When Thalia Dondero decided to enter the no-holds barred world of politics, running for a seat in the state Assembly in 1972, Carson City was an old school men’s club. Just five women sat in the Legislature, only one in the upper house.

“The policemen, the firemen, the construction workers, the lathers, the sheetrock workers, the electricians, the plumbers. That’s where my support is,” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said this year at a New Hampshire town hall. “Every poll shows it.”

The electronic bell rings, a high-pitched staccato-shriek signaling the start of a nightmare. In it, a 43-year-old English professor is trapped in a boxing ring with a 22-year-old tattooed bruiser. For the next three minutes, the younger pugilist will have but one goal in mind—punching the older man’s face clean off.

Think looks don’t matter in the classroom? Think again — a UNLV study authored by a psychology graduate suggests students learn better from teachers they find attractive.

Think looks don’t matter in the classroom? Think again — a UNLV study authored by a psychology graduate suggests students learn better from teachers they find attractive.

It’s been a tough summer for many Muslim women in France who want to go to the beach.

The policeman in the photo is nattily attired and appears to have a slight smirk as he writes out a ticket for the woman standing before him awkwardly in her offending swimwear; perhaps he enjoys making her feel uncomfortable.

Unless Apple approves a séance app, we may never know what Shakespeare would think of Las Vegas. But this month we will find out what Las Vegas thinks of Shakespeare.

Mormons in Nevada want a reason to like Donald Trump.

Or at least the Republican ones — who make up the overwhelming majority of the Mormon community here — do.

Deirdre Clemente has spent much of her academic career studying 20th century American culture, particularly fashion and clothing and how, and why, people dress as they do.

Deirdre Clemente has spent much of her academic career studying 20th century American culture, particularly fashion and clothing and how, and why, people dress as they do.

A UNLV study has found that students perform better in school if their teacher is good looking.