Once upon a time, “getting to know you” conversations were just that — light, friendly text exchanges or phone chats before a first date. But in an ongoing pandemic, it’s not enough just to know whether a new Bumble match loves hot wings, or is more of a “Parks and Recreation” or “The Office” fan. Learning about their COVID status and exposure risk before any in-person meet-up is essential for your safety.

The historic Pasadena Playhouse is empty. No ticket holders gossiping and rubbing elbows in the Spanish revival-style courtyard. No line at the bar.

The historic Pasadena Playhouse is empty. No ticket holders gossiping and rubbing elbows in the Spanish revival-style courtyard. No line at the bar.

More than a dozen community-based organizations in Nevada that help immigrants will be receiving an additional $516,000. That money will allow them to provide financial assistance to immigrant families.

Of all the many reasons to vote this year, for some people one seat is all they need. That seat happens to be on the United States Supreme Court.

Some 322 light-years away in the constellation Libra lies one of the most extreme and hottest worlds discovered by astronomers so far. Launched into Earth orbit last December, the European Space Agency’s shiny new exoplanet-hunting satellite CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (or CHEOPS) spotted exoplanet WASP-189b, a gas giant circling close to one of the hottest known stars with a planetary system.

Hundreds of Nevada university students will be trained and employed as contact tracers to help identify and inform people who may have been exposed to COVID-19.

Hundreds of Nevada university students will be trained and employed as contact tracers to help identify and inform people who may have been exposed to COVID-19.

The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made me reflect on her quote, “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.”