A $150 million federal grant announced Monday will help kickstart construction of a long-planned bus rapid transit line along Maryland Parkway into downtown Las Vegas.

I first glimpsed the northern lights on a red-eye flight across the Atlantic. Just a few pale wisps in the night sky were enough to get me hooked on the celestial phenomenon, and my aurora chasing has since brought me to Greenland, Iceland, and Churchill, Canada. Now, my sights are set on their even more elusive counterpart: the southern lights, or aurora australis.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is investigating its 46th traffic-related death so far in 2024. During the first three months of 2023, 16 pedestrians lost their lives in Clark County streets. This year, the number of pedestrian fatalities has doubled to 32 during that same period.

Faster bus service along a redesigned Maryland Parkway corridor got a big boost Monday with the announcement of a federal grant worth almost $150 million.

On March 25, Jefferies hosted an expert call with University of Nevada, Las Vegas Professor Mary LaFrance, an intellectual property lawyer, focusing on Aristocrat’s lawsuit against Light & Wonder.

A legendary resort and casino has confirmed it will close permanently later this week. Guests at the Tropicana Las Vegas have only hours left to enjoy the property.

Rolling up to a Tesla charging port, Illinois Republican state Sen. Dan McConchie grimaced that wheelchair users like him couldn’t use it—or any of the others at the gas station where he filmed his Instagram reel. They’d all been placed on a raised surface that he couldn’t readily reach. McConchie introduced a state bill to improve relevant accessibility standards, including electric car chargers. But it’s a national problem: Electric vehicle charging stations are often inaccessible, despite being designed and built decades after the Americans with Disabilities Act became law.

Google “West Las Vegas Riots” and you’ll be shown stories about an uprising that erupted in the historically Black part of Las Vegas — in response to the Rodney King verdict in 1992. Though that tragic event cost one person his life, another riot in the same place 23 years earlier, was deadlier.