LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas police lieutenant, his wife and son are dead after an apparent double murder, suicide and arson at their home in Boulder City, authorities said Monday. Clark County … more

The price of crude oil slipped closer to $95 a barrel on Monday, with energy investors keeping to the sidelines as U.S. markets were closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Benchmark oil for … more

PARK CITY, Utah — Police cited a man for riding a camel and obstructing traffic in Park City, Utah, as attendees of the Sundance Film Festival packed the town. Jason Andreozzi was promoting a … more

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden in 2016? The inauguration is barely over but the vice president already is dropping plenty of hints that he might have another political act. Biden packed his schedule … more

NEW ORLEANS — Police say five people have been wounded in a shooting near a New Orleans intersection where a parade passed earlier celebrating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Police … more

HELENA, Mont.— A Montana family and their accountant are accused of tacking $70 million in bogus charges onto customer phone bills nationwide, then funneling some of that money through a religious … more

ATLANTA — Commemorative events for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. slid seamlessly into celebrations of the swearing-in Monday of the nation's first black president, with many Americans moved by … more

The Campbell County Healthcare Foundation has made its final payment on a construction loan taken out in 2006 for the $7 million Close to Home Hospice Hospitality House. On Dec. 18 the Festival … more

There are different ways to celebrate, two Campbell County elementary schools discovered Friday. In a shaky voice, at 1 a.m. Afghanistan time, Army commander Denton Knapp spoke to students at … more

WASHINGTON — It was altogether a more intimate affair than four years ago. Just a party of untold hundred thousands, chilling in the nation's backyard. President Barack Obama's inauguration … more