In The News: Greenspun College of Urban Affairs

Las Vegas Review Journal

One in every 52 Las Vegas men are "sugar daddies," ranking Nevada’s largest city third on the popular dating website’s list of most sugar daddies per capita in North America.

Las Vegas Weekly

The alphabet soup of sexuality and gender identity doesn’t end at LGBT. A more inclusive acronym extends the group of four communities to 10 with LGBTQQIAAP (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, allies, asexual, pansexual). And while the gay and lesbian segments are quite visible—in news headlines and popular culture—some other parts of the spectrum are less noticed and more misunderstood.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

UNLV is offering its first class on sports broadcasting. Students had the opportunity Tuesday to learn the basics from some local experts, including 8 News NOW's Chris Maathuis.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Three transportation leaders say light rail should be a part of Southern Nevada's future, but it would only happen if the community is willing to raise sales taxes or a favorable public-private partnership could be established.

Vegas Inc

Las Vegas is not alone in the marriage decline. The U.S. as a whole has seen a progressive decrease in the number of weddings. The Pew Research Center found that in 2011, 51 percent of American adults were married, compared to 72 percent in 1960.

BYU Radio

In the national conversation about America’s over-crowded prisons, women are rarely mentioned. They’re less than 10-percent of the total inmate population. But they’re a rapidly-growing segment. Criminal justice expert Emily Salisbury says too many prisons are unprepared to deal well with female inmates. Salisbury’s research focuses on developing gender-appropriate prison facilities and programs.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Men in this morning's attack on a TV crew post a video of this crime on social media and tweeted some cryptic messages leading up to the attack. Professor Burroughs joins us. He's with UNLV's Hank Greenspun School of Journalism.

One News Page

"This is just craziness, this kind of stuff, where it's just out of the blue and all of a sudden shots ring out." That was one of the comments shared in Professor Gary Larson’s journalism class at UNLV today.

Al Jazeera America

Six years have passed since Sri Lankan forces ended their 26-year war with separatist Tamil Tigers. But is the nation any closer to achieving reconciliation and justice for victims of conflict? Rights groups say the country's lack of accountability in addressing wartime abuses has led to a post-conflict environment where violations are still happening.

Huffington Post

Ashley Madison users may face more than just marital discord after the dating website's recent hack.

Reuters

On Tuesday hackers who call themselves “The Impact Team” made good on their promise to publish personal data about users of Ashley Madison, a website that helps customers to cheat on their spouses. The hackers dumped 9.7 gigabytes worth of data about 32 million Ashley Madison users on to the so-called “dark web” — a part of the Internet that is only accessible via a specialized browser.

NBC News

A University of Cincinnati police officer who shot a driver to death during a routine traffic stop probably would not have been indicted for murder, authorities say, without a key piece of evidence — video from a camera worn by the cop.