Angelina Jolie says she's had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that makes it extremely likely she'll get breast cancer.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval says his budget adds $120 million for K-12 education and he's opposed to a plan announced by Senate Democrats to raise the state's payroll tax to increase education spending.

Gov. Brian Sandoval wants to give tax breaks to Nevada businesses that donate to scholarships for low-income children to attend private schools.

A Nevada lawmaker is pushing a bill that would insert a accountability to the state's tax abatement programs and help lawmakers make budget decisions.

Lyon County Undersheriff Albert Torres confirms the four murders in Fernley are connected with the death of a man found in a ditch at the Mustang Exit.

A car fire slowed traffic headed eastbound on Interstate 80 near USA Parkway Monday evening.

Still warm and sunny until Thursday.

A driver is dead and two construction workers are hurt after a crash near Truckee Monday afternoon.

Popular psychologist, columnist, and television and film personality Joyce Brothers has died. She was 85.

Former Wolf Pack head coach Chris Ault has been hired by the Chiefs as a consultant.

A bill to raise the sales and property tax rates in Washoe County to fund maintenance at aging schools remains in limbo.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million grant to Nevada's higher education system to help find ways to make large-scale solar power plants more practical and efficient on arid desert lands.

A Philadelphia doctor accused of performing illegal, late-term abortions in a filthy clinic has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies born alive but acquitted in the death of a fourth baby.

President Barack Obama is dismissing Republican criticism of his administration's handling of the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya, calling the criticism a political sideshow.

The government has filed a last-second appeal that will delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription.

Washoe sheriff's detectives are investigating a body found near the Mustang offramp Monday morning.

Barbara Walters is telling viewers she is retiring in another year following a television career that began in 1961.

Sunny skies continue today with daytime highs peaking in the upper 80s.

A science teacher at Reno's Wooster High School is being honored by the Desert Research Institute.

The Bangladesh military says it is ending its search for survivors in the wreckage of an eight-story garment factory building that collapsed last month.

A 27-year-old self-described pimp accused of killing three people in a shooting and fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts against him.

A Carson City man is facing arson charges tonight after allegedly setting his home on fire. Investigators say he was distraught and attempting to take his own life when he lit the fire in a home on the 1400 block of Siskiyou Drive. He escaped, and no one else was injured in the fire.

Warm (high 85) but windy for Monday.

As the weather keeps getting nicer, more people will start leaving their cars behind and opting for two-wheel transportation. This season, you'll have a chance try riding the 'hog' safely and at an affordable price.

A vehicle fire slowed traffic over Donner Pass Sunday afternoon.