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Toronto Star

The many different types of gambling are quickly coming together with each other and with media outlets — and Wall Street is taking notice.

Well and Good

With a more contagious (and possibly more deadly) variant of the coronavirus spreading, people throughout the world are doubling down—and doubling up—on their masking efforts. Germany, France, and Austria, for example, now require medical-grade masks to be worn in public places such as grocery stores and while taking public transportation. However, the World Health Organization recommends non-medical cloth masks for people under the age of 60 who do not have underlying health conditions. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that only healthcare workers should be wearing medical-grade masks. So what is the correct mask to wear in 2021? The answer might be more than one, according to epidemiologists.

Casino.Org

Nevada’s economy must expand beyond its gaming industry reliance and add other types of industries, two economists said. Their prescription comes in response to a recent call by Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) to diversify the industries in the state, given the coronavirus economic downturn.

U.S. News and World Report

As COVID-19 has swept across Nevada, one east Las Vegas community has experienced the worst of it.

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

Researchers at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology in Southern California are bringing new technology to the fight against COVID-19.

Yahoo!

This was supposed to be the semester when America's largest school districts reopened.

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

UNLV is reporting additional cases of the coronavirus.

Las Vegas Sun

The Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol moved Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, even Snapchat and Pinterest, among other social media platforms, to dump former President Donald Trump for fomenting insurrection.

U.S.A. Today

This was supposed to be the semester when America's largest school districts reopened.

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