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Desert Companion

A long, rolling mindwipe through the healing beauty of the West would be good for me mentally, emotionally, even spiritually. Perhaps for you, too. But what about ethically? After all, we’re a quarter of the way through the 21st century, and we should no longer operate as if blithely unaware of travel’s complicated, adverse impacts: the way fossil fuels worsen climate change; the eco-damage caused by tourists trampling our lovely places to find their selfies; the social stratifications reified by the privileges of leisure travel.

K.V.V.U. T.V. Fox 5

A significant milestone for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. Many of the students from the school’s first graduating class known as the charter class are now finishing their residency training programs. A handful of them have decided to stay in Las Vegas including Dr. Ashley Prandecki, who grew up in the valley.

Las Vegas Sun

Actions speak louder than words — except, maybe, on earnings calls. Investors may be more likely to place financial stake in a company if they learn about that company’s future plans through the written word and not increasingly common audio or visual formats, like quarterly video calls in which CEOs discuss company performance with shareholders, according to a new UNLV study.

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

Most college students spend their weekends cutting loose or occasionally studying. But a group of UNLV engineering students uses their free time to aim a little higher.

Las Vegas Sun

Steve Finn, owner of Premium Trucking in Las Vegas, maintains that President Donald Trump’s approach to trade policy addresses a necessary concern. The hemorrhaging of U.S. manufacturing jobs over the past three decades required intervention, and Finn acknowledges merit in Trump’s tariff-centered strategy to revitalize domestic production.

Indica News

Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis is a blue-green filamentous microalgae from the Cyanobacteria class that grows in fresh or salt water. It was consumed in ancient times by the Aztecs, but came to the limelight when NASA proposed that it could be grown by astronauts in space for food. It is a nutritious food and has been labeled as a “superfood.”

Parade

Should you listen to music while you work? It’s a polarizing question. Some people find working in silence boring and say that music helps them focus on the task at hand. Others say that music makes it hard for them to concentrate, causing them to work slower.

Las Vegas Review Journal

As he stood on the steps of the Regional Justice Center the morning of May 3, Arbor View senior Brayden Boulter didn’t talk about his plans for the future, his upcoming graduation ceremony or his last days as a high schooler. Instead, he talked about what he called a “dangerous” crosswalk steps away from his high school in the northwest Las Vegas Valley.

Yahoo!

By now, you have likely heard that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended its testing procedures for milk in the U.S. But the information that has been dispersed online about this change may not have included the entire picture, and may have even been unintentionally misleading or confusing. Even worse, it may have caused parents, who regularly buy milk for their children, unnecessary worry about the safety of milk in the United States.

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