As researchers who study crime, we were also struck by a dramatic shift that took place just 24 hours after Laken Riley’s death, when the public learned that Ibarra is a Venezuelan migrant who entered the country illegally. Locally and nationally, collective grief turned to collective vilification as politicians, pundits and others asserted that illegal immigration is driving a “crime wave” that Riley’s killing exemplified ...
The housing crisis, spread across the United States, is most easily measured in terms of human cost. At the low end are families, working families, forced to go without a roof, to live in cars on the streets, and in tent cities or municipal shelters ...
It’s been nearly two weeks since a 1,000-foot-long, 160-foot-wide 100,000-ton container ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, sending six ...
There are two simultaneous public health crises facing our community: food insecurity and obesity. According to Feeding America’s 2023 Map the Meal Gap study released by Three Square, 1 in 8 Southern Nevadans have trouble securing their next meal ...
This past week the Tropicana closed its doors and with them, seven decades of an incredible and historic run in Las Vegas. In its place will be written the next part of a new chapter in Las Vegas’ storied and ...
For centuries before the end of World War II, international affairs were defined by constant strife between nations where the strongest could exploit the weakest and warfare was an accepted way of resolving international disagreements big or small ...
As a College of Southern Nevada Women’s Alliance member and Vote Nevada’s executive director, I appreciate the Las Vegas Sun raising awareness about our recent candidate forum for local government races ...
The turbulent stretch of territory to the southeast of Europe includes four stable NATO members: Croatia, Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia. But the Kremlin has its eyes on other prizes: Serbia, Kosovo and the ethnically divided nation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. How might Putin seek to extend ...
It was dark when Kennedy began to speak. With nary a note. If you haven’t heard it in a while, listen to it, watch it. Today. If you’ve never heard it before do the same. Today ...
We owe every American who volunteers to wear the uniform a debt of admiration and gratitude because their choice helps keep our nation safe and our economy vibrant.
Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument rarely leaves the news. The political tussle over this stunning expanse of red rock canyons exemplifies all the cultural dissonance in the rural West ...
Independent work is alive and well, but perhaps not for much longer. That’s because the Department of Labor’s new independent contractor rule would make it harder to be classified as an independent worker. It would likely lead to many of these workers being reclassified as employees or risk losing their livelihoods entirely ...
Dear Bob Iger: Congratulations on preventing billionaire Nelson Peltz and his band of “activist investors” from joining Disney’s board of directors ...
Tax Day is right around the corner. That means some folks who haven’t yet filed yet are still weighing options to help them minimize the stress of navigating a complicated tax system. Many people will end up paying a company to help them file, like purchasing software to file online ...
I’ve been covering women’s sports on and off for more than 20 years — and not just Venus and Serena. When boxer Katie Taylor defended her lightweight titles in front of Conor McGregor at TD Garden in Boston back in 2018, I was there. When a new women’s professional football team, the Atlanta Xplosion, had its first season in 2003, I wrote about it ...
