Updated: 12:14 AM The 32 Nevada delegates headed to their party's national convention in Boston say the economy, health care and Iraq are their biggest concerns.

Updated: 12:12 AM A horse in Fallon was destroyed after it became severely ill and tests confirmed it was infected with West Nile virus.

Updated: 3:47 PM A man accused of killing his elderly parents and hiding their bodies in the garage of their Reno home was found dead of apparent suicide early Friday, authorities said.

Updated: 3:45 PM Throngs of people lured to Reno's new whitewater park on the Truckee River for swimming, kayaking and tubing need to share the resource, designers of the project said.

Updated: 3:42 PM An armed man who crashed a van through an apartment complex gate and then fled on foot was shot and killed by Reno police.

Updated: 3:41 PM An Aug. 12 execution date was scheduled Friday for Terry Jess Dennis, convicted of strangling a woman during a March 1999 vodka-and-beer binge in a Reno motel room.

Posted: 12:13 AM Three days after West Nile virus was confirmed in Nevada, county health officers at both ends of the state reported possible human cases of the mosquito-borne disease.

Updated: 12:10 AM Nevada Democrats made more voter registration gains in June and by the end of the month were only 1 percent below Republicans, according to a report Thursday from Secretary of State Dean Heller.

Updated: 10:51 AM International Game Technology reported another quarter of record earnings Thursday but cautioned that a prime driver in the company's growth of late will slow in coming months.

Updated: 10:47 AM The United States government could not protect its citizens from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because it failed to appreciate the threat posed by al-Qaida operatives who exploited those lapses to carry out the deadliest assault ever on American soil, the chairman of the Sept. 11 commission said Thursday.

Updated: 10:18 PM A third major wildfire burning north of Los Angeles swelled to 10,000 acres Wednesday, threatening hundreds of homes on the edge of the Mojave Desert.

Updated: 10:14 PM Surveillance video from Washington Dulles International Airport the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, shows four of the five hijackers being pulled aside to undergo additional scrutiny after setting off metal detectors but then permitted to board the fateful flight that crashed into the Pentagon.

Updated: 10:10 PM New soil tests show significantly high levels of radioactivity at an abandoned northern Nevada mine, renewing health and safety concerns and prompting federal land managers to restrict access to the 3,600-acre site, U.S. regulators told The Associated Press.

Updated: 10:07 PM American soldiers in Iraq have been dying at a rate of two a day since Iraqis regained political control on June 28 — a drop from the deadliest months of violence before the handover but still about the same rate overall as in the 16 months since the U.S. invasion.

Updated: 10:04 PM In line with a court order, Nevada's secretary of state declared Wednesday that proposals to raise Nevada's hourly minimum wage and to block frivolous lawsuits have qualified for the November ballot.

Updated: 2:30 PM Unkempt landscaping and a misplaced sign led to the death of Reno motorcycle police Officer Mike Schofield, a lawyer for the officer's widow said.

Updated: 2:27 PM Gambling giant Harrah's Entertainment Inc. said second-quarter profits jumped nearly 18 percent thanks to record results at its southern Nevada properties.

Updated: 2:25 PM About 600 Nevada Army National Guard members will leave next month for an 18-month deployment in California, state military officials said Wednesday.

Updated: 9:38 PM Mosquitos collected in Silver Springs and Fernley, in Lyon County, have tested positive for the West Nile virus, the Nevada Agriculture Department said Tuesday.

Updated: 9:36 PM A fast-moving wildland fire that destroyed 15 homes in Nevada's capital city and burned more than 8,700 acres was fully contained Tuesday, fire officials said.

Updated: 9:35 PM The Sept. 11 commission's final report won't declare that the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history was preventable, though some panelists said during the 20-month investigation they believed the hijackers could have been stopped.

Updated: 9:31 PM A judge ruled Tuesday that Nevadans should get to vote on proposals to raise Nevada's hourly minimum wage and to block frivolous lawsuits - even though state election officials said they don't qualify for the November ballot.

Updated: 9:29 PM A new warrant was signed Tuesday for the execution of Terry Jess Dennis, convicted of strangling a woman in Reno.

Updated: 7:04 AM A dead crow found in Nevada's capital has tested positive for the West Nile virus, in what officials said Monday is the first hard evidence of the virus in the state.

Updated: 7:07 AM Local, state and federal officials outlined plans Monday to restore land blackened by a fast-moving wildland fire that destroyed 15 homes in Nevada's capital city and forced the evacuation of hundreds more.