SPARKS, NV - Traffic is blocked on Glendale between McCarran and Stanford Way because of a big rig accident. The truck overturned, trapping the driver inside. He's apparently not badly hurt. No word w…

Nevada lawmakers face a "daunting challenge" to balance a state budget nearly $900 million in the red, Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley said Tuesday in opening remarks to a special legislative session…

A sheriff's deputy at Lake Tahoe shot and killed a 600-pound black bear that rushed him after wildlife officials tried to flush the hibernating animal out from under a condominium.

Taxable sales in Nevada fell 6.6 percent in December compared with the final month of 2008, marking 14 straight months of declines from the year before - though the statewide decline slowed for the se…

WASHINGTON — The first of 150 full-body scanners planned for U.S. airports will be installed in Boston next week, officials said Tuesday. The plan is to install three machines at Logan International …

Divebar , the venue that gave the band their start. The free show will begin at 11pm. Available Sinners merchandise will include the band’s new album,

Police have arrested 21-year-old Andrew Mendoza on child abuse charges. Police say they were called to Mendoza's home last night and found a 3-month-old in critical condition. The baby had trauma…

By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate investigation accuses the Army of turning a blind eye when a Blackwater subsidiary hired violent drug users to help train the Afghan…

By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress moved closerTuesday to allowing Native Hawaiians to establish their own government despite objections from the state's governor….

By SAMANTHA ABERNETHYAssociated Press Writer LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) - A teacher tackled a man armed with a high-powered rifle just after two teenage students were shot Tuesday at a suburban Denver mid…