As Southern Nevada expands the places where people can legally get high on marijuana, Las Vegas police are gearing up to stop stoned drivers. To catch them, they must perform three additional field sobriety tests. They’re taking notes: Are the subject’s eyes crossing? Can they keep their balance?

March is Women’s History Month — and Las Vegas has no shortage of trailblazing women who have helped make our city what it is today. Essentially: If Las Vegas were to have its own Mt. Rushmore of notable ladies, who’d be on it?

After more than a year of lobbying both on campus and in Carson City, graduate students at UNR and UNLV are on track to receive a $20 million boost in assistantship stipends under Gov. Joe Lombardo’s proposed budget.

Every nine seconds in the U.S. a woman is assaulted or beaten. A free class hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Police Services called “Girls on Guard” is giving women the power to fight back.

The Museum of Illusions was set to open its flagship location on the Strip this spring but will now open in June, according to CEO Jonathan Benjamin. “Las Vegas — it’s the entertainment capital of the world,” Benjamin said. “How do you pass on an opportunity to come to Las Vegas, with everything that it has to offer?”

For years, the board that governs Nevada's universities has made headlines — but not in a good way. They’ve been accused of harassment, favoritism and just making bad decisions, at times based on political and even religious beliefs.

India has found 5.9 million tonnes (about 6.5 million US tons) of lithium in the federally administered, long-disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a discovery that can transform the country into a lithium global powerhouse. India currently relies on China and Hong Kong for its lithium requirements and about 96% of its lithium-ion cell and battery imports. Yet, it will be a lengthy and complicated process to get the new reserves into smartphones, electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines.

Attorneys and consultants involved in FTX bankruptcy have asked the District of Delaware bankruptcy court to approve billed hours and expenses totaling just under $37 million for the first six weeks of Chapter 11 proceedings.

The complain alleges that staff at two facilities in Nevada have engaged in retaliatory transfers and medical abuse, including refusing to treat “a severe case of trench foot" for one detainee.