As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, the tethers that bind it to the principles of democracy, enshrined in the Constitution by its founders, are being tested in unprecedented fashion. President Donald Trump, wielding power in a manner “like no one has ever seen” as the president likes to say, is riding roughshod over the tenets that have come to define the nation.

The importance of the Association of University Research Parks picking Las Vegas for its international conference at UNLV’s Harry Reid Research Technology Park can’t be understated.

Mold is a natural part of how food breaks down, and it often starts to show up well before we think something looks or smells spoiled. While certain foods can be salvaged with a quick trim, others should be tossed immediately because the mycotoxins are likely spreading well beneath the surface.

Las Vegas has had a rough go of it this year, with tourism down about 8 percent compared to 2024, according to the most recent report from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA). Restaurants have been hit hard, and dozens of neighborhood diners and upscale celebrity restaurants alike have closed their doors, most of them permanently.

A provision tucked into the recent government funding bill could disrupt the sale of intoxicating, marijuanalike products that have proliferated across the Las Vegas Strip.

On a recent day at Sacramento native Lecho Lopez’s comic shop in the city, his 5-year-old nephew read his first word aloud: “bad.” It was from a graphic novel. There was irony in that being his first word, because Lopez credits comic books with many positive things in his life. That is why he supports repealing a city ordinance dating back to 1949 that bars the distribution of many comic books to kids and teens. It is not enforced today.

Friday’s release of Wicked: For Good is a reminder to many moviegoers that a trip to the big screen is anything but cheap.

Dr. Dustin Hines, professor of neuroscience at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), US, and study co-author Rochelle Hines, professor of psychology, discuss a breakthrough in seizure therapy using compounds derived from caraway seeds. By altering the shape of the seed’s main chemical component, researchers created a new class of THC-free “CBD-like” therapies that showed seizure-reducing effects and promoted healthier brain cell development in preclinical trials, potentially offering safer alternatives to current drug-resistant therapies.