years off from being fully upgraded to improve safety.
More than a thousand people gathered on the front lawn of Graceland on a gray, chilly Memphis morning to mourn the death and remember the life of Lisa Marie Presley, who died Jan, 12 after she was taken to a hospital in California.
The suspect was found Sunday, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a van in which authorities say he fled after people thwarted his attempt at a second shooting Saturday night.
Melanie Tobiasson, a 55-year-old former justice of the peace, died by suicide Friday. She had resigned in 2021 after facing ethics charges.
Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro is set to introduce legislation that would codify protections for out-of-state abortion patients and healthcare providers who provide abortions.
The Elko County Board of Health on Wednesday decided not to ban COVID-19 and flu vaccines in the county.
The ninth in a three-week series of major winter storms is churning through California. Mountain driving remains dangerous and flooding risk is high near swollen rivers.
R’Bonney Gabriel, a fashion designer, model and sewing instructor from Texas who competition officials said is the first Filipino American to win Miss USA, was crowned Miss Universe on Saturday night.
Before becoming governor, Clark County’s former Sheriff Joe Lombardo said nonlethal weapons will never replace deadly ones.
Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot Friday when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.
“I can assure you I’m more excited than ever before about our future,” Mayor Carolyn Goodman said during her state of the city speech Thursday evening.