The future of intercity travel between Las Vegas and Southern California just got a vividly clearer timeline. With a recent groundbreaking in April, News 3 LV reported that Brightline West is aiming to be operational in time for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. This high-speed rail project promises to transform the 218-mile journey into a mere two-hour trip, a game-changing endeavor for a region synonymous with both tourism and traffic.

Many might feel scared to fly following recent incidents of severe turbulence, including on an Air Europa flight Monday that injured 30 people, but experts have assured Newsweek larger planes can handle the extreme conditions.

When former President Donald Trump held a rally in Las Vegas in mid-June, he pledged to end federal taxation of tips. “Hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be very happy because when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips,” he said. “We’re going to do that right away, first thing in office.”

The Southern Nevada Health District has confirmed the season’s first cases of West Nile virus, underscoring an urgent public health alert. According to a press release from the agency, a man in his 60s contracted the non-neuroinvasive form of the virus, while a man in his 70s faced the more severe neuroinvasive type, which causes inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), or inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord (meningitis).

Skokie, Illinois is about 15 miles north of downtown Chicago. It’s a diverse village of about 65,000 people, and while it’s just beyond city limits and certainly maintains a small-town feel, it’s essentially a Chicago suburb.

One of the first major retail centers in Las Vegas is poised for a makeover. Commercial Center, known for being the home of the original Lotus of Siam Thai restaurant, and for longtime residents, the Ice Palace, which played host to notable music acts in the 1960s-80s, including the Doors, Led Zeppelin and the Grateful Dead.

A University of Nevada-Las Vegas law professor said the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has issued major decisions, dramatically changing the country's legal landscape.

U.S. Rep. Susie Lee says Democrats need to discuss their future as some in the party call for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race because of concerns about his mental acuity. But Lee’s colleagues in the Nevada delegation who responded to the Current are standing with Biden.