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April 8, 2021 at 9:06 pm

Old documents fuel latest bid to halt Nevada lithium mine

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Few people had ever heard of Tiehm’s buckwheat when conservationists filed a petition two years ago to list the desert wildflower...

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March 19, 2021 at 9:12 am

Russian man pleads guilty in Nevada to plot to extort Tesla

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Russian man has pleaded guilty in the U.S. to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to cripple the electric car...

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March 11, 2021 at 1:15 pm

Nevada Supreme Court mulls appeal in 2019 quadruple homicide

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Supreme Court wants to hear directly from lawyers on both sides in a death penalty dispute over how much more...

March 5, 2021 at 10:51 am

Nevada Lawsuit cites EPA, state concerns about lithium mine

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Another federal lawsuit challenging the construction of a huge Nevada lithium mine approved in the final days of the Trump administration...

February 17, 2021 at 3:47 pm

Nevada rancher sues to block lithium mine near Oregon line

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A longtime Nevada rancher is suing U.S. regulators over the approval of a lithium mine on federal rangeland he says would...

January 28, 2021 at 2:04 pm

Atmospheric river storm drenches California, snow piles high VIEW

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evacuations were ordered Thursday in wildfire burn areas prone to mudslides as an atmospheric river storm pumped drenching rain into Southern...

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, Feb. 26, 2018. A state law requiring ?crisis pregnancy centers? to supply women with information about abortion likely violates the First Amendment, the Supreme Court ruled on June 26 in blocking the law. The case, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, concerned a California law that requires centers operated by opponents of abortion to provide women with information about the availability of the procedure. (Al Drago/The New York Times) XNYT26 XNYT26

January 25, 2021 at 11:34 am

US Supreme Court won’t hear Nevada church’s COVID-19 case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused a rural Nevada church’s request that the high court enter a legal battle over the government’s authority to...

January 23, 2021 at 8:41 am

Mine OK’d in Trump’s last days may boost Biden energy plan

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — One of the keys to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan could be a mineral that lies in...

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December 14, 2020 at 9:14 pm

Athletes to retrace Sierra escape of Donner Party survivors

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A pair of backcountry endurance athletes who became obsessed with the Donner Party spent the last seven years researching and exploring...

December 10, 2020 at 11:55 am

Nevada school boss wants metrics for classroom reopenings

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Convinced that in-person teaching is not a significant contributor to the spread of the coronavirus, Nevada’s school superintendent is urging state...