Southern Nevada residents are facing delays in getting an appointment for COVID-19 testing as demand increases amid a surge in coronavirus cases.

On Tuesday, Nevada casinos cut already-reduced capacity limits in half to comply with Gov. Steve Sisolak’s ordered three-week statewide “pause.” But indoor malls and retail stores are allowed to keep operating with the previous 50 percent capacity limit.

UNLV announced Tuesday that it will suspend in-person events and won’t consider exemption requests until further notice.

Texas lawmakers have traditionally been unwilling to legalize casinos, with a number of previous efforts to introduce this type of gambling in the state failing to gain much traction in the Legislature.

New restrictions imposed on restaurants and other businesses this week by Gov. Steve Sisolak to curb the spread of COVID-19 raise a question: What’s the science behind them?

As states certify their official election results, many questions linger about this unprecedented race for the U.S. presidency.

Lauren Greenlee, associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Arkansas, received a $750,000 award from the Department of Energy to investigate the chemical and electronic structure of iron and oxygen atoms.

UNLV announced Wednesday it will temporarily close a handful of campus buildings because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Manuela Guzman died this month, alone in a Las Vegas hospital, where she had been since late September. Early in her battle with COVID-19, nurses had helped her talk to her family via FaceTime. But in the third week of October, her heart stopped. Both of her lungs collapsed. Her family was told to expect her to die then, but the doctors and nurses kept her going. She lived for another three weeks, though by the end her family knew what was coming.