Gas-powered vehicles rule, and they go hard across the desert. There’s no time for recharging or, for that matter, the infrastructure to do it even if someone were inclined to race their EV.

A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert. The XB-1 aircraft, manufactured by Boom Supersonic, was piloted by ...

A string of at least 10 heists targeting BNSF trains in California and Arizona since last March have resulted in the theft of about $2 million worth of Nike sneakers. The crime wave has continued ...