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Nevada holds an abundance of unique rock writing. Can this historic treasure be saved from vandals and visitors?

Where do we turn when disaster destroys places that were supposed to be sanctuaries?

Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back on the tragedy and how it shaped the agency.

Now in control of the House, Republicans will hold hearings on border policy and pandemic relief spending.

Exxon earned nearly $56 billion in profit last year, the biggest annual profit any Western oil company has ever seen. Chevron set its own record with $35 billion in profit.

The silver capsule the size of a pea had been lost in transit last month on the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia. "We have essentially found the needle in the haystack," one official said.

Although print-book sales last year were down 6.5 percent from 2021, Publishers Weekly says people are still buying a lot more books than before the pandemic — 12 percent more since 2019. As for Las Vegas: Four years ago, the New York Times said the city was becoming a literary hub.

The year 2022 was good for gambling and tourism in Nevada. New data posted Tuesday showed house winnings at casinos statewide set calendar year records and Las Vegas visitor tallies nearly reached levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic.

The new comedy series Shrinking shares some DNA with Ted Lasso. But it's a smaller-scale piece with one of the strongest across-the-board casts that's been assembled in recent memory.