A federal appeals court ruled Thursday against an effort by former President Donald Trump to shield documents from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
Monthly Archives: December 2021
The power of perseverance: Battle-tested veterans Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier top the card at UFC 269
Five years ago, Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier were both lightweight afterthoughts at risk of getting released by the UFC with another loss or two …
As vinyl demand soars, Las Vegas record stores struggle to keep up
A shortage of vinyl pressing plants and key materials, along with recent supply chain and labor issues, have dragged the process down.
Author Claire Vaye Watkins on creativity, Mojave Desert living and the blurry line between fiction and autobiography
She recently published a powerful and peculiar new novel titled ‘I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darkness,’ which has garnered rave reviews in the national press.
Cashless Las Vegas: A city built on currency moves toward a future without it
The tech has been ready for a while. What’s changed in recent years—very recent years—is that we’ve acquired an aversion to touching things other people have touched.
From radio host’s annual vantage point, Las Vegas is an amazingly generous city
Chet Buchanan sitting atop a 30-foot-tall scaffold for 12 consecutive days has become a tradition synonymous with Christmas for many Las Vegans — and it’s all to raise awareness for the station’s annual toy drive, now in its 23rd year. Buchanan has be…
Pence navigates Trump’s shadow during New Hampshire visit
It had all the traditional trappings of a day on the presidential campaign trail. There was a fundraiser, time spent schmoozing with local activists, two holiday parties, a speech and a visit to a local bakery, where Mike Pence posed for pictures and …
Biden to decry democracy ‘recession’ at White House summit
President Joe Biden is ready to urge participants at the first-ever White House Summit for Democracy to reverse an ongoing “recession” of democracy that is playing out at a time of rising authoritarianism around the globe and extraordinary strains on …
Meadows sues as Jan. 6 panel proceeds with contempt case
Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Wednesday sued the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection as the chairman of the panel pledged to move forward with contempt charges against him for defying a subpoena.
Talks on Ukraine would pose challenge of their own for Biden
President Joe Biden said this week the U.S. would take a more direct role in diplomacy to address Vladimir Putin’s concerns over Ukraine and Europe at large, part of a broader effort to dissuade the Russian leader from ordering a destabilizing new inv…