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knpr's STATE OF NEVADA

Air Date: Thursday, May 19, 2022

Clark County School District Police

During the summer, do Las Vegas students really know what happens if they break the law?

Nevada Ballet Theatre

O Fortuna! Nevada Ballet to take on Carmina Burana for 50th season finale

Celebrated literary mag The Believer, once housed at UNLV, back to original owner

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  • May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, a time we recognize the history, culture and achievements of the AAPI community. In Nevada, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the fastest growing ethnic or racial group. And with growth come both opportunities and challenges.

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Expect heavy traffic in Las Vegas this weekend for EDC

May 17, 2022

Drivers can expect heavy traffic in Las Vegas this weekend and especially in the northeast valley during the Electric Daisy Carnival. 

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Judge: Trump administration illegally withdrew sage grouse listing

May 19, 2022

A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration acted illegally in 2020 when it withdrew an earlier proposal to list as threatened a hen-sized bird found only in the high desert along the California-Nevada line.

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Man held in deadly Las Vegas lounge shooting takes plea deal

May 19, 2022

Eleven attempted murder charges were dropped and a 44-year-old ex-convict pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single felony charge in a deadly shootout at a Las Vegas lounge that killed a man and injured at least 12 others

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Asia
A student monk representing Inter University Students Federation shouts slogans during an anti government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Sri Lankans have been protesting for more than a month demanding the resignation of President

Sri Lanka closes schools and limits work to combat fuel shortage

May 19, 2022
Sri Lankan authorities closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate move to prepare for an acute fuel shortage during the nation's worst economic crisis in decades.
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World
A woman wearing a face mask walks past a Huawei store temporarily closed due to coronavirus-related restrictions in Beijing, Thursday, May 12, 2022. China's leaders are struggling to reverse a deepening economic slump while keeping a "zero-COVID" strateg

Canada bans China's Huawei Technologies from 5G networks

May 19, 2022
Wireless carriers in Canada have been banned from installing Huawei equipment in their high-speed 5G networks, as the country joined allies in banning the giant Chinese technology company.
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Roe v. Wade and the future of reproductive rights in America
Abortion-rights demonstrators yell as they walk down Constitution Avenue during the Bans Off Our Bodies March on Saturday in Washington, D.C.

Much of the U.S. could criminalize abortion. But how will those laws be enforced?

May 20, 2022
Law professor Kim Mutcherson said that while states are bound by HIPAA laws, individuals are not. This means that abortion "bounty hunters" could help punish people who seek abortions in other states.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
Ukrainians wait in a miles-long jam full of trucks, buses and cars to cross to the border at Medyka, Poland.

Millions rushed to leave Ukraine. Now the queue to return home stretches for miles

May 20, 2022
If you want to get into Ukraine by vehicle, you might have to wait hours at the Medyka border, where people sit in a line of cars that stretches for miles and takes hours to move.
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Radio Diaries
Rahima Banu, pictured with her mother in Bangladesh in 1975, is recorded as having the last known naturally-occurring case of the deadly form of smallpox.

How Rahima came to hold a special place in smallpox history — and help ensure its end

May 20, 2022
Scientists went to extraordinary lengths to eradicate smallpox from the world. Rahima Banu is now recorded as having the last known naturally-occurring case of the deadly form.
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Environment
A satellite image shows a natural color view of active fire lines from the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires, near Las Vegas, New Mexico, on May 11.

New Mexico wildfire sparks backlash against controlled burns. That's bad for the West

May 20, 2022
Experts worry a devastating wildfire in New Mexico, partly started by a controlled burn that got out of control, may create a backlash against this important forest management tool.
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