Three of President-elect Donald Trump’s announced political appointees have ties to Nevada’s gaming industry — a sign that an industry once stigmatized in the political sphere has entered the mainstream.

Three of President-elect Donald Trump’s announced political appointees have ties to Nevada’s gaming industry — a sign that an industry once stigmatized in the political sphere has entered the mainstream.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law has received a gift from alumnus William Sykes and his wife Brianne to support first-generation students in their journey to becoming legal professionals.

A national teachers union leader came to UNLV this week to learn more about how the university is answering the call to get more educators in classrooms through less-traditional routes.

Elon Musk’s Boring Company spent years pitching cities on a novel solution to traffic, an underground transportation system to whisk passengers through tunnels in electric vehicles. Proposals in Illinois and California fizzled after officials and the public began scrutinizing details of the plans and seeking environmental reviews.

A new charter school in the Las Vegas valley is taking a different approach to education in its choice of location and opportunities for students. The charter school is now being built inside the Boulevard Mall, offering middle school students a unique environment to thrive both academically and personally.

The threat of avian flu has dominated public health discourse as cases become increasingly more widespread and severe. H5N1, a highly pathogenic strain, was present in several continents as early as 1996. Since reaching North America in late 2021, this strain has impacted wild animals, commercial livestock, and humans. Just this week, the first fatal human case of H5N1 was reported in Louisiana—someone over 65 who was exposed to a backyard flock of birds and wild birds.

Humans have been building cities for centuries, but they don't always last. In some cases, nature has reclaimed them. Other times, people simply built on top of older structures.

Narrativa is among a crop of startups seizing on the artificial intelligence boom to enthusiastically automate writing tasks that would once have fallen to humans. From penning regulatory documentation for Pfizer to zhuzhing up marketing copy for insurance and e-commerce firms and helping generate breaking news articles for The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles-based Narrativa boasts roughly 50 clients in various industries. But one of its core focus areas, comprising a quarter of its business, is a little more polarizing than the rest: gambling.