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M.S.N.

We've all heard of the Northern Lights that sparkle in the Northern Hemisphere, but did you know that there is also a counterpart in the Southern Hemisphere?

KOLO 8 News Now

At UNR mechanical engineering students inflated a weather balloon for our camera in hopes of giving us a good idea of what their years’ long project has created. They have joined fellow engineering students at UNLV for the “Eclipse Ballooning Project.

P.B.S.

One-on-one interview with Bob Stoldal, Las Vegas Historian, Former Television Executive.

Popular Resistance

On Wednesday, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council joined the Oglala Sioux Tribe in banishing South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem from tribal lands. The ban comes amid recent comments made by Gov. Noem suggesting that tribal leaders were in partnership with Mexican cartels, and a day after Noem made a statement asking tribal leaders to banish cartels from tribal lands.

The Nevada Independent

Rising health care and pharmacy costs mean current and retired state employees will face health insurance rate hikes ranging from 8 percent to 25 percent beginning July 1, leading to monthly premium increases of $8 to $53 depending on the number of dependents and the plan type.

Santa Ynez Valley News

A recent article, "Overbilled by your lawyer? You are not alone," told the story of a lawyer whose firm touted expertise that she didn’t have and billed for time that she didn’t work. That story led to an e-mail captioned BRAVO from Professor Nancy B. Rapoport, of William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Casino.org

A planned 486-room kosher hotel located on a small parcel off of the Las Vegas Strip may face an uphill battle, but experts agree if the 46-floor property ever opens, it will meet the needs of the growing number of observant Jews.

C.N.N.

Even though the US Supreme Court will decide later this spring whether presidents possess absolute immunity from criminal charges, New York Judge Juan Merchan properly rejected former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity to delay his impending hush money payments trial.

Gaming Deputy

Molecules containing inert elements should not exist. According to the definition of a rare gas, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon, the chemical elements located on the far right of the periodic table, are difficult for other elements to bond and form compounds. In fact, people have never observed any natural existence on the earth. of molecules containing inert elements. But about a decade ago, astronomers stumbled upon these compounds in space.

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