"Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.

The transit agency that runs the Metro-North commuter rail line says trains damaged in a Friday crash in Connecticut are being removed in the first step to making repairs and restoring service.

Two rural Nevada colleges will feel less budget pain than initially proposed under actions taken by legislative money committees.

The Federal Election Commission says former U.S. Sen. John Ensign has agreed to pay a $32,000 civil penalty over a payment made by his parents to his one-time mistress.

Legislative money committees have added $6 million for mental health programs, including a home visit pilot program, community interaction services and more beds for mentally ill inmates at a northern Nevada psychiatric hospital.

A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million.

A Reno bookstore is the latest victim of senseless vandalism, and it's not the first time it has been a target.

Mostly sunny Sunday with highs in the low 70s.

Careflight crews worked with Washoe County Search and Rescue, the RAVEN helicopter and Calstar to rescue two backcountry accident victims in the Mt. Rose area Saturday.

Officials are describing a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut. They say it's fortunate no one was killed.

It has been a little more than a year since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again.

Detectives conduct undercover alcohol compliance check in Reno/Washoe County area.

Friends of the Fernley murder victims are coming forward to make sure Northern Nevada knows what kind of special people were lost earlier this week. One woman talked to KOLO 8 News Now about senior volunteer Angie Duff.

The pilot of a small plane that crashed Thursday in Sierra County, California was killed, and was the only person on board. That's according to a spokesman with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Shocking new details in the murders that have rocked the small town of Fernley. Five people, all allegedly killed by one man, 25-year-old Jeremiah Bean.

Mostly sunny and warm on Saturday. A breezy afternoon with NW winds 10 to 15 mph.

Domestic violence victims would have a way to break housing leases to escape their abusers under a bill amended and approved by a Senate committee.

Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.

Formal charges have been filed against a 25-year-old Fernley man accused in a string of five apparently random killings in northern Nevada.

A worker with the Nevada Department of Wildlife killed a bear in Incline Village Thursday night after it did considerable damage to a condo.

The superintendent of Washoe County Schools said the bill to fund school repairs in the county is " very much alive and very active."

Partly cloudy skies this afternoon with a slight chance for thunderstorms. We should clear up and warm up this weekend.

Partly to mostly cloudy today with highs in the upper 60s. This weekend should be sunny and warm with temps rising into the 70s.

A French police official says jewelry worth about $1 million has been stolen from a safe in a Cannes hotel room, against the backdrop of the Riviera resort town's film festival.

Bond has been set at more than $10 million for the second of two brothers facing attempted second-degree murder charges in the Mother's Day shooting spree that broke out during a neighborhood parade in new Orleans.