It’s the kind of discovery scientists wait a lifetime for. The kind that, with a little - or a lot - more work, could completely change the world as we know it.

Older people who report greater levels of social engagement have more robust gray matter in regions of the brain relevant in dementia, according to new research. It is the first to use a particularly sensitive type of brain imaging to conduct such an evaluation. The findings may have ramifications for older people practicing COVID-19 social isolation.

It was July 26, 1964. The article on page 26 of The Indianapolis Star’s Sunday newspaper would have been easy to miss.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold an in-person rally in Carson City on Sunday.

Talking with Fawn Douglas is a little bit like finding out that the coolest girl in school is also nice, funny, and about 10 other things besides just being preternaturally talented. She’s the kind of person you have real hopes that you will become best friends with, but ultimately know that your eagerness will prevent that from happening. I am predictable to the core. Douglas, however, is not.

UNLV doctoral student Casey Barber was keeping an eye on the COVID-19 situation even before the first case was reported in the United States. And starting in March — after confirmed cases cropped up in Southern Nevada — the 25-year-old Las Vegas native was among seven UNLV public health graduate students who volunteered to help the Southern Nevada Health District with contact tracing.

On a morning he should have been in middle school, 12-year-old Isaac Durham collapsed on the sidewalk after drinking a fifth of vodka stolen from a Circle K in Flagstaff, Arizona. After the paramedics pumped his stomach, he was charged with underaged consumption of alcohol and became a juvenile offender for the first time.

UNLV’s football program has had multiple COVID-19 positive tests, the athletic department confirmed Thursday, but the positivity rate is low enough that it’s not concerning enough to postpone any games at this point.

A U.S. map peppered with red and blue has become the unofficial logo of the presidential election in recent years. But it hasn’t always been that way, and, like much in politics, it’s a bit more complicated.