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Nevadans facing legal issues during the coronavirus pandemic can still seek remote assistance from Legal Aid of Southern Nevada. The agency has an online legal and financial toolkit that covers topics from food …

NFL vice president Troy Vincent has sent a letter to several prospects inviting them to participate “live” in the NFL draft in three weeks. The Associated Press on Tuesday obtained the letter sent by the league’s football operations chief to …

A total of 23 people have died from the coronavirus in Clark County, the Southern Nevada Health District reported this morning. That’s up from 15 deaths on Monday. One person has also …

Things have been a little different for customers of farmers markets across the Las Vegas area, and for the vendors, too. With social distancing brought on by efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19, the traditional farmers market can’t work exactly l…

The threat and spread of the coronavirus has left multiple questions hanging for countless women about to give birth, both in Southern Nevada and around the globe. Many hospitals are restricting the number of visitors a patient can have during their h…

Mexico’s government broadened its shutdown of “non-essential activities” to the private sector and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people to fight the spread of the new coronavirus.

Reza Khandan got the word from friends locked away in Iran’s most feared prison, Evin. A prisoner and a guard in their cell block had been removed because they were suspected of having coronavirus, and two guards in the women’s ward had shown symptoms…

Like forecasters tracking a megastorm, White House officials are relying on statistical models to help predict the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and try to protect as many people as possible.

As a cruise ship stranded at sea with dozens sick and four dead makes for Florida, passengers who have been confined to their rooms for more than a week are anxious for relief …

As the coronavirus pandemic knocks primary election after primary election off schedule, Democrats argue the outbreak shows the country needs to move toward one of their longtime goals — widespread voting by mail — to protect the November election.