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Route Fifty

For the first time since 1995, a member of the flamboyant Goodman family won’t be on the ballot in Las Vegas. Mayor Carolyn Goodman is term-limited. But the race to succeed her is roiled by issues about the city’s future, not its past.

Las Vegas Weekly

Since Donald Trump arrived on the national scene, the women of America have been central to the fight to keep him from amassing power. On January 21, 2017, the day after Trump’s thinly-attended inauguration, hundreds of thousands of women flocked to the streets of Washington, D.C. for the worldwide Women’s March, protesting the ascension of an acknowledged sexual predator who would be found liable for rape years later.

Health

A tickborne disease called babesiosis is rising sharply in the United States, according to a new study. The research, published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, looked at a nationally representative sample of about 3,500 Americans with babesiosis, which is often called "American malaria" because—like malaria—it's caused by a parasite that affects red blood cells. They found that case rates increased 9% per year from 2015 to 2022, the time frame studied.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Las Vegas celebrity Dan Bilzerian has shoveled mounds of money into Nevada politics, allowed by a legal loophole that lets him give the maximum over and over again to the same candidate through corporate entities, records and interviews show.

The New York Times

Most people in the United States don’t consume enough whole grains. And that’s a problem, experts say.

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

Traffic safety advocates raise awareness of the deadly crashes on Clark County roadways while highlighting a day next month that recognizes road crash victims.

Newswise

“Can you imagine a day when you turn on your faucet and no water comes out?” The hypothetical question, posed by a research team at UNLV, is called a “Day Zero” scenario. It sounds like the plot of a doomsday apocalypse series but it’s not as unimaginable - or as far-fetched - as a Hollywood screenplay might seem.

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

ҳ| 鶹ýӳ and tech startup Boxabl are collaborating to gauge interest in the company’s prefabricated, mass-produced houses. In response to rising housing costs, UNLV president Keith Whitfield is exploring the idea of $60,000 studio homes as a possible solution for students.