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May 4, 2024

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  • The Vegas Golden Knights celebrate after Noah Hanifin (15) scores against Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) during the third period of Game 6 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the Dallas Stars at T-Mobile Arena Friday, May 3, 2024.
    Hill, Hanifin heroics push Vegas to Game 7 showdown in Dallas
    By Jack Williams
    A 23-save performance by goaltender Adin Hill gave Vegas a 2-0 win over Dallas on Friday at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights staved off elimination, tying the series at three games ...
  • Juan Manuel plows the snow off the sidewalk in front of The Bar of American where he is employed on Friday, March 1, 2024, in downtown Truckee, Calif. The most powerful Pacific storm of the season is forecast to bring up to 10 feet of snow into the Sierra Nevada by the weekend.
    Late-season storm expected to bring heavy snowfall to the Sierra Nevada
    Associated Press
    A late-season storm is expected to hit the Sierra Nevada this weekend, bringing rain and mountain snow to Northern and Central California, meteorologists said.
  • An illegal firework explodes inside a watermelon during a Fourth of July fireworks safety news conference at the City of Las Vegas Fire Training Center on North Mohave Road Wednesday, June 30, 2021.
    BLM issues fire prevention order in Nevada
    By Lydia Snow, Elko Daily Free Press, Nev. (TNS)
    The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has issued a Fire Prevention Order continuing through Oct. 31, mandating fire safety practices on public lands, roads and trails in Nevada.
  • People take part in a reenactment of the Battle of Puebla during a Cinco de Mayo celebration, in Mexico City, Friday, May 5, 2023. On May 5, 1862, Mexican forces loyal to Benito Juarez defeated French troops sent by Napoleon III in the Battle of Puebla.
    Cinco de Mayo: You might be surprised how long it’s been celebrated in the U.S.
    By Kurt Snibbe, The Orange County Register (TNS)
    Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla, which took place on May 5, 1862.
  • The Sam Ash music store on West 34th Street in Manhattan in New York, Dec. 23, 2016, is among the 42 stores that the company said this week would close by the end of July. Sam Ash, the family-owned chain of music stores that supplied countless beginners and working musicians with guitars, drums and other instruments, is closing all of it locations after 100 years in business, it announced this week.
    Sam Ash music stores to close after 100 years in business
    By Michael Levenson, The New York Times Company
    Sam Ash, the family-owned chain of music stores that supplied countless beginners and working musicians with guitars, drums and other instruments, is closing all of it locations after 100 years in business, it announced this week.
  • DMV aims for smooth transition
    By Tonya Laney, Carson City
    At the Nevada DMV, we’ve recently heard lots of feedback about the decision to relocate the Henderson location. The new Silverado Ranch facility will still be equipped to handle all ...
  • Immunization funding is vital
    By Priyambda Kumra, Las Vegas
    When is the last time you contacted your member of Congress, whether through email, phone or in person? It may seem intimidating, but the truth is they work for us ...
  • Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at his criminal trial at Manhattan state court in New York, Monday, April 22, 2024.
    Could Trump go to jail for next contempt charge?
    By Harry Litman
    Judge Juan Merchan has, in his soft-spoken but hard-nosed way, told Donald Trump something no other court has over the course of his many civil and criminal cases: He’s down to his last chance ...
  • From left, Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. President and Chief Financial Officer Joe Berchtold, SeatGeek, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Groetzinger, Jam Productions LLC Chief Executive Officer and President Jerry Mickelson, The James Madison Institute Senior Vice President Sal Nuzzo, American Antitrust Institute Vice President For Legal Advocacy Kathleen Bradish, and singer-songwriter Clyde Lawrence appear before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine promoting competition and protecting consumers in live entertainment on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023.
    Antitrust case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster is a tightrope act
    By Jessica Towhey
    The Justice Department has opened an investigation into claims that Live Nation and Ticketmaster are violating antitrust laws and will be filing a lawsuit soon. Maybe. Justice won’t comment on an open investigation, but The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg have both ...
  • Jon Batiste performs during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Friday, April 26, 2024, at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.
    Genre-busting musician dares to try to heal nation’s divide
    By Roy Johnson
    Born into a Louisiana family steeped in music, instruments were never far from reach. Jon Batiste picked up drumsticks and percussion and performed with the family band, had his own band by the age of 14. Yet as ...
  • Berkshire Hathaway shareholders pose with a cutout poster of CEO Warren Buffett, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Omaha, Neb., one day ahead of the annual shareholders meeting.
    Investing guru Warren Buffett draws thousands, but Charlie Munger's zingers will be missed
    By Josh Funk, Associated Press
    Tens of thousands of investors are expected to once again descend on an Omaha, Nebraska, arena Saturday to vacuum up tidbits of wisdom from billionaire Warren Buffett. But a key ingredient will be missing from his annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders’ meeting: It's the first since Vice Chairman Charlie Munger died.
  • Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives past Dallas Wings forward Natasha Howard (6) during the first half of an WNBA basketball game in Arlington, Texas, Friday, May 3, 2024.
    A sellout for a WNBA exhibition game? Welcome to the league's Caitlin Clark era
    Associated Press
    More than three hours before Caitlin Clark made her WNBA debut with the Indiana Fever in an exhibition game against the Dallas Wings on Friday night, some fans among the sellout crowd were lined up outside the arena dressed in No. 22 University of Iowa jerseys.
  • Rabbi Levi Cunin, with Chabad on Campus, speaks during a pro-Israel rally at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., Thursday, May 2, 2024.
    Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests
    By Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for America
    Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism.
  • Young marijuana plants have state mandated identification tags in the indoor growing facility of Mockingbird Cannabis in Raymond, Miss., Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis.
    Marijuana backers eye proposed federal regulatory change as an aid to legalizing pot in more states
    By David A. Lieb, Associated Press
    As the U.S. government moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, there may be little immediate impact in the dozen states that have not already legalized cannabis for widespread medical or recreational use by adults.
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