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By noon on April 24, flocks of UNLV students were shuffling over to their next class when they encountered a group of dozens of peers, alumni and community members protesting just outside UNLV’s Hospitality Hall.

The Trump administration is preparing to dramatically escalate the number of private contractors it uses to help track, manage, detain and deport people living illegally in the United States, with an eye-popping potential price tag of more than $45 billion over the next several years.


There are now seven UNLV students impacted by a wave of visa revocations for college students across the country. Earlier this month, the university confirmed four of its students had their visas canceled. This week, that number has increased to seven.

Motorcyclists in Southern Nevada and across the state are dying in traffic crashes at a higher rate this year than in 2024 — a grim figure underscored by at least eight more rider deaths in the state since early April.


This is the fascinating tale of a twenty something suburban Chicago man who won $800,000 in sports bets, which he traveled as far as Iowa to place. When it came time to cash in, the casinos refused.
How Hollywood is harnessing nostalgia by resurrecting popular TV shows and movies.
A jury partially ruled that a Massachusetts-based investment advisory firm (and its CEO) violated federal securities laws by not disclosing details about commissions from annuity products. However, the jury opted against finding the firm guilty of the most egregious fraud charges it faced.


Nevada's regents have officially approved UNLV Provost and Executive Vice President Dr. Chris Heavey as the university's new interim president.


The debasement of presidential pardon power continued this week, when President Donald Trump granted clemency to former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore. The move was in nobody’s best interest but hers, but she may not be free and clear just yet.
