LAS VEGAS — The first president of University of Nevada, Las Vegas has died. Donald Moyer was 89 years old.Moyer oversaw UNLV from 1964 to 1969, when the school was called Nevada Southern University….

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A tornado hit parts of Little Rock and its suburbs Thursday, causing at least one minor injury and damaging businesses, trees and power lines in a state hit by a series of violent…

Thu, Apr 3, 2008 (7:17 p.m.) A former immigration agent pleaded guilty to raping a Jamaican woman he was transferring between detention centers, authorities said Thursday.Wilfredo Vazquez, 35, sexual…

Thu, Apr 3, 2008 (7:17 p.m.) A New Orleans bouncer was acquitted Thursday in the asphyxiation death on New Year’s Eve 2004 of a Georgia college student whose friends had been excluded from a karaoke …

Getting to the bottom of one of the country's largest health crises won't be easy, but someone is taking the job. On Thursday, we learned Dr. Mary Guinan will lead the investigation into the s…

Thu, Apr 3, 2008 (7:17 p.m.) We like to think there isn’t anything we wouldn’t do for a friend, but Michael A. Moore has the proof: On Thursday, he donated his kidney to his best friend, and to do so…

Jesse Corona reporting Two people are in jail, charged with running an underage prostitution ring here in Las Vegas. Metro says Jacob Canto and Kristin Stillman groomed a 15-year-old and 17-year-old g…

Thu, Apr 3, 2008 (7:17 p.m.) A landowner with “strong anti-government attitudes” surrendered after a daylong standoff with police Thursday that included a gunfire exchange, tear gas and a house fire,…

Katherine Whaley introduces us to a local man who knows what life on the streets is really like, and looks at how you can help others like him. Samuel Watkins struggles to find words to describe his f…

Thu, Apr 3, 2008 (7:17 p.m.) Scientists have begun moving the Mojave Desert’s flagship species, the desert tortoise, to make room for tank training at the Army’s Fort Irwin despite protests by some c…