4 tornadoes tear across N. Arizona, derail train, smash homes as harsh weather sweeps the West

4 tornadoes tear across N. Arizona, damage homes

3 tornadoes tear across N. Arizona, derail train, smash homes as harsh weather sweeps the West

3 tornadoes tear across N. Arizona, damage homes

Tornadoes derail train, smash homes in northern Arizona a harsh weather sweeps West

Tornadoes derail train, smash homes in N. Arizona

Swiss rocker Steve Lee, frontman of Gotthard, killed in crash on rainy Nevada highway

Swiss rocker killed in crash on Nevada interstate

Storms cause flooding in Arizona, Nevada; 2 teens hospitalized after Utah lightning strike

Storms cause flooding in Arizona, Nevada

PHOENIX — Strong storms on Tuesday pounded portions of the West, dropping record-setting rain in northern Nevada, flooding roads and disrupting flights in Phoenix, and dumping enough snow at the top of the Sierra to close a mountain highway pass.

Driver facing felony charges in Utah tour bus crash released on $50,000 bail

Driver in Utah tour bus crash released on bail

Utah HP: Driver in fatal tour crash fell asleep at wheel after smoking pot heavily for days

Patrol: Driver smoked pot heavily day before crash

Utah HP: Driver smoked pot heavily days before fatal crash and fell asleep at the wheel

Patrol: Tour driver smoked pot days before crash

Utah HP: Driver smoked pot ‘heavily’ days before, fell asleep at wheel in fatal tour crash

Patrol: Tour driver smoked pot heavily day before

Driver from Japan facing felony charges in fatal Utah tour bus crash; had intoxicant in blood

Driver facing felonies in Utah tour bus crash

Plane crashes on street in residential area near Las Vegas, killing 1 and injuring 3

Plane crash on NV street kills 1, injures 3

2 Las Vegas officers charged in pursuit crash that killed DUI suspect

Vegas cops charged in fatal crash during pursuit

Paris Hilton arrested on cocaine charge

NEW YORK/ LAS VEGAS - US socialite Paris Hilton has been arrested in Las Vegas for possession of cocaine and briefly booked into a detention centre, local media reports said Saturday.

Officials vow tighter scrutiny of off-road racing as tricked-out trucks run Nevada desert race

Officials vow tighter scrutiny of off-road racing

Bureau of Land Management expands review of off-road racing on its federal lands nationwide

BLM expands off-road race reviews nationwide

Tricked-out trucks, motorcycles. buggies run Reno-to-Vegas desert race after accident in CA

Trucks start desert race in NV after CA accident

Las Vegas woman, 20, San Diego-area men among dead in Calif. desert race crash that killed 8

6 men, 1 woman among dead in California race crash

Feds say Utah bus operator in crash that killed Japanese tourists wasn’t properly licensed

Feds: Utah bus company wasn’t properly licensed

Utah nurse remembers carnage after Japanese tour bus crash that killed 3: ‘Where do I start?’

Nurse recalls carnage after Utah tour bus crash

Inspectors find no mechanical problems in Utah bus crash that killed 3 Japanese tourists

Utah HP: Tour bus had no mechanical problems

Utah bus crash that killed 3 Japanese tourists recalls 2009 Hoover Dam fatal wreck

Deadly Utah tour bus crash recalls 2009 wreck

Japanese tour bus driver blamed for rollover crash in Utah that killed 3 and injured 11

Bus driver under investigation for Utah crash

3 dead and 12 hurt in Utah crash of tourist bus from Las Vegas on the way to national park

3 dead and 12 hurt in tourist bus crash in Utah

3 dead, 12 hurt in Utah crash of tourist bus from Las Vegas on the way to national park

3 dead, 12 hurt in tourist bus crash in Utah

Las Vegas woman sues Toyota, alleges floor mat against gas pedal caused husband’s fatal crash

Vegas widow sues Toyota over floor mat in crash

Transformer explosion in Las Vegas arts district hurts 2, damages buildings

Transformer explodes in Las Vegas arts district

Firefighters contain one Nevada wildfire, report progress on another northeast of Las Vegas

Crews contain one NV fire, make progress on other

Bureau of Land Management revises size estimates of wildfire northeast of Las Vegas

BLM officials revise estimates of Moapa wildfire

Workers clearing brush blamed for wildfire damaged 10 homes, other buildings near Las Vegas

Campfire, work crew blamed in Vegas-area wildfires

Crews back to battle 2 wildfires that forced evacuations, burned 10 homes near Las Vegas

Fires burn homes, force evacuations near Las Vegas

Crews back to battling Vegas-area wildfires in Moapa and on Mount Charleston

Crews resume fighting Las Vegas-area wildfires

2 wildfires prompt evacuations, burn 10 homes near Las Vegas

Fires prompt evacuations, burn homes near Vegas

2 wildfires prompt evacuations, homes damaged in Moapa

Fires damage homes, prompt evacuations near Vegas

2 wildfires prompt voluntary evacuations in Mt. Charleston, Moapa enclaves near Las Vegas

Wildfires prompt voluntary evacuations near Vegas

2 wildfires causing evacuations in Mt. Charleston, Moapa enclaves near Las Vegas

2 wildfires causing evacuations in Las Vegas area

2-year-old son of former NFL star Randall Cunningham dies in home hot tub accident in Vegas

Randall Cunningham’s son dies in hot tub accident

NTSB: Driver inattention cause of bus crash that killed 7 tourists on Arizona highway

NTSB points to driver inattention in AZ bus crash

NTSB meets to determine probable cause of bus crash that killed 7 tourists on Arizona highway

NTSB meets on bus crash that killed 7 in Arizona

Utah boy drags 3 children up embankment after accident that killed driver, then went for help

Utah boy saves 3 children from crash that killed 1

At laboratory outside of Las Vegas, US officials prepare for response to nuclear terror

At Nevada lab, US prepares response to nuke terror

Traveler beware: Older hotels and motels across US lack fire sprinkler systems

Legally, many US hotels lack fire sprinklers

New line of defense: Parking attendants are getting training in how to watch for terrorists

Parking attendants trained to watch for terrorists

Aftershocks continue to shake Southern California in wake of powerful temblor in Mexico

Aftershocks continue to shake Southern California

Big Baja quake shakes 3 US states, most US damage in Calexico, Calif.

Calif. border city absorbs most US damage in quake

7.2 quake kills 2 in Mexico, damages buildings in Arizona, California

Strong quake kills 2 in Mexico, rattles US states

Big Baja quake shakes 3 US states, most US damage in Calexico

Border city absorbs most US damage in quake

7.2 quake near Mexico border, Calif.’s biggest in years, jolts millions, kills at least 1

Millions in Calif., Ariz., Mexico feel 7.2 quake

More than 250 exotic birds die in blaze at Las Vegas nature sanctuary

250 exotic birds die in blaze at Vegas sanctuary

Jury says authorities justified in killing gunman in furious courthouse gunbattle in Las Vegas

Jury: Killing of Vegas courthouse gunman justified

Downstream from Hoover Dam, other engineering marvel takes shape in soaring 1,900-foot bridge

An engineering marvel takes shape near Hoover Dam