Mice and scorpions are increasingly active this time of year. Las Vegas exterminators say construction and population growth are part of the reason.

Gaming companies and casinos get bought and sold all the time. However, what happens when the two biggest operators in Nevada — with 23 total properties on the Strip — are the ones being bought?

A recently published case report in Frontiers in Neuroscience details how a high dose of psilocybin mushrooms appeared to temporarily restore specific daily functions and communication abilities in an individual with advanced Alzheimer’s disease. The findings suggest that certain brain networks might retain dormant capacities even in the late stages of neurodegeneration.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s announcement last week that he supports in vitro fertilization (IVF) is putting him on opposite sides of the state’s Republican Party, a declaration highlighting a broader divide among Republicans about how far the party should go in limiting reproductive rights after the Supreme Court ended the right to abortion. Paxton’s announcement comes as he is locked in a neck-and-neck race for U.S. Senate against Democrat James Talarico.

The Clark County District Court this week announced it has restructured its departments to include a dedicated business court. The restructuring is expected to bring down case adjudication times, and it could help an ongoing effort to transform Nevada into a premier destination for corporate litigation.

On June 29, the federal government will hold a hearing that will help decide whether all marijuana (not just medical cannabis and FDA-approved products) moves to Schedule III. Seven outside parties got a seat in the room. All seven oppose rescheduling. Not one supporter of reform made the list.

Results from a late-stage clinical trial of the pill daraxonrasib offers new hope for a notoriously deadly disease, doctors say.

The top DEA administrative law judge will once again hear arguments for and against downgrading marijuana's status under federal law, but marijuana rescheduling is not guaranteed.