The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a national defense bill that includes key provisions related to nuclear fallout in the Nevada Test and Training Range.

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LAS VEGAS -- One lightning-sparked wildfire was contained and firefighters were battling a second blaze Friday in a remote undeveloped part of the vast federal nuclear testing reservation formerly ...

Western Shoshone Principal Man Ian Zabarte, who lost his family members to diseases caused by radiation exposure, says it amounts to racism against Native Americans that the U.S. government detonated ...

Dave Crete and other Nevada veterans who served at the Nevada Test and Training Range have long experienced a slew of health problems, from fatty tumors called lipomas to decreased lung function — and ...

A former Nevada Test Site official who for a time was one of three test controllers — people responsible for ensuring the safe execution of nuclear testing — died last week at 89. John D. Stewart died ...