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The Hill

The first votes of the 2024 presidential election are rolling in, raising questions about what can be gleaned from the data in forecasting the possible outcome of the race.

Newsweek

A video of a passenger boasting the "coolest" connection with the pilot operating her flight has gone viral on TikTok. The video was shared by TikTok user @mariev.tcl and has amassed 3.9 million views since it was posted on October 24. The footage shows a woman enjoying a meal on a plane as a note across the clip reads "My biggest flex: no one knows who's flying this Boeing, but I do cause..."

Las Vegas Review Journal

Las Vegas’ recent emphasis on sports tourism and the apparent reversal of a common visitation trend are keeping Southern Nevada’s tourism economy healthy, a UNLV expert said Tuesday.

Globe NewsWire

Praxis Bioresearch reports that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the investigational new drug (IND) application for PRX-P4-003, a gut-activated stimulant, to treat apathy in Alzheimer’s Disease. Previously, an exploratory microdose clinical trial in healthy volunteers demonstrated successful activation of PRX-P4-003 upon oral administration, the intended therapeutic route.

Las Vegas Review Journal

More than 100,000 Clark County students are being invited to create art for the Exosphere. The challenge premiered on July 4. The project is a collaboration between Sphere, Clark County School District, and UNLV.

SciTechDaily

Researchers at UNLV have developed a groundbreaking technology that efficiently extracts large amounts of water from the air, even in extremely low-humidity conditions.

Reader's Digest

Color us surprised: Blue stop signs really exist! Here's where you'll find them, what they mean and what to do if you see one on the road.

Brookings

In this episode, Vanda Felbab-Brown discusses the fentanyl and opioid crisis in Nevada with Dr. Anne Weisman and Dr. Sara Hunt of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). They analyze the high rates of opioid misuse in the state and the resulting strain on health systems and behavioral health workers as well as coroners, a professional group essential in responding to drug use, but often neglected in policy focus. Their conversation explores the significant innovations that the state of Nevada adopted as a result of UNLV research and policy work and ways in which it can serve as an exemplar to other U.S. localities struggling with inadequate resources to deal with fentanyl.

Geo

Growing up in California, the historically most important destination for migrants in the Americas, the Spanish word exodo had a familiar ring. My Salvadoran parents used it to describe their journey along the Pan-American Highway as they left El Salvador for San Francisco in the 1950s. The exodo also included the stories of family members like my cousin Ana, who crossed the border illegally after surviving the perilous train ride from war-torn El Salvador in the 1980s.

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