Las Vegas Sun

May 5, 2024

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  • Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Noah Hanifin (15) celebrates with his team after scoring against Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) during the third period of Game 6 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the Dallas Stars at T-Mobile Arena Friday, May 3, 2024.
    Game 7: It's 'win or go home' for Golden Knights at Stars
    By Jack Williams
    Game 7 isn't where the Vegas Golden Knight or the Dallas Stars thought their first-round playoff series would end.
  • Animals don’t exist to amuse us
    By Philip Tripp, Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
    The Las Vegas Strip is an entirely inappropriate environment for animals of any species. Trying to spin these cruel displays as anything other than money-grabbing exploitation is absurd ...
  • Justice delayed won’t be denied
    By Fred Underwood, Henderson
    Former President Donald Trump is trying to bend American laws to his will by employing all sorts of delaying strategies and tactics, and somehow he has convinced some people to support him in his attempts to rise above our laws ...
  • Be grateful for blessings we have
    By Mary Ann Toth, Las Vegas
    There are thousands of ways students on elite campuses can get together and talk. Ruining campus property, saying “death to America” and burning the flag only begets hate ...
  • Election workers hold ballots during a recount of mail-in ballots at the Clark County Election Department, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in North Las Vegas.
    All Nevadans have a role to play in conducting free, fair, safe elections
    We always encourage Nevadans to hold their elected officials accountable by learning about the issues confronting us, paying attention to the words and actions of our elected officials and candidates, and finally voting in elections, whether in person or by mail ...
  • The cockpit is shown in a new Allegiant Air Airbus A319 passenger jet Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at McCarran International Airport.
    Commercial pilot shortage opens flight paths to opportunity
    By Katie Ann McCarver
    A frantic push for pilots to take early retirement during the pandemic, the federal requirements for pilot training and a hard cutoff on commercial flying past a certain age are just a few of ...
  • Pro-Palestinian supporters continue their encampment protest on Vanderbilt University campus May 3, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.
    President Biden clear: Campus protests are not peaceful
    By Brian Greenspun
    We have witnessed in the past few weeks some students as well as many others who have no business on campus, under the guise of free speech, storm university buildings, camp out on university quads, prevent free passage of other students to their classrooms, libraries and ...
  • One way to make college costs realistic again
    By LZ Granderson
    The future of colleges depends on the future of labor. A 2023 study of nearly 6,000 human resources professionals and leaders in corporate America found only 22% required applicants to have a college degree. The labor shortage is one aspect of the conversation. The shift in ...
  • Trump has poisoned Christian evangelicals
    By Nicole Russell
    Many evangelical Christians have convinced themselves that voting for Donald Trump is the best way to win over the culture war, get prayer back in schools and restore the United States to its theocratic roots. This is prominent in evangelical strains across ...
  • This combo image shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, March 9, 2024 and President Joe Biden, right, Jan. 27, 2024.
    Biden, Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in rare contest between two presidents
    Associated Press
    Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. Their track records and plans on abortion, immigration, taxes, wars abroad ...
  • NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore exit the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a mission dress rehearsal on Friday, April 26, 2024. The first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board is scheduled for Monday, May 6, 2024.
    Boeing is on the verge of launching astronauts aboard new capsule, the latest entry to space travel
    By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
    Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA after years of delays and stumbles. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with ...
  • Sierra Leone, with jockey Tyler Gaffalione, (2), Forever Young, with jockey Ryusei Sakai, and Mystik, with jockey Dan Brian Hernandez Jr., cross finish line at Churchill Downs during the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Louisville, Ky.
    Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in a 3-horse photo finish at Churchill Downs
    By Beth Harris, Associated Press
    Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby, edging out Forever Young and Sierra Leone for the upset victory. Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode ...
  • WrestleMania 41 to be held at Allegiant Stadium in 2025
    WrestleMania 41 to be held at Allegiant Stadium in 2025
    By Ayden Runnels
    The 41st WrestleMania will be held at Allegiant Stadium in 2025. WWE President Nick Khan highlighted Las Vegas’ title as the entertainment capital of the world and said Allegiant Stadium has proven itself to be ...
  • Las Vegas Aces' Jackie Young (0) drives past New York Liberty's Jonquel Jones (35) and Breanna Stewart (30) during the second half in Game 4 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in New York.
    Las Vegas Aces further solidify roster beyond this season by signing All-Star guard Jackie Young
    By Mark Anderson, Associated Press
    All-Star guard Jackie Young signed a contract extension through 2025 with the Las Vegas Aces on Saturday. It's the latest move by ...
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