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WATCH: 4 things to know about Vegas’ decline in tourism
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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September 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A heartbreaking story from #Pahrump NV
His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.
One federal worker was rejected three times from the administration’s early resignation offer. Would he blame the president he voted for?
www.washingtonpost.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A heartbreaking story from #Pahrump NV
His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
The dwindling Colorado River can’t wait for states to cut water use, experts say
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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The dwindling Colorado River can’t wait for states to cut water use, experts say
A group of leading experts on the Colorado River say Western states urgently need to cut water use to avert a deepening crisis.
www.latimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The dwindling Colorado River can’t wait for states to cut water use, experts say
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Ahwoooooooo!!!
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Stunner! Three takeaways from New Mexico's dominant win at UCLA
PASADENA, Calif. — The Jason Eck era has a signature win.
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September 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Ahwoooooooo!!!
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For my "legacy media" critics
(Ren) LaForme also found that no major news outlets showed the graphic videos of Kirk being shot. He wrote, "Some say this makes mainstream media seem out of touch, even condescending. If the clip is already on social media, why not show it, too?
(Ren) LaForme also found that no major news outlets showed the graphic videos of Kirk being shot. He wrote, "Some say this makes mainstream media seem out of touch, even condescending. If the clip is already on social media, why not show it, too?
The human cost of witnessing violence online - Poynter
I was 14 when I found the murder video of a journalist on a file-sharing site. Today, violence finds us before we can look away.
poynter.us7.list-manage.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
For my "legacy media" critics
(Ren) LaForme also found that no major news outlets showed the graphic videos of Kirk being shot. He wrote, "Some say this makes mainstream media seem out of touch, even condescending. If the clip is already on social media, why not show it, too?
(Ren) LaForme also found that no major news outlets showed the graphic videos of Kirk being shot. He wrote, "Some say this makes mainstream media seem out of touch, even condescending. If the clip is already on social media, why not show it, too?
My standard reminder that when you're following big news events, the local public radio station where it happened is a good place to get the facts without the commentary and conjecture
www.kuer.org/news/2025-09...
www.kuer.org/news/2025-09...
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is fatally shot at Utah Valley University rally
“It's a tragic day for our nation,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said. “I want to be very clear that this is a political assassination.”
www.kuer.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
My standard reminder that when you're following big news events, the local public radio station where it happened is a good place to get the facts without the commentary and conjecture
www.kuer.org/news/2025-09...
www.kuer.org/news/2025-09...
I know a few #LasVegas dining writers who're gonna take issue with this.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
America’s Best Restaurants 2025
Here are the 50 best places in America right now.
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I know a few #LasVegas dining writers who're gonna take issue with this.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is the #HurricaneKatrina 20-year look-back to watch. Episode 4 is the gut punch, but they're all important
www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/show/835e...
www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/show/835e...
Watch Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time TV Show - Streaming Online | Nat Geo TV
Watch full episodes of Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time online. Get sneak peeks and free episodes all on Nat Geo TV.
www.nationalgeographic.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is the #HurricaneKatrina 20-year look-back to watch. Episode 4 is the gut punch, but they're all important
www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/show/835e...
www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/show/835e...
Expansive reporting here on the rise of AI data centers in Nevada, by MIT Technology Review via @reviewjournal.com
"The energy needs, in turn, suggest those projects could consume billions of gallons of water per year, according to an analysis conducted for this story."
"The energy needs, in turn, suggest those projects could consume billions of gallons of water per year, according to an analysis conducted for this story."
‘Massive’: The sprawling data center boom in the Northern Nevada desert
Tahoe Reno Industrial Center drives expansion of high-tech hubs
www.reviewjournal.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Expansive reporting here on the rise of AI data centers in Nevada, by MIT Technology Review via @reviewjournal.com
"The energy needs, in turn, suggest those projects could consume billions of gallons of water per year, according to an analysis conducted for this story."
"The energy needs, in turn, suggest those projects could consume billions of gallons of water per year, according to an analysis conducted for this story."
