The count of signatures on a Nevada marijuana initiative is back on today, after a federal judge declared unconstitutional two state requirements for tallying ballot measure signatures.

A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a former Nevada football player who admitted he robbed two Reno banks to help support a gambling habit.

Nevada death row inmate Terry Jess Dennis ate cheeseburgers and had another visit with his brother Wednesday as Nevada State Prison officials moved ahead with plans for the 9 p.m. Thursday execution that Dennis wants.

The U.S. military and Iraqi forces prepared Wednesday for a major assault to crush a weeklong uprising by Shiite militants in the holy city of Najaf, as the firebrand cleric leading the insurgents exhorted his followers to fight on even if he is killed.

Reno is starting to run low on water and, for the first time in a decade, the Truckee Meadows Water Authority plans to dip into its drought reserves to keep taps flowing in the Reno-Sparks area.

Democrat John Kerry urged the president Wednesday to allow the sale of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada as he discussed drug prices, health care and retirement benefits with senior citizens.

A legislative panel says metal detectors won’t be activated during the 2005 Nevada Legislature given the lack of any recent security problems.

Scott Peterson's one-time mistress testified Tuesday that their first night together included slow-dancing to karaoke and a hotel-room tryst - but no mention of the pregnant wife who prosecutors say he later murdered.

President Bush chose Porter Goss, a Republican congressman and one-time spy, on Tuesday to lead the CIA as the troubled agency struggles to repair its tarnished reputation and confront new terror threats and the uncertainty of a massive intelligence reorganization.

President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney will campaign in the state this week, following close on the heels of Democratic candidate John Kerry and underscoring the importance of Nevada as a battleground state.

A 45-year-old Reno woman pleaded guilty to a charge of hiring an undercover detective to cut off her husband's genitals.

Petitions to repeal a record $833 million Nevada tax increase and bar government workers from serving in the Legislature have failed to qualify for the November ballot, Secretary of State Dean Heller said Tuesday.

Nevada coach Chris Ault admitted to a bit of apprehension Monday when a local broadcaster who also works as a sheriff's deputy showed up at the annual football media day in his deputy's uniform.

A year after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Justice Department obtained video surveillance tapes suggesting terrorists were targeting Las Vegas casinos but authorities never alerted the public.

Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, addressing a court for the first time, proclaimed his faith in God and asked victims of the blast for forgiveness Monday as a judge sentenced him to 161 consecutive life sentences.

A lawyer trying to stop the 9 p.m. Thursday execution of convicted Nevada murderer Terry Jess Dennis petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday following failed efforts to win a stay from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Nevada attorney general's office has filed a motion asking the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to get a marijuana initiative petition on the November ballot.

One of the Reno area's largest special events has ended a week-long run after drawing another record crowd.

Protected by about 100 guards, Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi visited the war-shattered city of Najaf on Sunday, calling on Shiite militants to lay down their weapons after days of fierce clashes with U.S. forces.

An investigation continued Sunday into the suspicious death of a 44-year-old man found face down in a water-filled drainage ditch in Carson City.

Ten days after confirming the first human case of the West Nile virus in Nevada, Clark County officials have announced two other probable human cases.

A fire destroyed a mobile home north of Reno and seriously injured two children, authorities said.

The heightened state of alert in New York, Newark, N.J. and Washington is "a grim reminder" of terrorist threats that still face the United States, President Bush said Saturday.

As President Bush and John Kerry prepare to visit Nevada again, the Sierra Club is stepping up its political involvement in the battleground state.

Old friends and family say Terry Jess Dennis, facing execution for strangling a woman in Reno, was a nice boy who sang in the school choir but got hooked on drugs and alcohol.