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Zinke wants to trim Gold Butte, other national monuments

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that six of 27 national monuments under review by the Trump administration be reduced in size, with changes to several others proposed.

Officials say Las Vegas Valley needs to be ready for disasters

Las Vegans do not have to worry about the type of hurricane conditions that recently rocked communities in Florida and Texas, but safety officials said valley residents should be prepared for other types of disasters.

Thousands die waiting for Social Security disability benefits

More than 1 million Americans await a hearing to see whether they qualify for disability benefits from Social Security, with the average wait nearly two years — longer than some of them will live.

Mars research crew leaves Hawaii habitat after months of isolation

Six NASA-backed research subjects who have been cooped up in a Mars-like habitat on a remote Hawaii volcano since January emerged from isolation Sunday. They devoured fresh-picked tropical fruits, vegetables and a fluffy egg strata after eating mostly freeze-dried food during their isolation.

St. Louis sees 3rd day of protests over officer acquittal

Several hundred protesters observed six minutes of silence in front of the St. Louis Police Department, then chanted “stop killing us” as officers looked on from headquarters windows.

UK lowers threat level after 2nd arrest in subway attack

British police made progress Sunday in their investigation of the bomb that partially exploded on a packed London subway, leading counter-terrorism officials to lower the country’s threat level because a fresh attack no longer was judged to be imminent.