The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift that comes after months of appeals to President Donald Trump from the vaping industry. The decision is being opposed by health groups and parent organizations that have long pointed to flavors as the driver behind underage vaping in the U.S. But the federal action comes as teen vaping rates have dropped to a 10-year low and manufacturers have pushed the Republican administration to loosen restrictions on their products.

You dry pots with it, wipe your hands on it, and use it to swab the counter, but when you’re done—if you’re like me—you probably hang your trusty kitchen towel right back on the oven or dishwasher door handle. And this cycle repeats for days, weeks, maybe even months with a single dish rag. And yet, we all know that the kitchen is the perfect breeding ground for all sorts of potentially harmful germs. The dish towel, unfortunately, is not immune to this.

The number of national clinical trials for Alzheimer’s therapies has increased by 40 percent in the last decade. That’s according to UNLV brain health researcher Jeffrey Cummings’ 10th annual report, published Tuesday in the Alzheimer’s Association’s research journal.

According to data from a University of Nevada study, 70% of US adults support allowing cannabis consumption spaces in casinos.

Primm Valley Casino Resorts, the last full-time casino among a cluster of three off Interstate 15 in Primm, at the California-Nevada border, is permanently closing July 4, a publicist for owner Affinity Gaming confirmed Wednesday.

From wellness as a continuous experience to cinematic guest journeys, Desert Rock’s site-driven luxury, and the realities of running a firm, day one of HD Expo spotlighted how hospitality design is expanding beyond aesthetics.

A crypto mogul gave $2.5 million to a candidate running against State Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro in the Nevada attorney general race.

Experts say Frontier Airlines is likely to capture a significant share of Spirit Airlines’ business at Detroit Metro and across national routes, though they expect demand to be spread among the remaining low-cost carriers. Frontier offers service between Detroit and Spirit's top three markets, all of them popular among leisure travelers: Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Las Vegas.

Southern Nevada’s population growth has slowed considerably in the past few years and is nowhere near pre-pandemic levels of in-migration to the metro region and the state. Population growth projections continue to be downgraded each of the past few years according to UNLV’s annual study, showing a marked slowdown in both migration from other states, and more notably, international migration to the area.