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April 19, 2024

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  • UNLV Lady Rebels head coach Lindy La Rocque  calls out to players in the second half of an NCAA women’s semifinal game during the Mountain West Championships against the Colorado State Rams at the Thomas & Mack Center Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
    La Rocque, UNLV looking to add 'program players' via transfer portal
    April 19, 2024
    The UNLV’s women’s basketball team is going to have a very different look next season, with two starters leaving the program — including the most accomplished player in Scarlet and Gray history. There is stability in the most important area, however, as Lindy La Rocque ...
  • A cancer survivor’s advice: Research, persistence and second opinions
    April 19, 2024
    In the fall of 2022, Robin Clough and Dr. Gene Dorio were going about their lives as they had for many years, serving older adults in Southern California. Clough was busy with her work as an administrator at the local senior center while Dorio, a house-call geriatrician ...
  • The Clark County School District administration building in Las Vegas.
    Taxpayers are owed an explanation when school district raises costs
    April 19, 2024
    Given the stakes, we would expect district officials to explain their concerns and justify their decision for such a dramatic policy change.
  • RFK Jr., like Nader, would help the Republican presidential candidate
    April 19, 2024
    On “Let’s Make a Deal,” either a dream vacation or a worthless “zonk” might be behind Door No. 3. But in November ...
  • LIV golfers betray America
    April 19, 2024
    I remember South Africa attempting to “sportswash” its behavior toward its Black population. The world rejected the country’s participation in sporting events until it did away with its ...
  • Let taxpayers keep their money
    April 19, 2024
    It’s been reported that the average tax refund would be bigger and arrive quicker than previously — approximately $3,011 —and that 2 out of 3 taxpayers are ...
  • Gregory Stevens, Metro Detective, reaches out to grab the drone after a demonstration flight at the LVMPD Headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, April 18, 2024.
    Metro announces pilot program to place more drones in service to assist officers on calls
    April 19, 2024
    Metro Police will start a pilot program to deploy surveillance drones more frequently alongside officers, department officials said Thursday, to increase safety of both authorities and Las Vegas residents. The program, known as ...
  • Create lottery to benefit education
    April 19, 2024
    The past few months have been the most exciting time for this city that I have ever witnessed in over 50 years, outside of the 1980 Holmes-Ali fight ...
  • Mariah Carey performs Friday, April 12, 2024, on opening night of her “Mariah Carey: The Celebration of Mimi Live in Las Vegas” residency at Park MGM’s Dolby Theater.
    Forget about the glitz and glamour; all Mariah Carey needs to do is to sing her songs
    April 19, 2024
    About five songs into the premiere of Mariah Carey’s residency Friday at Park MGM, the first time I had seen the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-actor-producer perform live, I leaned over to my wife ...
  • Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce chants at a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Henderson.
    QB-needy Raiders might try to trade up from 13th spot in the NFL draft
    April 18, 2024
    Raiders coach Antonio Pierce has made no secret of his affection for LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels and how much he would love to bring him to Las Vegas.
  • How can evangelicals tolerate Trump?
    April 18, 2024
    At the 2016 Republican National Convention, when I told Donald Trump’s “God whisperer” Paula White that he referred to her as his pastor, she said she was his spiritual adviser — as if that were some sort of “get out of jail free” card for her. And yet White worked hard in our conversation to convince me that ...
  • Las Vegas Raiders general manager Tom Telesco speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.
    5 positions Raiders could address in the upcoming NFL Draft
    April 18, 2024
    Here are the five positions the Raiders are likely to target with their current collection of eight picks in this month's NFL Draft.
  • As Gen Zers forgo alcohol at entertainment events, cannabis consumption lounges can fill a gap
    As Gen Zers forgo alcohol at entertainment events, cannabis consumption lounges can fill a gap
    April 18, 2024
    A survey conducted by cannabis research and data analyst firm New Frontier Data found that 69% of adults ages 18 to 24 prefer weed over alcohol.
  • Avian influenza outbreaks among poultry flocks in Michigan and Texas are in the news. Closer to home, the most recent bird flu outbreak in Nevada occurred in 2022 in Nye County. The Southern Nevada Health District says it stands ready to act if an outbreak is reported in Clark County.
    Health district says it’s ready to act if bird flu strikes
    April 18, 2024
    The Southern Nevada Health District isn’t raising any red flags after cases of avian influenza were recently reported affecting commercial poultry and wild birds in two states, but it has a plan in place should the virus make ...
  • School is no place for guns
    April 18, 2024
    At a time when many Republicans are doubling down on trying to make abortion illegal, a proposition that is going to cost them heavily at the election booth, the Tennessee Legislature is in the process of passing ...
  • Financial fraud is not excusable
    April 18, 2024
    With regards to Donald Trump’s recent fraud conviction and subsequent civil financial penalty, some people insist that since everyone made money and no one was hurt, it’s no big deal. Based on that logic, I could rob a bank, invest the money well and then ...
  • Kimon Tiffith, 10, does jumping jacks during a football camp at Canyon Springs High School Saturday, June 8, 2019.
    Changes to CCSD facility use policy hit youth sports hard
    April 18, 2024
    At least one youth sports organizer fears that new Clark County School District facility use rules will price him out of his leagues’ only options to play their games. A provision of the new rules requires ...
  • Group of school children singing in choir together.
    Just say no to Christian chaplains in public schools
    April 18, 2024
    There is a growing movement to install Christian chaplains in public schools. The Washington Post reports that bills are pending in nine states, have passed in one legislative chamber in three states, and Florida has a bill waiting for the governor’s signature. This is clearly unconstitutional; it is bad for ...
  • GOP sabotaging national security
    April 18, 2024
    FBI Director Christopher Wray warned a congressional committee about a growing danger of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil similar to the recent attack in Moscow that killed or injured over 150 people at a concert hall ...
  • Trey Anastasio, guitarist and singer-songwriter of the band Phish, poses for a photograph during an interview on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Las Vegas.
    Q&A: Phish's Trey Anastasio on playing the Sphere in Las Vegas
    April 17, 2024
    Phish has been performing for decades, but never has the band played the same show twice. Over the 40 years since the band was formed ...
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