Heightened tensions tied to the conflict in the Middle East, along with a recent shooting in Austin that left at least two people dead last weekend, have prompted renewed warnings from former FBI officials about the risk of terrorism and the importance of reporting suspicious behavior.

Democrats in Congress led the charge to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. Now, prominent party power brokers and allies are paying a price, losing their jobs and seeing their reputations tarnished as a result of information in the documents.

As Black History Month continues, Ruby Duncan’s legacy is being celebrated for a lifetime of activism that helped shape social programs still valued today and for her role in securing a library for Las Vegas’ Historic Westside.

A trend of "Chinamaxing" has swept the Western internet world, with people imitating Chinese lifestyles such as drinking warm water and taking off their shoes when entering a house. Scholar Austin Horng-En Wang pointed out that this trend is more like young people being quirky, rather than the "sudden surge in pro-China sentiment among American youth" that the media is worried about.

Like it or not, we “vote” with our dollars. Here's how to make sense of a challenging economy and a deeply fraught political environment.

OpenAI, the developer of the chatbot ChatGPT, released a report indicating that the Chinese government used ChatGPT to generate images and text to launch cyberattacks. Scholar Austin Horng-En Wang pointed out today that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) has made related cyberattacks and cognitive warfare larger in scale and lower in cost.

UNLV history department chair Michael Green said Stephanie Street “bridges the older part of Henderson, the part that was associated with the 40s and 50s when that was developing, and all of the things that have gone on since.” He added, “Its growth reflects Henderson’s growth.”

The earliest settlers and their direct descendants became notable leaders throughout Las Vegas in the 20th century, helped build up the Historic Westside, and now make up the African American community across the Las Vegas Valley.

If you've ever wanted to make a suggestion for a new law, now just might be your chance. The Southern Nevada Forum held its initial meeting on Monday, with the goal of coming up with a dozen new ideas to fix problems faced by residents of the Las Vegas Valley. The 13-year-old organization — created by the Vegas Chamber, the City of Las Vegas, Brookings Mountain West and former Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick in 2013 — brings together lawmakers and community leaders to brainstorm ideas.

How to describe Sammy Davis, Jr., in just a few words? Maybe the best way came from the mother of the historian who writes this program. His parents got married in Las Vegas in 1964. They stayed at the Sahara, where Tony Bennett was in the showroom, but they went down the street to see Sammy at the Sands. He asked his mother if they saw another show. She replied, “Once you’ve seen Sammy Davis, Jr., you don’t need to see another show.”

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"Consciousness is under siege," says author Michael Pollan. His new book, A World Appears, explores consciousness on both a personal and technological level.