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On-call doctors who haven’t gotten paid and won’t answer calls.
Medical staff asked to come in and clean the hospital on the weekends.
Beds repossessed in the middle of the night.
This is the scene at just one out of dozens of hospitals impacted by a major hospital bankruptcy.
Medical staff asked to come in and clean the hospital on the weekends.
Beds repossessed in the middle of the night.
This is the scene at just one out of dozens of hospitals impacted by a major hospital bankruptcy.
The real estate company gutting America’s hospitals—and making bank
A real estate company buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone bankrupt.
revealnews.org
July 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
On-call doctors who haven’t gotten paid and won’t answer calls.
Medical staff asked to come in and clean the hospital on the weekends.
Beds repossessed in the middle of the night.
This is the scene at just one out of dozens of hospitals impacted by a major hospital bankruptcy.
Medical staff asked to come in and clean the hospital on the weekends.
Beds repossessed in the middle of the night.
This is the scene at just one out of dozens of hospitals impacted by a major hospital bankruptcy.
Heads up, #LasVegas:
"The voluntarily recalled food was distributed between April 18 and 28 this year in California, Nevada, Arizona and Washington."
Amid listeria outbreak, L.A. company pulls its food from shelves
www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
"The voluntarily recalled food was distributed between April 18 and 28 this year in California, Nevada, Arizona and Washington."
Amid listeria outbreak, L.A. company pulls its food from shelves
www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
Amid listeria outbreak, L.A. company pulls its food from shelves
Fresh & Ready Foods voluntarily recalled several premade sandwiches and snacks after federal regulators found a strain of listeria linked to a 2024 outbreak.
www.latimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Heads up, #LasVegas:
"The voluntarily recalled food was distributed between April 18 and 28 this year in California, Nevada, Arizona and Washington."
Amid listeria outbreak, L.A. company pulls its food from shelves
www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
"The voluntarily recalled food was distributed between April 18 and 28 this year in California, Nevada, Arizona and Washington."
Amid listeria outbreak, L.A. company pulls its food from shelves
www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
For everyone who's been asking me about the president's cpb order, here are a couple legal opinions
current.org/2025/05/expe...
current.org/2025/05/expe...
Experts say Trump’s CPB order ‘should have no legal effect’ - Current
“Whether it will have a practical effect or a political effect, I suppose, is a different question,” said James B. Speta, a professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
current.org
May 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
For everyone who's been asking me about the president's cpb order, here are a couple legal opinions
current.org/2025/05/expe...
current.org/2025/05/expe...
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An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
www.npr.org
March 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
Reminder: This was last year
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www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
Hard-core metal singer charged in violent rampage across Yosemite National Park
The lead singer of a hardcore metal band was charged in a violent rampage across Yosemite National Park last week, according to local authorities.
www.sfchronicle.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Reminder: This was last year
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
GREAT cautionary convo:
"What's happening in Hungary isn't conservativism. It's corruption. It's a system designed to enrich a clique of elites to take public assets and put them in private pockets, while talking about standing up for conservative values" ... whether it's gays or guns or migration
"What's happening in Hungary isn't conservativism. It's corruption. It's a system designed to enrich a clique of elites to take public assets and put them in private pockets, while talking about standing up for conservative values" ... whether it's gays or guns or migration
Former U.S. ambassador to Hungary discusses democratic decay under Viktor Orbán
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sold his brand of politics as conservatism. But what's really happening there is corruption benefitting oligarchs, says David Pressman, former U.S. ambassador...
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
GREAT cautionary convo:
"What's happening in Hungary isn't conservativism. It's corruption. It's a system designed to enrich a clique of elites to take public assets and put them in private pockets, while talking about standing up for conservative values" ... whether it's gays or guns or migration
"What's happening in Hungary isn't conservativism. It's corruption. It's a system designed to enrich a clique of elites to take public assets and put them in private pockets, while talking about standing up for conservative values" ... whether it's gays or guns or migration
“She would want to help people follow their dreams. It’s what she did.” - Jeff Babik, Kristin's brother
Will the Las Vegas shooting memorial honor those who died in the years after?
