Associated Press - May 8, 2008 5:25 PM ET DALLAS (AP) - An animal considered to be the world's oldest living gorilla in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday today at the Dallas Zoo -- with a...

Associated Press - May 8, 2008 5:05 PM ET SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) - A jury in San Marcos today decided a man should serve 14 life prison terms for biting, whipping and starving his three...

Associated Press - May 8, 2008 5:45 PM ET TYLER, Texas (AP) - A jury in Tyler took four minutes today to convict an organizer of an East Texas swinger's club -- involving children.

Associated Press - May 8, 2008 6:05 PM ET TYLER, Texas (AP) - A jury in Tyler today convicted an organizer of an East Texas swinger's club -- involving children.

Police are searching for two men who they believe have robbed several South Florida fast food restaurants since January.

In the wake of an NBC6 exclusive investigation, Miami-Dade County accuses Wackenhut Security of over-billing taxpayers for guarding Metrorail.

Florida Democrats said they are on the verge of finishing a plan to have the state's delegates counted toward the party's presidential nomination.

Amnesty International has created a mock Guantanamo Bay prison cell to travel across the U.S. to display what they say are inhumane conditions.

Thousands of north Broward County residents were left in the dark after power company officials say an iguana disrupted equipment.

Two women were shot early Thursday in a car on a street in western Miami-Dade County, police say.

JobQuality.ca, the unique website by Canadian Policy Research Networks that offers a one-stop, user-friendly source of information on the quality of jobs in Canada, has been redesigned....

Condemned inmate William Castillo, who until now has declined to file appeals that could keep him alive, joined Wednesday in a state Supreme Court challenge of Nevada's lethal injection execution procedure.

STATELINE (AP) Boaters at Lake Tahoe will be facing random inspections at public launches to ensure their vessels aren't harboring any invasive mussels that could threaten the lake's ecosystem.

The Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company does it again with the classic musical comedy "Damn Yankees," just in time for baseball fans.

Robert Louis Stevenson was an unsuccessful Scottish writer in his 30s when he saw his 12-year-old stepson drawing a map of an island. The map gave him the idea for a book and he wrote on it "Treasure Island."

Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons and the head of his new anti-government waste panel said Wednesday the state has an outdated bureaucracy that needs to be streamlined quickly given the current economic downturn that has cut into tax revenues.

RENO More than 100 residents whose homes were flooded in January filed another lawsuit Wednesday asking a federal court to block plans to resume normal water flows in a century-old irrigation canal that farmers and ranchers say they need for

According to the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), Nevada's hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts are a motivated, organized group, constantly searching newspapers and the NDOW website (www.ndow.

If you travel north from Carson City for about 50 miles on U.S. 395, you will reach the intersection of U.S. 395 and Calif. S.R. 70 at Hallelujah Junction. Take S.R. 70 west for 25 miles toward Portola.

The Clear Creek Bowmen, an archery organization in Carson City, will hold its annual Cancer Shoot on this Sunday, May 11.