So far, no deaths, serious injuries or extreme damages have been reported in California, though officials warned that risks remain, especially in the mountainous regions where the wet hillsides could unleash mudslides
The National Hurricane Center in Miami downgraded Hilary to a post-tropical storm Monday, but warned that ‘continued life-threatening and locally catastrophic flooding’ was expected over portions of the southwestern U.S.
The first couple is renting a private home on Lake Tahoe, the massive alpine lake that abuts California and Nevada and is a tourist attraction
A wetter winter and conservation measures have helped improve the river’s health a bit this summer, but experts warn a drier future is ahead
The Nevada GOP is insisting on holding its own caucus despite a new state law calling for a primary election, a move critics say is designed to benefit former president Donald Trump
The fake elector plan was central to the federal indictment filed against Trump earlier this month that alleged he tried to overturn results of the 2020 election
The workers say they want a fair contract that will ensure “one job is enough to provide for their families”
As of Wednesday morning, it was 30% contained after roaring through California’s massive Mojave National Preserve and crossing into Nevada
The third criminal case into Trump details what prosecutors say was a massive effort to “impair, obstruct, and defeat” the federal process for certifying the results of a presidential election
The blaze was mapped at roughly 125 square miles on Tuesday, with 23% containment. That makes it the largest wildfire of the season in California
The historic heat began blasting the region in June, stretching from Texas across New Mexico and Arizona and into California’s desert
The historic heat began blasting the lower Southwest U.S. in late June, stretching from Texas across New Mexico and Arizona and into California’s desert
The York Fire that erupted Friday near the remote Caruthers Canyon area of the vast wildland preserve crossed the state line into Nevada on Sunday
The number represents the toll of people who died in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Two people who initially survived died in subsequent years from causes that were attributed to wounds they suffered
Before this year, the longest stretch of days where temperatures reached at least 110 degrees was 18, in 1974
The former president’s political team has been working for years to shape the mosaic of local GOP rules around how delegates are awarded in each state after the complex and sometimes convoluted rules tripped up his 2016 campaign
The prospect of record-breaking heat in the California national park has drawn floods of European tourists exposing themselves to the dangers of a uniquely aggressive ecosystem
In Arizona, the monsoon season officially begins June 15 and can bring powerful storms with high winds, lightning and heavy bursts of rain
Biden faces only minor primary challengers in self-help author Marianne Williamson and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Authorities said 31 cows died in the northern Alabama town of Berlin during Saturday’s severe weather when lightning struck the tree they were hiding under
Speaking to Nevada Republicans for the first time as a presidential candidate, DeSantis made no direct mention of the former president’s legal woes
The first political rally of the president’s reelection campaign is being held at a union gathering in Pennsylvania, punctuating just how much the president is counting on labor support to carry him to a second term
The issue pits Nevada’s powerful tourism industry, including trade unions, against a growing chorus of mostly progressive groups that, throughout the country, are raising concerns about use of tax dollars to finance sports stadiums
At a hearing Monday, lawmakers are considering whether to allow up to $380 million in incentives that include state tax credits and county bonds to build a home for the Oakland Athletics
The plan would conserve an additional 3 million acre-feet of water through 2026, when current guidelines for how the river is shared expire. About half the cuts would come by the end of 2024
Committee hearings and back-door discussion for the bills were animated by questions over whether the legislation starting at 4 grams would repeat ‘war on drug’ policies criminalizing low-level users
The 24-year-old former first-round NFL draft pick avoided trial with a plea deal on Wednesday that is expected to result in a sentence of three to 10 years in state prison
