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DOGO News

The Big Basin Redwood State Park in Santa Cruz, California, is home to some of the tallest and oldest redwood trees on Earth. The towering trees reach heights of over 300 feet (91 m) and have an incredibly thick bark. This natural armor usually protects their upper branches and needles from wildfire damage. However, the CZU Lightning Complex Fire that burned 97 percent of the park in August 2020, was so intense that it even scorched these ancient giants.

Las Vegas Sun

On Sept. 4, the Lincy Institute hosted a community forum detailing the health and economic benefits of a stand-alone children’s hospital in Southern Nevada. Today, Las Vegas is the only metropolitan region in the nation with over 2 million people that is missing such a critical health care asset.

GoBankingRates

While former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris disagree on many key issues, one commonality is that they both have proposed eliminating taxes on tips. However, the two candidates seem to differ in how they want this policy to move forward, though the details are still light at this point.

Las Vegas Sun

It started with a loophole. Attempting to curtail offshore gaming, Congress passed legislation in 2006 preventing gambling businesses from accepting payments related to illegal online bets or wagers. Exempted from the bill, however, were fantasy sports competitions.

Daily Mail

It will be the first time Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet in person -- and millions of Americans will get a ringside seat. The Democratic vice president and Republican former president will face off in Philadelphia on Tuesday in their first -- and possibly only -- televised debate before what promises to be a nail-bitingly close 2024 election.

Earth.com

The universe is an infinite abyss filled with curiosities that have been puzzling humankind since we first craned our necks to the moonlit sky. Among these mysteries, the origins and mergers of supermassive black holes hold a special place. Imagine a celestial entity with mass a million times that of the sun, tucked away in the center of a galaxy. That’s not just any old space mystery – it’s one of the grandest enigmas of the cosmos.

Outside Online

I love to run—but I detest running uphill. When I hit an incline, my legs burn, I get acid reflux, and I often need to take a break to catch my breath. Jogging over hills is so terrible for me that I exclusively map out flat routes and sign up for races with minimal elevation, if any. As it turns out, there’s a legitimate reason people struggle with hills. Every single one of us has a unique running style, or running fingerprint, as John Mercer, a professor of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences at the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­, calls it.

Nevada Business

Las Vegas North Premium Outlets is excited to announce it is partnering with UNLV’s Office of International Student and Scholar Services for an exclusive UNLV Back to School Shopping Day Friday, Sept. 13.

K.T.N.V. T.V. ABC 13

Food delivery robots at the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ could start traveling off-campus. On Tuesday, Clark County commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance that would allow the robots to make deliveries to students who live in off-campus housing. For example, apartment complexes near the school.

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