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- Winter storm warning, DHS shutdown and Raiders staff moves
- Former UNLV running back, now the Shaq of the bobsled track, makes his Olympic debut for Canada
- The first higher health insurance premium bills of the year are coming due. Their Impact is still unclear
- Vegas Loop scrutiny, transgender sports lawsuit and sex worker union initiative
- Las Vegas library head Kelvin Watson garners Librarian of the Year award
- Sex workers at Nevada brothel fight for the first-ever unionization
- Nevada lawmakers are questioning the Boring Co's safety, environmental record
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More than a century after the Mountain West’s silver and gold rushes, mercury used to process those metals is still moving through a northern Nevada river system and showing up in local wildlife.
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Nevada Public Radio Original Podcasts
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UNLV Special Collections
Sammy Davis Jr. headlined the Las Vegas Strip but faced segregation, mob threats, and violence offstage. Part 1 of his Las Vegas story.
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Kaitlin Brito
Tired of incessant self-curation, pointless matches, and wasted time, many Zillennials are done with online dating
Blaze new and old trails alike with Desert Companion's outdoor and recreation issue! Tag alongside five writers as they wax poetic about their favorite nature walks, meet the man better known as Cactus Joe, and catch up with Nevada politico Jon Ralston ahead of the release of his biography on the late Sen. Harry Reid. Plus, discover how one year of Trump has already changed Nevada.
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President Donald Trump will gather Thursday with representatives from more than two dozen countries that have joined his Board of Peace, for a meeting that will focus on the reconstruction of Gaza. -
A thrilling overtime goal by defenseman Quinn Hughes puts Team USA through to a semifinal game against Slovakia. On the other side of the bracket, Canada had its own close call, but moves on to face Finland. -
The billionaire tech mogul's testimony was part of a landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles. The jury's verdict in the case could shape how some 1,600 other pending cases from families and school districts are resolved.
