Some travelers are blessed with the ability to fall asleep on a flight as soon as their seatbelt clicks into place. But for many of us, it takes ginger ale, Dramamine, an eye mask, fan, and music or movie marathon to lull us to sleep. And staying asleep until wheels down? Now, that's a whole other beast. However, aviation and sleep experts say that scheduling nap time in the middle of a flight could be to your benefit.

It’s no exaggeration to say the control of the U.S. Senate — and the White House — could be decided by “the biggest little city in the world.” Centered in Truckee River Valley, the desert town of Reno, Nevada, also sits at the center of the national debate over inflation, immigration and federal abortion bans.

Las Vegas has always been a gambler’s paradise, and smart money says it will stay that way as long as planes full of visitors continue to land at Harry Reid International Airport. But does that mean Sin City is still a gambler’s best bet?

With the start of the school year around the corner, the Clark County School District says they have 1,078 vacancies. The Teacher FastTrack Program is working to make a dent in that statistic through the Public Education Foundation. Tuesday they celebrated 45 newly licensed teachers, 40 of those teachers are headed to CCSD.

A ceremony held on Tuesday by the Public Education Foundation (PEF) celebrated the inaugural cohort of 45 school employees who achieved their dream of becoming licensed teachers. It's all thanks to the PEF Teacher FastTrack program put on along with UNLV and the Clark County School District.

For nearly as long as commercial air travel has been possible, flight attendants have pushed back on policies surrounding their appearance and what they have to wear. It used to be about miniskirts and hot pants; today it’s about tattoos, comfort, and gender-neutral clothing. No matter the specifics, the shifts in airline uniforms reflect shifts in culture, and if you look to the skies, you can see that change happening yet again. In recent years—and even this past month—airlines worldwide have increasingly been loosening once-strict appearance guidelines and dress code policies to become more inclusive.

New research from New Mexico State University shows depression can reduce survival rates among American women diagnosed with breast cancer. Jagdish Khubchandani, a professor of public health sciences at NMSU, led a study to understand the long-term impacts of depression among American women with breast cancer. Khubchandani's study partners included the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Walden University, and the National Institute on Aging, a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

The 2024 presidential election is just around the corner, and many Americans are wondering how a potential Kamala Harris presidency might affect their wallets. For the lower middle class, changes in administration could bring shifts in tax policy and economic outlook that hit close to home.

As Nevada prepares for the next few years of its lithium boom, a new study is drawing attention to what's at stake: water. Lithium, used in electric vehicle batteries, is considered a critical mineral for the transition from fossil fuels to greener energy sources. Only one lithium mine is fully operational in the country, in the Silver Peak mountain range in Nevada’s Esmeralda County.