Nasty winter tornadoes — like the deadly ones last week that hit five states — are likely to be stronger and stay on the ground longer with a wider swath of destruction in a warming world, a new study shows.
Monthly Archives: December 2021
NFL requiring coaches, team staff to get COVID-19 boosters
The NFL is requiring coaches, front-office staff and team personnel to receive a COVID-19 booster by Dec. 27.
California proposes reducing incentives for rooftop solar
California regulators proposed major changes to the state’s booming residential solar industry Monday, including reducing the discounts homeowners with rooftop solar and storage systems get on their electric bills when they sell extra energy back to t…
Jan. 6 panel votes for contempt charges against Mark Meadows
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted Monday to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as lawmakers demand his testimony about then-President Donald Trump’s actions before and du…
Big California storm dumps snow, drenches parched regions
Motorists spun out on whitened mountain passes and residents wielded umbrellas that flopped in the face of fierce winds as Northern California absorbed …
Las Vegas’ convention and tourism economy a ripe market for portable phone charger rental company
It’s an issue nearly everyone with a cellphone runs into while they travel: how to keep the device charged.
Chandler Stephenson’s career night powers Golden Knights over Wild
Chandler Stephenson never had four points in an NHL game before Sunday. He’d also never played a game without his grandmother.
Children, coping with loss, are pandemic’s ‘forgotten grievers’
Courtney Grund, whose husband died of COVID-19 in August, got an alarming text message last week: Her 16-year-old son was “talking about self-harm,” according to the message, sent by his friend. She quickly signed him up for grief counseling, she said…
Reba, Brooks & Dunn’s run at Caesars ending too soon
If “Reba, Brooks & Dunn: Together in Vegas” residency indeed rides into the sunset after this week’s two shows, the artists should be able to look back on their Caesars Palace run knowing they’ve made country music history in Sin City.
‘Troubling’ rise in weapons seized by CCSD raises questions on student motives
The number of weapons confiscated from students at Clark County School District campuses has risen nearly 30% since the 2019-20 academic year, corroborating what experts and educators have called …