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K.T.N.V. T.V. ABC 13

UNLV announced on Wednesday the passing of Joyce Mack, a decades-long philanthropist and university pioneer in Las Vegas. She died on October 11, 2024, at the age of 99.

Las Vegas Review Journal

When Joyce Mack arrived in Las Vegas in 1947, the city was a small frontier town with a population under 25,000. “My mother was a visionary. She looked at the desert and saw a city on a hill. She knew that it was going to be something special,” her daughter, Karen Mack Goldsmith, told the Las Vegas Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday evening.

WebMD

When Sydney Stern bought an Apple Watch four years ago, she was excited to try out all the new features, especially the sleep tracker. A health scientist, the 27-year-old Maryland resident was well aware of the correlation between sleep and disease prevention. But what Stern thought would be a boon to her health became a harm, leading to anxiety and, in the end, less sleep.

The Dallas Morning News

A secret courthouse romance has spurred ethics investigations and a fight over millions in legal fees.

The National News Desk

Boeing’s run of losses, production delays and financial struggles has taken another turn for the worse over the last week as the iconic American manufacturer announced it would lay off 10% of its workforce and rescinded an offer to its largest union that is on a strike that is costing the company tens of millions each day it continues.

K.V.V.U. T.V. Fox 5

Question 1 on the Nevada ballot proposes amendments to modify the authorities of the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents. Another election means another go at trying to make question one a law. It failed in 2020.

Las Vegas Sun

Joyce Mack arrived in Las Vegas in 1947 after meeting her future husband, Jerry, at UCLA. She was 22 years old, the city had fewer than 25,000 people and the Strip’s first resort had opened only a few years earlier.

K.L.A.S. T.V. 8 News Now

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Nevada State Police are working on a first-of-its-kind partnership focusing on the mental health of troopers. It’s all about managing stress to improve their personal and professional lives.