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The UNLV football team is remembering one of their own in a special way. The team shared pictures of their new helmets on social media Wednesday which display the number 47 in the front of honor of the late Ryan Keeler.
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) today announced 12 college students will participate in the inaugural Sands Hospitality Immersion Program, July 24-28 in Las Vegas. The intensive experience is designed to encourage interest in travel, tourism and leisure by exposing students to the inner workings of the Las Vegas hospitality industry.
A decades-old program that compensates people exposed to radiation from nuclear tests and uranium mining is set to expire next year without an extension, leaving a narrow window that is closing quickly for anyone who may be newly suffering with related illnesses.
Humans began to alter environments long before records were kept of the things that lived in them, making it difficult for scientists to determine what healthy ecosystems should look like. The researchers have now shown that the recent fossil record preserves an authoritative snapshot of marine environments as they existed before humans.
Las Vegas Aces fans stood and cheered as their former star Dearica Hamby took the court at Michelob Ultra Arena in May. Wearing the purple jacket of the Los Angeles Sparks, she hugged Aces owner Mark Davis. That night, which was the last time the Sparks played the Aces this season, Hamby was the first player to receive her championship ring to commemorate her former team's 2022 WNBA title.
Every July, Amazon holds a two-day Prime Day event. It’s an exclusive member-only event when consumers can score big deals on all kinds of items.
As we plunge into Earth’s sixth stage of mass extinction (that we are aware of), biologists looking to conserve and restore ecosystems that have been stripped of plant and animal life can face a pretty daunting task. However, help is on the way in the form of some of the ocean’s worms, mollusks, and crabs. A study published July 11 in the journal PeerJ, finds that fossils from these groups are actually preserved in the fossil record in proportion to their diversity, making for a solid source of information about past ecosystems.
The structure of our bail system separates people from their families, jobs and community before they may be convicted of a crime. We must assess the inadequacies of our existing bail system and its price for freedom before conviction. Bails should provide an opportunity for qualified individuals awaiting trial to return to their communities. Yet more often than not, excessive bail amounts result in the incarceration of our poorest residents.
If you're a Republican member of Congress that rakes in thousands in corporate cash, you may be more committed to democratic norms.