In an “always on” society — where we carry mini computers in our pockets at all times that are capable of solving nearly any problem or desire with a tap, pinch, or click — we can’t seem to escape the ever-increasing role that computer technologies play in our lives.

Is this "new normal" quite so normal when it comes to your health?

Excuse Debra Jeffries if she has a case of deja vu. She's a Culinary Union vet who has worked at Bally's for 38 years as a cocktail server.

We'll begin at Galleria Mall, where this is a very important day. It's 19-year-old Reagan Rice's first time voting.

You may know that May 15 was the birthday of Las Vegas. We celebrate the day of the auction that led to the creation of the railroad’s townsite. You may not know this May 15 was the centennial of the birth of Eddy Arnold. Yes, the country singer. And we’re not just talking about him today because the author of Nevada Yesterdays is a country music fan. There’s more to the story.

Republican House and Senate candidates are adopting one of President Donald Trump’s key issues – and his style - to get themselves elected in November.

BYU Radio/Top of Mind with Julie Rose: Commencement ceremonies are an exercise in uniformity. Seen from the front, the graduates are an indistinguishable sea dressed in identical caps and gowns. But look at a group of 2018 graduates from the back and their individuality shouts at you from the flat tops of their caps. Folklorist Sheila Bock has documented the rise of this graduation cap-decorating fad.

Brazil is the country with the highest rate of people with anxiety disorders worldwide.

Technology has made many aspects of daily life much easier. So why do we still feel so overwhelmed?

It may seem surprising in an era of #MeToo and #Times Up, where a national conversation and reckoning is going on with regard to the exploitation of women, but Barbara Brents is bullish on brothels. “Time’s not up for Nevada brothels,” the UNLV professor and sex-industry researcher says. “If anything, the time is now for Nevada brothels.”

Technology has made many aspects of daily life much easier. So why do we still feel so overwhelmed?

As Nevada goes, so may go the nation, says UNLV associate history professor Michael Green.