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Newly elected congressman Ruben Kihuen greets supporters as the Nevada State Democratic Party hosts its 2016 election night watch party with Hillary for Nevada, Catherine Cortez Masto for Senate, and down-ballot Democratic candidates in Southern Nevada at ARIA Resort and Casino on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. We are a few days past the 2016 election, so I will not indulge in any of the sour grapes that may have infected my view in the initial aftermath of the results Tuesday night.
The man answering a volunteer's knock on the door in the Kendall section of Miami-Dade County on Saturday was emphatic: Not only would he vote but "esperamos que la presidenta gane" - Spanish for "we hope Madam President wins." Volunteers across Florida made a last-minute push to get voters to the polls this weekend with early voting ending on Sunday ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, pitting Republican Donald Trump against Democrat Hillary Clinton, or "la presidenta," as the man at the door called her.
Control of the Senate hung in the balance as candidates from Nevada to New Hampshire made their closing pitches to voters Saturday after a tough and costly campaign. Republicans feared their slim 54-46 majority could slip away as they battled cross-currents from all sides, not least their unconventional presidential nominee, Donald Trump.
Obama is in Nevada to boost Democratic pres... . President Barack Obama speaks at Cheyenne High School in North Las Vegas, Nev., Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, during a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
The Sierra Front Interagency Fire Center reported Friday night the fire was continuing to burn out of control with zero containment in the Washoe Valley about 8 miles north of Carson City. It broke out at about 1:30 a.m. Friday in an area where a controlled burn was conducted earlier this week.
U.S. District Judge Miranda Du issued a temporary injunction in Reno late Friday requiring the establishment of satellite polling places on two northern Nevada reservations ahead of next month's election in the Western battleground state. The Pyramid Lake and Walker River Paiute tribes say their members are being denied equal access to the polls as a result of the long distances some must travel to vote early or cast ballots on Election Day.
Donald Trump's attempt to show Nevadans he knows the correct pronunciation of their state's name -- a touchy local issue -- backfired on Wednesday, prompting a sharp rebuke from Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada. "Heroin overdoses are surging and meth overdoses in Nevada," the Republican presidential nominee told a Reno crowd.
Nevada Senator Harry Reid announced Wednesday Nevada is a finalist to host the Department of Energy's new Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal laboratory. "Nevada will be the perfect location a Zfor the Department of Energy's new Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal laboratory.
Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech wasn't the capstone of a weeklong kumbaya for Democrats here in the City of Brotherly Love. Outbursts from some Bernie Sanders delegates in the crowd - many of whom were wearing identical neon-yellow, glow-in-the-dark shirts emblazoned with the battle cry "enough is enough" - peppered the night and, specifically, Clinton's speech.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a union rally in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on, Oct. 12,2015. Follow @jlscheid Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a union rally in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on, Oct. 12,2015.
I recently returned from a car trip to Southern California. As I crossed over the state line on Interstate 15, I was met with an large electronic sign stretched across the road reading, "Zero Tolerance Zone."
With southeast Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy behind bars as he and his four sons await trial, the Bureau of Land Management announced Friday that it plans to resume work in the Gold Butte region for the first time since an armed standoff near Bundy's Bunkerville ranch in spring 2014. The BLM said in a news release Friday that "[w]ith the support of the local community, BLM officials have determined that the conditions are now right to resume work.
So the canny 76-year-old is doing the next best thing as he heads into retirement after more than three decades: working the inside game as only he can, to ensure he leaves Democrats in control of the Senate, the White House and his home state of Nevada next year. Reid hand-picked the Democratic candidate to replace him, former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto.
Gov. Brian Sandoval speaks during a homecoming ceremony for the Nevada Army National Guard's 72nd Military Police Company at North Las Vegas Readiness Center Friday, 13, 2016.
Nevada recently agreed to help EHang develop a pilotless drone that could carry people on trips through the air for more than 20 minutes. Nevada could soon approve the next generation of self-driving vehicles, flying passengers through the air in a new autonomous aerial vehicle .
Ehang's 184 drone, shown here at CES earlier this year, will be flight tested in Nevada View gallery The idea of personalized air travel aboard autonomous flying taxis sounds like a pretty fanciful transport concept, but it started to get some serious traction when Ehang's 184 drone landed at CES earlier this year. Many questions remain over how the human-carrying aircraft would function in the real world, but at least some of these may soon be answered with the company winning governmental approval to test the vehicle in Nevada airspace.