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YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: 4 things to know about Vegas’ decline in tourism

Thoughtful, thorough explanation of what's going on in #lasvegas
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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?

A heartbreaking story from #Pahrump NV

His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.

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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.

The dwindling Colorado River can’t wait for states to cut water use, experts say
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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.

Ahwoooooooo!!!
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"At a time when more Americans are tuning out credible news for social media, it’s worth remembering that they’re leaving behind not just reporting, but the discipline of restraint.”

"It promises unfiltered access, but without guarantees of truth and without protection from harm. The cork is off the bottle, and everything spills out: real or fabricated, searing or false.

"That misses the point. Journalists draw lines for a reason. We know how trauma seeps in through a screen. We know that immediacy without context is its own kind of harm. Social media has no such restraint.

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.

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?

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.”

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
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America’s Best Restaurants 2025 Here are the 50 best places in America right now.

I know a few #LasVegas dining writers who're gonna take issue with this.

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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.

This is the #HurricaneKatrina 20-year look-back to watch. Episode 4 is the gut punch, but they're all important
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‘Massive’: The sprawling data center boom in the Northern Nevada desert Tahoe Reno Industrial Center drives expansion of high-tech hubs

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."

Why certain medications can increase your risk in the heat Some medicines affect your ability to sweat, stay hydrated, or even to notice if you're overheating. Doctors say keep taking them, but make sure to keep yourself cool.

Yikes
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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.

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.

Thousands of Las Vegans protest Trump, ICE at Saturday's "No Kings" demonstration Over 7,000 people gathered in Downtown Las Vegas on Saturday night to protest the Trump administration.

Our report on Las Vegas #NoKings

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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.

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
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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.

For everyone who's been asking me about the president's cpb order, here are a couple legal opinions
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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.

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.

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.

Reminder: This was last year
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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...

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

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...

“She would want to help people follow their dreams. It’s what she did.” - Jeff Babik, Kristin's brother

Is Yucca Mountain back on the table? About a mountain and more.

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...

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...

Real question: Who will enforce this, and how?

Federal judge blocks Musk’s team from accessing sensitive Treasury material
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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.

Judge freezes Trump order putting 2,200 USAID employees on administrative leave : Goats and Soda www.npr.org/sections/goa...

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.

Christopher Alvarez localizes (and personalizes) the potential impact of the #tiktokban in #lasvegas

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On KNPR'S State of Nevada by @nevadapublicradio.bsky.social

Black and white picture of a wavy haired Filipina in a sweater against a black background, beside the words Black Mountain Institute Conversations Season Two, Episode Two: Monica Macansantos. Beneath are the logos of Desert Companion and the Black Mountain Institute

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...

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.

Great (heartbreaking) reporting on how the disaster unfolded ...

12 hours of fire that decimated Altadena: ‘I’m going to lose half of my town’
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"I thought it was beautiful what Judge Lamberth had written. I thought ... this was a clarifying moment, that we're not nuts. Do you know what I mean?"

How Trump Re-Wrote the History of January 6 | On the Media | WNYC Studios Four years later, the new meaning of January 6.

"This octogenarian judge, who was appointed by a Republican 35 years ago, says, 'Time out. Wait. This is what happened. All this stuff that's going on now, it's nonsense. This is what happened.'" -Dan Barry
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Altadena, ‘feral in the best possible way,’ is gone. How will it come back from fire? The Eaton fire cut a brutal swath through Altadena and a cherished way of life in this eclectic foothill community it upended.

This story really captures the Altadena I know.

Altadena, ‘feral in the best possible way,’ is gone. How will it come back from fire?
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