The Historic Westside of Las Vegas is often forgotten. Still, the neighborhood is a pivotal part of the city's history, specifically the uprising of 1969 and its role in the civil rights movement.

Las Vegas City Hall does not display nor possess a photo of the mayor considered “the most controversial” in the town’s history, but historians say his tumultuous term is worth learning.

Attorneys for disgraced casino mogul Steve Wynn, whose 2018 defamation case against The Associated Press (AP) was rejected last year by the Nevada Supreme Court, have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a 60-year-old landmark case that established the actual malice rule in libel law.

A UNLV medical school student is making an effort to bring a change to the way restaurants prepare your food. It’s about reducing the number of microscopic plastics that can get into food.

As UNLV journalism students prepare for the next phase of their lives, they’re contending with an evolving news media literacy landscape, with non-traditional outlets gaining steam.

Meta Platforms Inc. and its insurers, including units of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and Chubb Ltd., are digging in their heels in a fight over where to litigate a high-stakes coverage dispute sparked by suits claiming the tech giant got kids hooked on social media.

Gut bacteria are an integral part of the human body and reside in the intestines from birth until death. Recent advancements in gene sequencing, bioinformatics, and culturomics have fostered more research into microbiota. Recent research suggests that a gut bacterium, Akkermansia muciniphilia, which degrades mucin, a sugary protein secreted by the intestinal epithelium, is beneficial for metabolic health. It was first isolated in 2004 by Derrien and colleagues in The Netherlands.

There are few people who would disagree with the assertion that Las Vegas drivers are among the worst in the nation. Using Big Brother surveillance tactics to issue those reckless drivers a slew of citations, however, won’t make our streets any safer.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has signed off on the first new type of pain reliever to be approved in more than two decades.