HENDERSON, Nev. — Henderson fire investigators said they want to know the cause of Tuesday night's fire that destroyed an abandoned landmark casino.The Alystra casino had been closed and boarded up f…

WASHINGTON — Congress has sent President George W. Bush legislation directing him to temporarily halt oil shipments into the government's emergency reserve. Lawmakers hope that will lower energy pric…

Wed, May 14, 2008 (9:12 p.m.) John McCain, looking through a crystal ball to 2013 and the end of a prospective first term, sees "spasmodic" but reduced violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, Osama bin Lad…

Wed, May 14, 2008 (9:02 p.m.) The tribal chairman at an American Indian reservation said Wednesday that the law enforcement shootings of three people in gunbattles in the last week had turned tribal …

Wed, May 14, 2008 (8:12 p.m.) Authorities arrested a man they say was seen throwing a Molotov cocktail into the woods Wednesday in this Atlantic coast town, where several homes have been gutted by wi…

Wed, May 14, 2008 (8:02 p.m.) Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popula…

Wed, May 14, 2008 (8:02 p.m.) The Senate late Wednesday approved and sent to the White House legislation directing President Bush to temporarily halt oil shipments into the government's emergency res…

They seem trustworthy but they're actually crooks. We're talking about a band of burglars that police say are preying on the elderly. If this story sounds familiar, that's because the crim…

A Nevada commission on judicial discipline has refused to delay proceedings on a pending complaint accusing a Clark County family court judge of sexual abuse and harassment. Judge Nicholas Del Vecchio…

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) – The Shreveport, Louisiana, area will take a while to dry out after getting soaked with more than ten inches of rain since late Tuesday. Nearly half of that fell in a single hou…