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Las Vegas Weekly

Major sports franchises: check. Las Vegas now has its home teams and the pride of identity that comes with them, and that’s a good thing. You won’t have to be a hockey or football superfan—or even a sports fan at all, really—to feel good when the Golden Knights and Raiders start racking up wins with our city’s name on them. Civic pride is funny like that.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Janet King could have been wearing a hospital gown May 13. She opted for a scarlet and gray graduation gown instead.

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

As UNLV Ph.D. graduate Janet King looks at cards, flowers, and photos she says she is a lucky lady.

Health Imaging

Patients in Las Vegas, Nev., now have access to cutting-edge 3T MR exams at Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging (SDMI) with the installation of the Vantage GalanTM 3T from Toshiba Medical, a Canon Group company. SDMI, one of the largest outpatient imaging centers in the United States and a 29-year research partner with Toshiba Medical, is the first healthcare provider in the country to install the Vantage Galan 3T. SDMI is leveraging the system’s patient-friendly features and streamlined operability to bring the most advanced MR technology to physicians for the betterment of their patients.

Focus Gaming News

US.- Casinos in the United States experienced a growth in revenue by almost 7 percent year-over-year in March, as revealed by the University of Nevada Las Vegas Center for Gaming Research. The state currently has 27 percent of the nationwide gaming win.

WJBC

In a ranking of the best states to be in law enforcement, Illinois is near the top.

Monday is national Peace Officers Memorial Day. In honor of the occasion, financial site WalletHub has a ranking for the best states to wear the badge. Illinois ranked fourth overall, getting high marks for for how many officers are on the job and the nation’s highest average pay.

Las Vegas Sun

A giant step backward. A declaration of war. The worst legislation for women’s health in a generation.

These were among reactions to the May 4 passage of the American Health Care Act through the U.S. House of Representatives, from the American Civil Liberties Union, advocacy group UltraViolet and health care provider Planned Parenthood, which will lose all federal grants and reimbursements for a year if the bill were to clear the Senate.

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

Nearly 2,900 students will receive diplomas during two ceremonies Saturday at UNLV. The Thomas & Mack Center will be the setting for commencement at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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

Demand in the cyber security field is relentless, but no one seems to want to do it the job. In fact, in Las Vegas, the lack of cyber security specialists has been a problem for a long time.

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