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Local universities continue to look at how to improve safety following a shooting at UNLV last year when a gunman killed three professors and wounded another.
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV is looking for volunteers who want to join a large study that could help slow the progression of diabetes. Researchers want participants who have yet to be diagnosed with diabetes but are in a high-risk group.
The Las Vegas metro region has one of the highest rates of rental burdens in the country, according to a new UNLV study. In Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas and the overall metro region, 58.3 percent of all renters are spending more than 30 percent of their income on rental costs. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development states that a renter is “housing cost burdened” if they are spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing costs.
First the lights blinked out, preventing state education officials from approving a $1.25 billion ground lease to G2 Capital Development in Las Vegas. Then regents balked at the deal.
The CEO of Red Lobster's parent company said he will never eat lobster again after the chain was forced to file for bankruptcy days after closing 100 locations. Thiraphong Chansiri, 58, is the CEO of Thai Union, a Thailand-based producer of seafood based products that owns a 49 percent stake in Red Lobster.
Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and removed federal abortion protections, a legal chess game is taking place among states. Since Roe v Wade was overturned, nearly half of states in the U.S.imposed abortion restrictions.
Balance transfer credit cards for bad credit would, in theory, allow you to reduce the cost of existing debt by providing a low introductory interest rate. Reality is a bit different, though. No major issuers currently offer worthwhile balance transfer credit cards to people with bad credit. Most bad-credit credit cards either require a security deposit equal to the credit line or have very small unsecured credit lines (some are from WalletHub partners). That’s because issuers want people with poor credit to prove themselves before giving them the opportunity to transfer their credit card debt.
For years in Las Vegas, the saying went something like this: "if you need specialized medical care, go to the airport," because then you can catch a flight to Los Angeles or some other city with a hospital that actually does that surgery. Well, that’s slowly changing.
The dawn of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a transformative era, promising to reshape every facet of our lives. Now, AI has moved off-world, helping NASA scientists unlock the secrets of the cosmos, including the location of gamma ray bursts (GRBs).