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Guardian Liberty Voice

University of Nevada, Las Vegas physics professor Michael Pravica may have found the answer to the COVID-19 vaccine through targeted x-rays.

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

It's been five weeks since Governor Steve Sisolak ordered Nevadans to stay at home as the coronavirus continued to spread around the world. While some have adjusted to staying in, it has provided challenges for others, especially those living alone.

Neue Zürcher Zzeitung

A few neon lights at the casinos are still flashing, “open 24 hours”, stands above a closed burger bar. A homeless person sets up in a restaurant entrance for the night. On a pedestrian bridge over the Strip, the legendary entertainment mile in Las Vegas, Cici Ballard - pink hair, tattooed forearms - stands with friends and points to the deserted sidewalks below them, the closed bars, the silhouettes of the hotel towers. "It's kind of scary," she says, pulling her cigarette deeply.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Joseph Guerrero is done with the Las Vegas hospitality industry.

Las Vegas Review Journal

You had questions, and we’ve got the answers! Renee Summerour sits down with Dr. Brian Labus, epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ health reporter, Mary Hynes, to answer viewer questions regarding the coronavirus spread in Nevada.

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Having weeks stretched out ahead of me to do nothing but read books, watch films, write with music in the background – it's everything I thought I ever wanted. Prior to lockdown, this was a dream scenario. I'm sociable, I love the company of others, but equally, I'm more than happy with my own company – with long periods of time spent alone.

Las Vegas Sun

Millions of Americans received $1,200 deposits from the IRS over the last week through the CARES Act, a federal stimulus bill intended to help people facing unemployment and financial duress due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Las Vegas Sun

Sandi Benks has worked at the Love Ranch, a legal, licensed brothel seven miles outside of Carson City, for the past two years. She sees many clients on a regular basis — a relationship she’s been creative in maintaining during the coronavirus pandemic.

DMARGE

We’ve all been there. We queue up to board our plane at the gate, wait for a few people to be turned back because their row number hasn’t been called and queue again getting onto the plane itself, waiting for passengers to have their ticket checked and then wrestle with their bags getting them into the overhead lockers.

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