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The Scientist

That old joke about the milkman fathering many of a town’s children—it’s far from true, a new study reaffirms.

Nevada Current

 

Being poor is expensive. And it’s even more so for those who have no or only limited access to banking.

 

K.N.P.R. News

More than 50,000 people moved from California to Nevada between July 2017 and July 2018, the second-highest amount in the past 10 years, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

Fast Company

Simply look at the reaction environmental activist Greta Thunberg received after speaking at the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations (or really, when she does anything) and you’ll see how heated things can get when people talk about climate change.

Washington Post

Former wrestler and Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura says he’s interested in the Green Party’s presidential nomination. Ex-coal magnate Don Blankenship is seeking the Constitution Party nod. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, despite her denials, is prompting fears among Democrats that she will launch her own third-party run. No one knows what Rep. Justin Amash will do.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Nevada is the No. 2 state for flu activity behind Louisiana, and Las Vegas is the No. 4 metropolitan area in the country, according to a new flu index that uses data on prescriptions to treat the virus.

K.L.A.S. T.V. 8 News Now

It was a special night at UNLV as the oldest university alumna was honored at the school’s signature homecoming event.

Parade

You’ve got plenty of friends on social media until … there’s one less friend. In other words, you’ve been “unfriended.”

Yahoo!

National Unfriend Day is Nov. 17 and a UNLV professor says that getting rid of toxic people on social media could help your mental health.

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