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This week, states across the country began announcing their first cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the most recent to be designated as a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization.
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For the second year in a row, Reno’s historic — but deteriorating — Lear Theater tops a list of the state’s “11 Most Endangered Historic Places.”
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It was hailed as the most innovative company in America, a hometown energy giant whose name graced one of Houston’s skyscrapers and the Astros ballpark.
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The more ancient human fossils we discover, the more we become acquainted with how similar our faces and bodies may have been — but what about on the inside?
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Herds of rodeo fans who have spurned Nevada’s indoor mask mandate at this year’s Cowboy Christmas have caught the attention of state regulators.
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The famous physician and academician Sir William Osler described the science and art of medicine as not being distinct, but rather serving as twin berries on one stem.
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The Nevada lieutenant governor’s office has been vacant for more than three months, but the absence has not been felt because “not much happens in that office,” UNLV political scientist David Damore said.
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Gov. Steve Sisolak announced that Kristen Averyt joined his administration as the state’s first senior climate adviser.
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