It's been 45 years since one of the most significant and tragic moments in Las Vegas history. A fire at the MGM Grand on Nov. 21, 1980 led to 85 people dying and hundreds more getting injured.

Humans have been building cities for centuries, but they don't always last. In some cases, nature has reclaimed them. Other times, people simply built on top of older structures.

The House and Senate have voted to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, though not all documents will be made public. Dr. Michael Green, chair of the history department at UNLV, explained that an ongoing investigation into Epstein and his crimes is the reason for the limited release.

When John F. Miller was building a hotel in Las Vegas, a local paper reported he was sparing no expense. The rooms were large, well-lit and ventilated, and electric lights and a telephone system were being installed. All told, the hotel would be a “credit to Las Vegas and as comfortable a hostelry as can be found anywhere,” the Las Vegas Age declared in 1906.

Selma Frances Abdallah spent her early childhood in New York City, and the family moved to Oklahoma when the Depression destroyed her parents’ jobs in the garment industry. Going to school in Oklahoma she met Troy Bartlett, who was in the Army Air Corps and later the air force. In 1945, they married, and Selma Bartlett earned her degree from Hill Business College in Oklahoma City. She worked at a bank there until Troy was transferred at Nellis Air Force Base in 1954.

Eight U.S. Senators crossed party lines on Sunday night in a deal to reopen the government. UNLV Historian and department chair Dr. Michael Green is questioning whether the efforts to expand healthcare subsidies will happen.

The thieves who stole some of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre last month while dressed as maintenance workers may have been a shock to some, but for the Mob Museum’s Claire White, the brazen tactics utilized in the heist were nothing new.

President Donald Trump set off a flurry of questions with a recent social media post that puts Nevada squarely at the center of the ultimate hot button issue: nuclear testing.