California was walloped Monday by a powerful winter storm carrying treacherous thunderstorms, high winds and heavy snow in ...

There might not be snowboarding at the Olympics — or snowboards at all — if it weren’t for an entrepreneur named Jake Burton ...

Just over four months after Planned Parenthood affiliates were defunded by the Trump administration, California injected ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination ,,, ...

A review panel from the Nevada Commission on Ethics agreed last week to advance a complaint against Attorney General Aaron Ford to the rest of the commission, according to information obtained by the ...

The state government offices in Carson, Douglas, Lyon, Storey and Washoe counties are closed today due to severe weather conditions, Gov. Joe Lomardo’s office said this morning in a news release.

This week brings Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that marks the beginning of Lent — the most ...

Meet Shaquille Anfernee Murray-Lawrence, a Canadian bobsled push athlete at the Milan Cortina Games. He was born in 1993, and yes, was named after Shaquille O’Neal and Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway, who ...

Environmentalists are petitioning federal authorities to protect a rare yellow sunflower threatened by the millions of visitors who flock to Red Rock Canyon each year.

In 1983, The Associated Press profiled the Rev. Jesse Jackson when he was a 41-year-old civil rights activist preparing his historic 1984 campaign for the presidency ...

Costa Rican authorities are investigating the killing of a U.S. citizen in what they describe as an apparent robbery ...

There’s something very cynical about Republicans’ efforts last week to pass a law requiring massive changes to the nation’s voting laws ahead of the November midterms. They must think Americans are ...