Las Vegas may be the sports and entertainment capital of the world. Still, experts and entrepreneurs believe a diverse economy is essential for the region’s future.

Hit-and-run crashes are on the rise across the valley, with over 500 incidents reported in the past year, according to a Metro Police map. Local safety advocates are urging more stringent measures to address the growing trend.

As the list of nations issuing travel warnings to the US grows, some visitors are opting to boycott it entirely. Here's why many foreigners are changing their travel plans and what this could mean for Americans.

Late last month, Brooke L. Rollins, the Trump administration’s incoming secretary of agriculture, unveiled her plan to combat the growing threat of avian flu to animal and human populations. In a commentary published Feb. 27 in the Wall Street Journal, Rollins laid out a five-step strategy to fight the virus. But the title of the piece was not “How we will prevent a new pandemic” or “Five steps to prevent the avian flu virus from infecting millions of Americans.”

Spotlight Poetry made history by being the first slam team to win a regional poetry slam competition for Las Vegas. Team Coach Dr. Javon Johnson, Founder Elle Hope and Team member Demetri Manabat joined Las Vegas Now with the details.

Lucas Sielaff was in a car queue waiting to cross from Mexico into the US.

Researchers say threats to federal research funding and President Donald Trump’s promise to eliminate any policy promoting “diversity, equity and inclusion” are threatening a decades-long effort to improve how the nation studies the health of women and queer people, or improve treatments for the medical conditions that affect them. Agency employees have been warned not to approve grants that include words such as  “women,” “trans” or “diversity."

A golfer stands over a 10-foot putt on the 18th green. If he knocks it in, he’ll win a tournament. But he’s just a bit nervous, his heart rate rising and his palms sweating. What if there was a way to alleviate the golfer’s nerves?