By 9 a.m. May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard had already been sitting in the Freedom 7 Mercury space capsule, mounted atop a Redstone 3 rocket booster, for four hours. The United States had already lost the race to send the first person into space three weeks earlier ...
Nevadans should pay attention to what is happening in Lewiston, Maine. In October, Lewiston joined the tragic fraternity of cities, of which Las Vegas is among the ...
Last week, at a GOP event in Johnson County, Kan., Americans were invited to show their patriotism and love of country by punching, kicking or curb stomping an effigy of President Joe Biden. The disturbing opportunity marks ...
After years of reaching across the aisle and inviting Republican lawmakers to work with him on addressing the concerns of everyday Americans, President Joe Biden laid down the gauntlet to the GOP ...
Election workers are the unsung heroes of our democracy — friends, family members and neighbors who toil in relative obscurity to turn the first and most essential gears of democracy.
We don’t yet know why the United States Supreme Court decided this week to take up the question of presidential immunity. Its motives are unclear. What is clear is that the Roberts court is not filled with ...
One hundred and twenty years ago today, the author and cartoonist Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was born in Springfield, Mass.Since 1998, schools across the country have celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday with a special event ...
When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 2022 decision in the Dobbs case, overturning Roe v. Wade and 50 years of accompanying precedent, women’s rights advocates warned ...
If Clark County wants to continue hosting world-class events that deliver world-class memories and experiences, we need a world-class mass-transit experience on the Strip.
Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide and mob boss Whitey Bulger’s murder both made headlines as shocking failures of the federal prison system. But the shortcomings that led to these famous men’s deaths weren’t the exception — they were the rule ...
Visitors look at the awe-inspiring scale and grandeur of the Grand Canyon and likely imagine that the national park is vast and safe for future generations ...
Another day, another bombshell claim shown to be little more than a brazen lie thrust upon the American people by a political party without decency, integrity or honor.
Once again, former President Donald Trump has proven to be both a coward and a Russian asset. Trump’s — and thus, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s — supporters ...