In a market relying so heavily on the growth of sports, this initiative envisions itself as the center of sports sciences, business and innovation in Las Vegas. The UNLV Sports Innovation Initiative (SII), which calls itself, “The Hub of Innovation in the Global Sports Capital,” took time at a UFC-owned venue Wednesday to hammer home its mission.

When two friends of Frank Rudy Cooper were stopped by officers for questioning but had nothing in common with the suspects but their race and gender, Cooper, now a UNLV Boyd School of Law professor and expert on race and policing, became interested in why the police tend to stop young Black males more than other subgroups. Cooper, along with Boyd School of Law colleagues Stewart Chang and Addie Rolnick, heads UNLV’s Program on Race, Gender, and Policing, which publishes research and brings together international scholars and works nationwide with law enforcement regarding excessive force, racial bias, sexual assaults by police officers, and policy reforms.

Twitter Inc. has told the courts that it has a new company name in a new state: X Corp., an entity incorporated in Nevada instead of Twitter’s previous domicile in Delaware.

For people hoping to make America home, the process can be complicated and costly. That’s why UNLV’s Immigration Clinic offers free services to people navigating the process and pro-bono representation for those fighting deportation cases.

Nevada needs thousands of nurses for its booming population and many are calling for change to get more workers into the state. The Nevada State Board of Nursing estimates that the state lacks more than 4,000 nurses.

Taiwan will hold elections in January next year, and the election campaign is unprecedentedly fierce. Michael McCaul, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, issued a warning on this a few days ago, saying that the CCP may influence the election and control Taiwan without firing a single shot, which is more influential than the threat of force.

The athleticism on display in tennis, football, baseball is captivating. Just look at the way Las Vegas has taken to professional football, hockey, women’s basketball and more on the way.

Axes.ai Wednesday announced a 10-year lease agreement for its headquarters and artificial intelligence development center. The Las Vegas-based fintech developer will locate its new facilities at the Black Fire Innovation Campus at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ Harry Reid Research and Technology Park.