GENERAL INTEREST
Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of politicians in 2024.
How California’s Silicon Valley has worshipped during the coronavirus pandemic.
Man sues Tinder paramour for giving him genital herpes.
Refugees coming to Southern Nevada get government help, but it’s limited and finite.
Tough-to-curb robocalls spread in Las Vegas and across the United States.
Long odds. long lines can’t discourage Powerball jackpot seekers.
National study says millennials’ chances to outearn their parents are fading by the decade.
Mount Holyoke alumna Songqiao Yao realizes her childhood dream of visiting Antarctica.
Mount Holyoke student Celine Mudahakana helps Rwandan women weave themselves toward better futures.
At the Marijuana Business Conference in Las Vegas, attendees focus on commerce and regulation, belying stoner stereotype.
Nevada Court of Appeals hears arguments in University of Nevada, Las Vegas classroom for students to see up close.
“Julie & Julia” movie inspires Las Vegans to take cooking classes, expand kitchen skills.
“What Happens Here Stays Here” beer offers Coachella a sip of Las Vegas.HEREW pol
POLITICS
What does it mean to be “woke”?
Why doesn’t the Supreme Court have a formal code of ethics?
President Joe Biden says expanding the child tax credit cut child poverty for Black children. Data shows he’s right.
Tracking the shift after Joe Biden’s same-sex marriage “epiphany.”
Is Donald Trump’s NATO talk a warning or a negotiating tactic? Here’s what he has said.
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claims at Madison Square Garden rally.
Do CEOs today earn 400 times more than their typical workers?
ENTERTAINMENT
David Cassidy, teen idol and former Las Vegas performer, dies at 67.
Debbie Reynolds, Las Vegas performer and former casino owner, dies at age 84.
Feather figure: Revisiting “Behind the Candelabra” and the legacy of Liberace.
Time magazine entertainment writer recaps Elvis Presley’s glittering rise in Las Vegas.
Entertainment legend Jerry Lewis dies at age 91.
With “A Heaven for Heretics,” Kristian Montgomery and the Winterkill Band offer moments of musical catharisis
Portraits of Sawyer delivers musical mind twister with “Whatever You May Say.”
Modern Nature’s album “Everything’s Alright” offers rays of post-COVID-19 sunshine.
Classical language studies inspire Emmy-winning producer and Mount Holyoke College alumna Sarah Mullervy.
Illusionist David Copperfield buys Las Vegas home for $17.55 millio
BREAKING NEWS
Coroner IDs toddler who died after being left in hot car in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas dentist dies six months after husband killed in cycling crash.
Freed O.J. Simpson will live in Las Vegas, official says.
FACT-CHECKING
Fact-checking grows but concerns remain over funding, harassment, report finds
Who checks the fact-checkers? Penn State researchers.
SPORTS
American Gaming Associaton forecasts Americans will wager $10 billion on 2018 NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. broadens investment in sports betting in studio partnership with ESPN.
BUSINESS
Republic Services’ new recycling center designed to process up to 3 million pounds of cardboard, newsprint, glass and metal from around Las Vegas.
How the wet was won: Arizona tribal casino overcomes monsoon season flood.
Treadmill desks may offer a healthier way to work.
Electronic business cards gain cachet, but business observers and local printers say the venerable paper business cards aren’t facing extinction.
News of higher earnings, acquisitions sends Churchill Downs shares surging.
MGM Resorts International buys Washington, D.C., office to advance policy initiatives.
Ferris wheel project fizzles, but developer aims to spin a profit.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. launches paid parking initiative.
Anchor Gaming founder Stan Fulton dies at 86.
After the 2008 economic crash, some investors looked to park their money in gold.
EDITING, LANGUAGE AND STYLE
The Associated Press kept the name Gulf of Mexico; the White House barred reporters over it.
Though search engine optimization grounds headlines, clever verbal gymnastics live on.
Associated Press Stylebook update: Denali is now Mount McKinley. but the Gulf of America is still the Gulf of Mexico.
Associated Press Stylebook updates entries on criminal justice, prefixes and flips to Merriam-Webster
Associated Press Stylebook, a “toolbook, not a rulebook, is in constant evolution.
Author and language writer Michael Erard launches online magazine Schwa Fire.
Carol Fisher Saller explores editorial diplomacy in “The Subversive Copyeditor.”
Ammon Shea takes down language scolds in “Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation.”