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April 25, 2024

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  • Former president Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower on his way to Manhattan criminal court, Friday, April 19, 2024, in New York. Jury selection in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump is set to resume after a frenetic day that eventually saw all 12 jurors sworn in along with one alternate juror.
    Should jury in Trump’s case really remain anonymous?
    April 25, 2024
    What are we to make of the anonymous jury in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York? The practice has long had its critics ...
  • Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2025 for the Department of Homeland Security on Capitol Hill Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Washington.
    Weaponizing impeachment backfires on hapless Republicans
    April 25, 2024
    Maybe I’m going out on a limb here, but the hapless House Republicans have finally achieved something big: an end to tit-for-tat impeachments ...
  • Country taking dangerous turn
    April 25, 2024
    The one common denominator in all of these calls to arms is sitting in criminal court in New York. Despite his uncouthness, pathological lying, hypocrisy and history of avoiding paying workers by filing numerous bankruptcies, red hats continue to worship at the Temple of Trump ...
  • 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.
    Guest column: Strengthen protections for election officials in Nevada, nationwide
    April 25, 2024
    Election officials in Nevada and across the country are essential to maintaining the democratic process. As a business owner in the Silver State, I recognize the importance of upholding a civic duty to improve my community and those around me — just as election workers uphold their civic duty by ...
  • This screenshot from the city of Las Vegas’ TikTok account shows a sampling of some of the many TikTok videos the city has posted on its account. With TikTok’s future in the United States now in jeopardy, city officials say they’re taking a wait-and-see approach to using the social media site.
    Last hurrah on TikTok? City of Las Vegas weighs impact of potential ban
    April 25, 2024
    Las Vegas officials said they were monitoring the legislation but “in the meantime, ... will continue to use the platform as a means of providing information to local residents and visitors.”
  • Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel, left, celebrates his empty net goal with Jonathan Marchessault (81) during the third period in Game 2 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the Dallas Stars in Dallas, Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
    Analysis: Golden Knights have Stars shook with 2-0 series lead
    April 25, 2024
    A lot went wrong for the Golden Knights Wednesday night at American Airlines Center. That’s hard to remember after Vegas pulled off a 3-1 victory over the Dallas Stars in a game where it trailed for a total of 82 seconds to go up 2-0 in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoff series. ...
  • Raiders general manager Tom Telesco, left, smiles as head coach Antonio Pierce starts a Raiders chant during a news conference at Raiders Headquarters/Intermountain Health Performance Center in Henderson Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024.
    What to watch as Raiders go on the clock for NFL Draft first round
    April 25, 2024
    Though it’s the most important position in the game and the Raiders have a need, there’s no law that says they have to take a quarterback with their first pick.
  • Vegas Golden Knights players celebrate a goal by Tomas Hertl during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild at T-Mobile Arena Friday, April 12, 2024.
    'Fun must be always': How Tomáš Hertl is transforming the Vegas Golden Knights
    April 25, 2024
    Tomáš Hertl reported to Las Vegas quickly after the San Jose Sharks traded him to the Golden Knights on March 8, but his family didn’t join him right away.
  • Strong military is necessary
    April 25, 2024
    A stronger military, in the world today, is a necessity. We need to show any adversary that we have the capability to deter any aggression toward us. This cannot be accomplished by letting our military fall behind ...
  • Stop Russia’s momentum now
    April 25, 2024
    Winston Churchill described World War II as “the unnecessary war” because France and Britain had authority under the Treaty of Versailles to invade Germany in 1936 when Adolf Hitler entered the Rhineland with his then-small army ...
  • Petition for ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights in state constitution gets green light
    April 25, 2024
    The petition was challenged by the Coalition for Parents and Children PAC based on the argument that “reproductive rights” was too broad for a single ballot question.
  • About 1 in 4 US adults 50 and older who aren't yet retired expect to never retire, AARP study finds
    April 24, 2024
    About one-quarter of U.S. adults age 50 and older who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds. About 1 in 4 have no retirement savings, according to ...
  • Arizona House advances a repeal of the state's near-total abortion ban to the Senate
    April 24, 2024
    A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions won approval from the state House Wednesday after two weeks of mounting pressure on Republicans over an issue that has bedeviled former President Donald Trump's campaign to ...
  • Man missing after reportedly trying to ride wooden raft down Colorado River
    April 24, 2024
    A search was underway today at Grand Canyon National Park for a man believed to have tried to travel down the Colorado River on a wooden raft, according to the National Park Service.
  • Vice President Harris’ moment has arrived
    April 24, 2024
    One of Kamala Harris’ most memorable moments during the 2020 presidential election cycle was when, during a Democratic primary debate, she sharply criticized Joe Biden for working with segregationists in the Senate in their shared opposition to busing ...
  • Plastics, you and the global treaty
    April 24, 2024
    This week, delegates from 175 countries gathered with representatives of industry, academia, health organizations and environmental groups, in Ottawa, Canada, to chart the course for the future of plastics and plastic pollution as they ...
  • A sign stands outside the U.S. Department of Labor's headquarters, May 6, 2020, in Washington.
    Hardworking Americans can cheer new rules regulating financial advisers
    April 24, 2024
    Kudos to the Biden-Harris administration for taking bold action to protect Americans’ retirement savings from unscrupulous financial advisers. On Tuesday, the administration announced ...
  • North Las Vegas Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown has expressed concern over the Clark County School District’s new rules requiring organizations to pay for police officers to patrol at sporting events played on CCSD property.
    NLV mayor: New CCSD fees would create undue burden on some families
    April 24, 2024
    The city of North Las Vegas says the Clark County School District is hurting the community it serves with a new rule requiring private sports leagues to pay for district ...
  • Hush-money criminal trial could cure ‘Trump amnesia’
    April 24, 2024
    Before Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in New York got underway, pundits predicted that the proceedings could be a media bonanza for the former president. During this year’s Republican primaries, they noted, Trump’s popularity rose every time he was indicted ...
  • Donald Trump fever must be broken
    April 24, 2024
    Congratulations to House Speaker Mike Johnson for getting aid for Ukraine passed. It’s great to see him behaving more like a Reagan Republican than a Trump Republican ...
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