An international team of researchers has discovered 13 fossil teeth in Ethiopia's Afar region that do not fit any known human species. The find suggests that multiple hominid lineages coexisted in Africa more than two million years ago, including one that science had not yet identified.

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) keep breaking attendance records – by a lot. Eight new professional leagues have launched since 2020, including softball, volleyball, and lacrosse. The optimism around women’s pro sports is so high that accounting firm Deloitte predicts the global women’s sports industry will surpass $3 billion in revenues this year – an increase of 340% since 2022. By all accounts, it’s not a fluke or a fad. And that’s largely because of one key reason: venture capitalists are pouring money into the burgeoning business of women’s sports for the long haul. Notably, many of them are women investors with decades of experience and capital to spend.

When Celina Stops arrived at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, she was pursuing more than a law degree. She was stepping into territory that no member of the Crow Tribe of Montana had walked before. On May 14, 2026, she will become the first member of the Crow Tribe to graduate from UNLV’s Boyd School of Law before beginning a judicial clerkship in Nevada’s Eight Judicial District Court.

The second model is what Smith calls the “hosted” approach: an established credit union provides the charter and financial backing while students take on meaningful operational and leadership roles. In February, Rebels CU branch opened on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus as a division of Hawaii-based Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union.

A federal wire charge conviction was wiped away by Trump’s pen. Could a clear primary win against three opponents help end her troubles with judicial overseers?

The truck’s driver, Rajinder Kumar, has been charged with manslaughter in connection with their deaths. But federal immigration authorities took Kumar into custody April 22, just a few days after a security bond had been posted on his behalf to secure his release from Deschutes County Jail.

As fiber and protein continue to stand in the social media spotlight, it’s no surprise that people are finding fun ways to add more of these nutrients to their diet.

The project is a joint effort among CCSD, the Clark County Education Association teachers union, UNLV, the Nevada Department of Education and the state’s Education Service Center, which supports public schools from within the governor’s office.

UNLV's Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine graduates 54 doctors during a ceremony at the Thomas & Mack Center Friday, May 8, 2026.