The group of Muslims planning to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque near ground zero appears plagued by divisions that raise questions about the future of the project.

Transocean Ltd., the owner of the doomed rig leased by BP, says BP's internal investigation into the explosion and Gulf  oil spill covered up the critical factor leading to the tragedy: the  well design.

The slow moving remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine caused water rescues, evacuations and commuting headaches in central Texas, just as a new tropical storm formed in the deep Atlantic.

For a city already struggling with high unemployment, widespread foreclosures and deep budget cuts, here was another crisis: Wind-whipped fires tearing through row after row of homes, some of them abandoned.

The number of homes destroyed by a wildfire ripping through foothills near Boulder has hit 136, authorities say.

An angry crowd greeted Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck with boos, whistles and chants of "justicia!" Wednesday night at a community meeting intended to calm residents after the fatal police shooting of a knife-wielding man.

The Dalai Lama has given $50,000 from his personal trust to support research into the science behind kindness and compassion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Seldom visible in the Yemeni mountains, the elite U.S. commandos training the Yemen's military represent the Obama administration's quest to fight terrorism without inflaming anti-American sentiment.

A federal judge Wednesday ordered a mental evaluation for an ex-soldier accused of taking hostages at gunpoint at a Georgia military hospital while he demanded psychological treatment.

Elderly heiress Huguette Clark's attorney has responded to an effort by her relatives to oust him by ridiculing them as Johnny-come-latelies. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.

Registration is being accepted for the Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Happy Tails Dog Walk, scheduled at 10 a.m. Sept.

NV Energy Spokeswoman Faye Andersen says about 4,100 customersA were without power in Southwest Reno Tuesday night.

A 64-year-old Fernley sex offender committed suicide on August 29 while incarcerated in the Washoe County Jail on new federal charges accusing him of possessing child pornography, officials said.

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Reno's old City Hall building on Center Street has been gutted, and out of the rubble will rise the city's first children's discovery museum.

The company behind a large development on the north part of town has filed for bankruptcy.

Among several legal battles over regional growth this summer, local citizen groups won a Nevada Supreme Court ruling requiring the Reno City Council to make sure a developer has an acceptable plan for getting and providing water before rezoning the land.

A 28-year-old supermodel, actress and singer from Hong Kong who traveled to Washoe County to attend Burning Man was arrested after Reno police said she crashed her 40-foot rented motor home into a fire hydrant and the Reno Arch and allegedly fled the scene.

RTC will offer express service to Rancho San Rafael Park from three different locations Saturday and Sunday, September 11th and 12th.

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John Travolta has ended the case against two people accused of trying to extort him and his wife, Kelly Preston, following their son's death in the Bahamas.

Update at 4:27 p.m.: Fire units have been released after the report of a structure fire on Tenaya Creek Ln.

Aryana Petrosky talks about the Suicide Prevention Network memory walk. Shannon Litz/The R-C by Sheila Gardner sgardner@recordcourier.com A group of Douglas County teenagers, committed to suicide prevention and "living out loud," will be front and center Saturday for the annual walk in memory of friends and family members lost to suicide.

Update at 4:29 p.m.: Authorities said they have rescued a man from Pyramid Lake who had disappeared after falling off a jet ski.

A suspect is in custody following a two hour standoff in east Reno Monday afternoon.

Take a bow, Northern Nevadans. Wait, if you're behind the wheel, you should pull over first.

As a third-generation Reno resident, Dave Asher is as local as they come, and proud of it.

The National Weather Service seven-day forecast for Reno: Today: Sunny, with a high near 85.

The intersection of Center and Maple streets in Reno remained the most dangerous intersection for a three-month period that ended this week, the Reno Police Department reported.

A former University of Nevada Medical School psychologist is expected to say he is insane ahead of a Sept.