Primm, Nev., a once-thriving casino town on the border with California, was on the verge of fading away for good. The family it was named for has stepped in and faces the challenge of reviving it.

The 16-day state fair on the National Mall kicked off with a Trump rally, and not all 50 states are taking part. Organizers say there's nothing partisan about celebrating America's 250th birthday.

About a quarter of all scheduled matches are likely to be played amid heat and humidity levels that make it harder for the body to stay cool, a new report finds.

Find two of L.A. Times restaurant critic Bill Addison's favorite restaurants in New Mexico along Route 66 in Albuquerque. Both are quirky, atmospheric and have a sense of place.

The bulk of the president's social media posts don't make news. But taken together they show what's on his mind as he leads the nation through war and domestic turmoil.

The Grand Canyon has claimed the top spot in a new ranking of the most photographed national parks in the United States, according to data from Popsa, a memory curation app ...

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President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran sent gas prices surging, giving Democrats’ focus on affordability more traction if they can get voters to trust them.

The Supreme Court is ruling on whether ballots received after Election Day should be disqualified. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti explains how a Supreme Court ruling could affect hundr...

Surreptitious dealings with a high-stakes Vegas gambler could imperil Jeff Shell's role in Paramount Skydance as it looks to merge with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Krista Diamond climbed Griffith Peak weeks after the Route 91 shooting — and found a version of the city that only exists from far above

How do you prepare for a war that hasn't even started yet?

New partnerships between the prediction market Kalshi and cable TV networks will transform every news event into a betting opportunity.

The electricity it makes is expensive, its technology has been superseded, and it's incinerating thousands of birds mid-flight each year.

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One federal worker was rejected three times from the administration’s early resignation offer. Would he blame the president he voted for?

A group of leading experts on the Colorado River say Western states urgently need to cut water use to avert a deepening crisis.

PASADENA, Calif. — The Jason Eck era has a signature win.

I was 14 when I found the murder video of a journalist on a file-sharing site. Today, violence finds us before we can look away.

“It's a tragic day for our nation,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said. “I want to be very clear that this is a political assassination.”

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Watch full episodes of Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time online. Get sneak peeks and free episodes all on Nat Geo TV.

Tahoe Reno Industrial Center drives expansion of high-tech hubs

Some medicines affect your ability to sweat, stay hydrated, or even to notice if you're overheating. Doctors say keep taking them, but make sure to keep yourself cool.

A real estate company buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone bankrupt.

Over 7,000 people gathered in Downtown Las Vegas on Saturday night to protest the Trump administration.

Fresh & Ready Foods voluntarily recalled several premade sandwiches and snacks after federal regulators found a strain of listeria linked to a 2024 outbreak.

“Whether it will have a practical effect or a political effect, I suppose, is a different question,” said James B. Speta, a professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.

An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

The lead singer of a hardcore metal band was charged in a violent rampage across Yosemite National Park last week, according to local authorities.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sold his brand of politics as conservatism. But what's really happening there is corruption benefitting oligarchs, says David Pressman, former U.S. ambassador...

Most of Las Vegas and much of the country remembers what happened on Oct. 1, 2017. With 60 victims and some 800 injured, that shooting on the Las Vegas Strip was the worst modern-day shooting in the c...

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A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank a...

The case, brought by the American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government Employees was intended to block the administration's efforts to dismantle USAID.

In just over 10 weeks, TikTok could be gone — really gone. You won’t be able to watch it, use it, do anything with it unless the company that owns it can find a non-Chinese buyer.

Radio reports reveal the scramble to contain the Eaton fire as it exploded from a 10-acre brush fire to a devastating 14,000-acre blaze that destroyed thousands of homes.

Four years later, the new meaning of January 6.

The Eaton fire cut a brutal swath through Altadena and a cherished way of life in this eclectic foothill community it upended.

Los Angeles may have a reputation for being superficial, but it is in fact a territory that might, at any moment, upend (or even end) your life.

Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.

More than 1,000 homes, businesses and other buildings have burned and at least two people are dead in wildfires burning across L.A. County, making this one of the most destructive firestorms to hit th...

Dance takes a serious toll on the human body. So why don’t Las Vegas’ most prevalent professional athletes get more help coping with the consequences?

On Christmas Eve, a surfer from Santa Cruz rode a wave at Mavericks that witnesses say was over 100 feet tall, which would set a world record. But how do you reliably measure a wave?

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