The U.N. Security Council gave resounding approval Tuesday to a resolution endorsing the transfer of sovereignty to Iraq's new government by the end of June. President Bush said the measure will set the stage for democracy in Iraq and be a "catalyst for change" in the Middle East.
Nevada casinos had a record April, winning $826.9 million from gamblers for an 11 percent increase over the same month a year earlier, the state Gaming Control Board reported Tuesday.
The Federal Trade Commission has voted to close its investigation into the pending acquisition of Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp. by Harrah's Entertainment Inc., clearing the way for final regulatory approval of the $1.45 billion deal.
A Reno mother is facing child endangerment charges after her 2-year-old son was found wandering alone in a downtown park.
A former Harrah's Reno bartender lost Monday in efforts to get the Nevada Supreme Court to find that Harrah's erred in firing her for refusing to abide by a policy requiring women employees to wear makeup.
Most of a $17.5 million fund that's supposed to help poor Nevadans pay their utility bills hasn't been tapped because many people don't know about the assistance program - now in its third year.
The body of Ronald Reagan, accompanied by a fragile Nancy Reagan, arrived Monday at his presidential library to begin nearly a week of journeying across America that will end with his return to California for burial on a hilltop.
Alcohol was a factor in a weekend accident near Pyramid Lake that left one person dead and four injured, authorities said.
Ronald Reagan was remembered with jelly beans, flowers and American flags on Sunday at memorials in his hometown and outside the mortuary where the former president's body lay.
Near the five beaches where waves of Allied soldiers stormed ashore 60 years ago, world leaders put aside their differences Sunday to commemorate the D-Day invasion that broke Nazi Germany's grip on continental Europe.
High-profile defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin has withdrawn from a case involving the murder of a former Las Vegas casino executive, four months after scoring a huge victory in getting his client free on bail.
State officials have declined to say what prompted a search of a nursing home where six patients died in a single day last year.
A brothel owner who bought the buildings and logo of Nevada's infamous Mustang Ranch bordello plans to reopen them this summer, possibly as a museum.
In a blockbuster deal that would merge two of the biggest gambling companies in the world, MGM Mirage offered to buy Mandalay Resort Group for about $7.65 billion on Friday.
Ronald Reagan, the cheerful crusader died Saturday after a long twilight struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
Iraq's new prime minister made his first address to the nation Friday, saying a rapid U.S. withdrawal from the country would be a "major disaster" because Iraqis are not ready to handle their own security.
A $585,000 federal grant will help increase the number of Nevada students taking advanced placement tests, Rep. Jim Gibbons and education officials said Friday.
President Bush got a sharp dose of Europe's opposition to his Iraq policy Friday, quietly in the halls of the Vatican from Pope John Paul II and loudly in the streets of Rome from thousands of demonstrators.
A Reno woman found guilty of having marijuana in her system when she pulled out in front of a motorcycle police officer will learn her sentence next month.
A top Bush administration water official said she doubts Nevada could win quick approval of a proposal to buy Colorado River water from farmers in California and Arizona.
A group petitioning to repeal last year's state tax increase and to prevent public employees from serving in the Legislature won a round Thursday when a judge told state agencies to stop harassing the group's petitioners as they collect signatures on public property.
CIA Director George Tenet, battered by Sept. 11 fallout and criticism of Iraq intelligence mistakes, said Thursday he would soon resign in a surprise announcement that threw open a key position at a critical time in the war against terrorism.
University officials who might ask the Legislature for a tax increase next year to support their construction wish list may need a backup plan.
Nevada's child welfare agency could lose more than $300,000 in funding for failing to meet national performance standards for foster care, adoption and child protective services, officials said.
Bears are on the prowl in northern Nevada, scrounging through garbage cans, cars and even houses in search of food from the forested neighborhoods of Lake Tahoe to the apartment rows of south Reno.
