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The Washoe County Regional Transportation Commission is holding public open houses this week to get feedback on what transit services are most important…

California State Sen. Fran Pavley discusses the new legislation she introduced, in response to the ongoing natural gas leak.

Fears about slowing global growth have sent the Dow Jones industrial average down by about 10 percent this month since the start of the year.

The singer-songwriter plays most of the instruments himself on his new album. Critic Ken Tucker says you can hear a love for pop music in Hughes' silly sentiments and artful arrangements.

Members of the Black Lives Matter movement protested Wednesday at the U.S. Conference of Mayors right before a group of city leaders were set to discuss policing and safe communities.

Violent crimes increased in the first six months of 2015, FBI data show. It's a relatively small increase, but one that might affect the current bipartisan push to shrink America's prison population.

Residents of Harney County, Ore., are growing increasingly frustrated with the standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Armed militants seized the federal property on January 2.

A day after endorsing Donald Trump for president, former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin campaigned with Trump in Oklahoma.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Wednesday defended President Obama's recent executive actions intended to expand background checks for gun buyers. But Republicans question their usefulness and the motives behind the actions.

At least 20 people were killed in an attack on a university in northwestern Pakistan Wednesday. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Jon Boone of the Guardian for the latest.