After approval from both voters and state lawmakers, sales of recreational marijuana products in Nevada have reached more than $5 billion. Sales peaked during the pandemic in 2021 at more than a $1 billion. They’ve fallen since then but remained around $800 million in 2024.

New research suggests the zero alcohol products (ZAP) trend has reached teens. But whether these beverages drive healthier behaviors, act as a gateway to alcohol use, or both, is unknown.

New research suggests the zero alcohol products (ZAP) trend has reached teens. But whether these beverages drive healthier behaviors, act as a gateway to alcohol use, or both, is unknown.

Investors received a big boost on January 15 with a December, 2024 Consumer Price Index report showing core inflation rose less than expected. This reassured Wall Street the Federal Reserve could continue to lower interest rates in 2025. The Fed had curbed its benchmark Federal Funds rate three consecutive times in the second half of 2024 but had signaled a halt – or even rate hikes – for 2025 as the US economy kept growing.

Football fans are gearing up for one of the biggest sporting events of the year, the Super Bowl, next month. However it is not the game nor the halftime show that people are most excited about—but rather the food, new research has shown.

With Donald Trump back in the White House as president later this month, speculations are rife about the possible India-U.S. strategic partnership entering new areas of cooperation. One is health diplomacy, and the reasons for that possible channel of soft diplomacy strengthening India-U.S. ties come from the previous Trump-Modi era.

Recently released CIA documents revealing that the Agency surveilled Puerto Rican and Mexican American activists confirm what many of us have known for decades: that US government agencies have spied on Latinos—and probably still do.

Nevada ranks first for new homes built in natural landscapes prone to wildfires according to the Lied Center for Real Estate at UNLV. A map of the United States shows the growth percentage in residential housing units located in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) between 1990 and 2020. Nevada is marked in red and shows a growth rate of 208 percent.

If you’re feeling sick this flu season, doctors said it is a good idea to grab a mask if you’re leaving home as the spread of covid flu and RSV are on the rise, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.