The FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs are investigating the shooting death of a Schurz teenager by a Walker River tribal police officer.

A memorial service will held Thursday in Reno for former Nevada first lady Jackalyn Ross Laxalt.

As hundreds of firefighters mopped up the last of the embers from a fire that destroyed 15 homes and briefly threatened the governor's mansion, other crews were starting the job of replanting the scorched ground.

The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection is planning to investigate questions raised by two environmental groups regarding groundwater quality at Cortez Gold Mines operations southwest of Carlin.

Dry temperatures and strong winds fanned a wildfire toward hundreds of homes Sunday in northern Los Angeles County, forcing about 1,000 people to flee their homes.

Rejecting a recommendation expected this week from the Sept. 11 commission, the CIA's acting director said Sunday a new national intelligence chief is unnecessary and that intelligence agencies have made changes since the 2001 attacks to better protect the country.

Billy Joe Tolliver chipped in for an eagle Saturday to take a 2-point lead over Rick Rhoden, Dan Quinn and Mark Rypien through two rounds of the $500,000 American Century celebrity golf championship at Lake Tahoe.

As evacuated residents were allowed back into their homes Saturday, some questioned whether firefighters responded quickly enough to douse the blaze before it exploded out of control, destroying 16 houses.

A judge has blocked Thursday's scheduled execution of a man convicted of murder in Reno, saying the warrant ordering Terry Dennis' death was issued improperly.

The "meanest, ugliest" wildfire to hit Nevada's capital has been blocked from torching more homes by an army of firefighters that managed to get a line around half of the 7,600-acre blaze on Friday.

Choking back tears and pleading for leniency, Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison Friday for lying about a stock sale.

Firefighters kept an explosive wildfire from destroying more homes in Nevada's capital Friday, but warned the flames were still so intense they were burning through retardant dropped by tankers.

Firefighters scaled back the acreage burned by an explosive wildfire that has torched at least 14 homes, but cautioned their estimate of 30 percent containment means little given extremely dry conditions.

A judge has dismissed portions of a lawsuit filed by a gastric bypass surgeon against Carson-Tahoe Hospital.

Firefighters are keeping their fingerscrossed for small favors as they work to strengthen their toehold against an explosive wildfire in Carson City that has burned 14 homes.
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A Reno man accused of killing his parents and leaving their bodies in a garage for a week or more has been indicted on two felony murder counts.

A small army of firefighters in Carson City are battling a fast growing wildfire that continues to threaten the capitol city.

Attackers detonated a car bomb near police and government buildings in the western city of Haditha on Thursday, killing 10 Iraqis, while the prime minister said he would create a new security service geared toward halting the insurgency.

An army of firefighters struggled Thursday to contain an explosive wildfire that injured five people, destroyed 21 structures and threatened 550 other homes and businesses on the west edge of the Nevada capital.

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. is buying Caesars Entertainment Inc. for about $5.2 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create the largest gambling company in the world.

There's a ray of good news at the gas pumps this week for sticker-shocked Nevada motorists.

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The Senate scuttled a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Wednesday, handing a defeat to President Bush yet assuring the issue renewed prominence in the fall campaign for the White House and control of Congress.

Several firefighters and a reporter were injured, a dozen structures were destroyed or damaged and at least 300 other homes and businesses were threatened Wednesday by a wildfire burning on the west edge of the capital.

Nevada tax foes have collected enough signatures to force a public vote on repealing a record $833 million tax increase, the leader of the petition drive said.