The main benefit of booking through a credit card company's booking portal is similar to that of an OTA - the convenience of a centralized location to compare and book their stay. That said, depending on the booking portal, certain brands may be promoted above others and these promoted brands might supersede any preferences that customers have set.

For mothers questioning whether or not to vaccinate their children, the decision can be complicated by an overwhelming and, at times, conflicting information environment. In this episode: Health communication researcher Melissa Carrion explores how an onslaught of messaging is informing how mothers decide to vaccinate their kids and how public health experts can better communicate on these key decisions.

What happens in Vegas will be staying more with the IRS from now on. That’s because of an obscure provision to reduce the tax deduction for gambling losses, which Congress recently approved in President Donald Trump’s top priority second-term legislative package. The provision is projected to raise $1 billion for the government over the next decade.

Ayan Sengupta, a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas's School of Integrated Health Sciences, is leading a groundbreaking project that has reached new heights—literally.

The UNLV School of Nursing kicked off its 6th annual Nurse Camp, welcoming 90 high school students from across Nevada who are exploring a future career in nursing.

Delta Airlines reports second quarter results on Thursday. One thing investors will be scrutinizing is a relatively new service from the carrier: parcel delivery. The offering, spun up last year, could help Delta cash in on the growth of e-commerce. But it comes with some risks.

On Monday, June 23, a crowd of about 2,000 people surrounded the Eldorado Hotel & Spa in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet had come for a meeting of the Western Governors’ Association. “Not for sale!” the crowd boomed. “Not one acre!” There were ranchers and writers in attendance, as well as employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory, all of whom use public land to hike, hunt and fish. Inside the hotel ballroom where the governors had gathered, Michelle Lujan Grisham, the New Mexico governor, apologized for the noise but not the message. “New Mexicans are really loud,” she said.

"...Reading obscure stories by long-ago authors is my best advice for helping writers stand out in a crowd. Sci-fi writers should read W.E.B. DuBois’ “The Comet” (1920). Horror scribes should check out Charles W. Chestnutt’s The Conjure Woman (1899). Fantasists should study Shirley Jackson’s Hangsaman (1951). There’s energy to be mined there. That way you can blend inspiration from the past and the present to generate something new and enthralling...."

With a 5.5 percent unemployment rate, Nevada still trails every other U.S. state. In Clark County, the rate is lower, at 4.9 percent, according to 2023 Census estimates. For ages 20 to 24 in Las Vegas, the unemployment rate is 8.2 percent. For ages 25-29, it’s 6.6 percent. Meanwhile, Nevada’s unemployment rate for educated residents has steadily declined in recent years, and the state’s hiring rate, 3.9 percent, beats most other states, suggesting a strong labor market.