In The News: Honors College

How bleak is the future for low-cost airlines? For decades, budget carriers successfully offered travelers no-frills, cheap flights. But that scrappy business model is now eroding as costs soar and passengers opt for more comfortable seats and spacious upgrades.

President Donald Trump has been actively signing executive orders since taking office, prompting discussions about whether he is altering the traditional legislative process by bypassing Congress.
A list of requirements given for people hoping to land a job as a cabin crew member in 1954 has gone viral, with each request almost more wild than the last. And to give you a quick insight as to just how shocking they really are, the first one is 'Single - Not Engaged'. In a happy relationship? Sorry, you just don't make the cut.
Apost highlighting the rigid and appearance-based qualifications required to become a flight attendant in the 1950s has gone viral on Reddit. The post, shared by Reddit user ineedtofiguremys***, has amassed 34,000 upvotes since it was posted on February 11.
A lot of wild ideas get launched in Vegas and we’re home to the weirdest combination of architecture on the planet. But is there another Vegas, an even weirder version, that was never built? As the city waits to see if the A’s baseball stadium will break ground this year, co-hosts Sarah Lohman and Dayvid Figler sit down with UNLV history professor Michael Green to run through the wildest Vegas projects that were never built.

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.

Daniel Bubb, an assistant professor in UNLV’s Honors College and former airline pilot, understands why you would be hesitant to board your next flight. You aren’t alone, he says. Aircraft collisions and malfunctions in recent weeks — including the deadly crash late last month in Washington, D.C. — have left many air travelers understandably nervous.
President Donald Trump vowed to work with Congress to modernize the Federal Aviation Agency’s safety infrastructure used by air traffic controllers after a plane crashed into a river near Washington and a widespread outage last weekend for the system that gives pilots real-time safety alerts.

The cloud plume resembled the atomic bomb detonations he witnessed on Frenchman’s Flat, said longtime Henderson resident Everett Bartlett — a distinct mushroom shape that bloomed towards the sky on the afternoon of April 21, 1958. Although the cloud was much smaller than an atomic explosion, it was also much closer, just a few miles from the Townsite School in Henderson.
Hiccups and mishaps can happen regardless of how prepared you are, and it’s probably not healthy to spend too much time stressing about a flight. Still, staying informed about best practices and learning from common mistakes can help you navigate the experience with less nervousness.

Most of us have heard of the Bermuda Triangle in the North Atlantic Ocean where ships, planes, and people are said to have mysteriously disappeared. But less familiar is a similar phenomenon in Nevada.

Several top FBI officials were told Thursday to resign or retire from their positions. Now NBC News is reporting that the FBI Las Vegas special agent in charge is also being targeted.