Most of Las Vegas and much of the country remembers what happened on Oct. 1, 2017. With 60 victims and some 800 injured, that shooting on the Las Vegas Strip was the worst modern-day shooting in the c...
knpr.org
February 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“She would want to help people follow their dreams. It’s what she did.” - Jeff Babik, Kristin's brother
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A new Substack post on how the growing demand for nuclear energy and Project 2025 are on a collision course with storing waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. www.westernwaternotes.com/p/is-yucca-m...
Is Yucca Mountain back on the table?
About a mountain and more.
www.westernwaternotes.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A new Substack post on how the growing demand for nuclear energy and Project 2025 are on a collision course with storing waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. www.westernwaternotes.com/p/is-yucca-m...
Real question: Who will enforce this, and how?
Federal judge blocks Musk’s team from accessing sensitive Treasury material
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Federal judge blocks Musk’s team from accessing sensitive Treasury material
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Federal judge blocks Musk's team from accessing sensitive Treasury material
A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank a...
www.latimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Real question: Who will enforce this, and how?
Federal judge blocks Musk’s team from accessing sensitive Treasury material
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Federal judge blocks Musk’s team from accessing sensitive Treasury material
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Judge freezes Trump order putting 2,200 USAID employees on administrative leave : Goats and Soda www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Judge pauses Trump order to put USAID employees on administrative leave
The case, brought by the American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government Employees was intended to block the administration's efforts to dismantle USAID.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Judge freezes Trump order putting 2,200 USAID employees on administrative leave : Goats and Soda www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Christopher Alvarez localizes (and personalizes) the potential impact of the #tiktokban in #lasvegas
knpr.org/show/knprs-s...
On KNPR'S State of Nevada by @nevadapublicradio.bsky.social
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On KNPR'S State of Nevada by @nevadapublicradio.bsky.social
A third of Nevada small businesses use TikTok. If it goes away, how would that affect Nevada?
In just over 10 weeks, TikTok could be gone — really gone. You won’t be able to watch it, use it, do anything with it unless the company that owns it can find a non-Chinese buyer.
knpr.org
February 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Christopher Alvarez localizes (and personalizes) the potential impact of the #tiktokban in #lasvegas
knpr.org/show/knprs-s...
On KNPR'S State of Nevada by @nevadapublicradio.bsky.social
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On KNPR'S State of Nevada by @nevadapublicradio.bsky.social
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I am horrified by the prospect of listening to my own voice on the radio, so maybe you could do it on my behalf. This aired last night on Nevada Public Radio, and I talked about my work as a visiting writer in Las Vegas and my forthcoming book with @nupress.bsky.social. knpr.org/show/black-m...
January 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I am horrified by the prospect of listening to my own voice on the radio, so maybe you could do it on my behalf. This aired last night on Nevada Public Radio, and I talked about my work as a visiting writer in Las Vegas and my forthcoming book with @nupress.bsky.social. knpr.org/show/black-m...
Great (heartbreaking) reporting on how the disaster unfolded ...
12 hours of fire that decimated Altadena: ‘I’m going to lose half of my town’
www.latimes.com/california/s...
12 hours of fire that decimated Altadena: ‘I’m going to lose half of my town’
www.latimes.com/california/s...
12 hours of fire that decimated Altadena: ‘I’m going to lose half of my town'
Radio reports reveal the scramble to contain the Eaton fire as it exploded from a 10-acre brush fire to a devastating 14,000-acre blaze that destroyed thousands of homes.
www.latimes.com
January 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Great (heartbreaking) reporting on how the disaster unfolded ...
12 hours of fire that decimated Altadena: ‘I’m going to lose half of my town’
www.latimes.com/california/s...
12 hours of fire that decimated Altadena: ‘I’m going to lose half of my town’
www.latimes.com/california/s...