The Go-Go’s didn’t have any musical masterplan. Punks at the start, they became rock and roll pioneers.
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How ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ became code for insulting Joe Biden
When Republican Rep. Bill Posey of Florida ended an Oct. 21 House floor speech with a fist pump and the phrase “Let’s go, Brandon!” it may have seemed cryptic and weird to many who were listening.
Chuck Mathewson, who helped IGT become an innovator, dies at 93
Former longtime International Game Technology executive and philanthropist Charles Mathewson died at his home in Reno this week. He was 93.
Supreme Court declines to block Maine vaccine mandate
The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from health care workers in Maine to block a vaccine mandate that went into effect Friday.
This pandemic Halloween, here’s how to stay safe amid the spooky fun
Many Halloween traditions such as trick-or-treating and other outdoor activities should go on relatively normally this year without fear of transmitting COVID-19, Nevada public health officials say.
Biden, pope to talk virus, climate, poverty at Vatican
Just hours after he arrives in Rome, President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis on Friday at the Vatican, where the world’s two most notable Roman Catholics plan to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and poverty.
Medicaid issues, not Medicare’s, get fixes in Biden budget
Medicaid issues are turning up as winners in President Joe Biden’s social agenda framework even as divisions force Democrats to hit pause on far-reaching improvements to Medicare.
U.S. in talks to compensate families separated at border
The U.S. Justice Department is in talks to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to each child and parent who was separated under a Trump-era practice of splitting families at the border, a person familiar with discussions to settle lawsuits said Thurs…
With latest payout, Arizona sheriff has cost taxpayers $100M
Nearly five years after Joe Arpaio was voted out as sheriff of Arizona’s most populous county, taxpayers are covering one of the last major bills from the thousands of lawsuits the lawman’s headline-grabbing tactics inspired.
Baldwin shooting highlights risks of rushed film production
The fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on a movie set has put a microscope on an often-unseen corner of the film industry where critics say the pursuit of profit can lead to unsafe working conditions.