2+ hour, 45+ min ago  (741+ words) Temperatures that kill people in Europe are a welcome relief in Las Vegas. Europe is currently experiencing a heat wave, and it's causing major disruption to daily life. Thousands of schools closed or students sent home early. Rail companies in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1024+ words) LAS VEGAS " A Fox Sports ad promoting its World Cup coverage and featuring Mike Eruzione has been pushing the narrative that another sports miracle involving an underdog American team can become a reality. And, much like the 1980 "Miracle on Ice…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1030+ words) One of the 17 American passengers evacuated from the ship and flown to Nebraska tested positive for the hantavirus but is not showing any symptoms, health officials said. THE HAGUE, Netherlands " A French woman and two Americans tested positive or showed…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1760+ words) PRAIA, Cape Verde " Three cruise ship passengers with suspected hantavirus infections were flown to the Netherlands for treatment Wednesday. Three people have died, and the World Health Organization says there are eight cases, five of them confirmed by laboratory testing....

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (414+ words) Renovations and construction of the new Gaudi Bar at Sunset Station are part of Station Casinos" $53 million improvement plan for its off-Strip portfolio. Construction crews have begun work transforming the Club Madrid space at Sunset Station into a 28-seat Gaudi…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (551+ words) Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta says she was sexually abused by C'sar Chavez amid reported allegations of abuse by others during his tenure as president of The United Farm Workers union. On Wednesday, an investigation by the New York Times…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1277+ words) Spanish Foreign Minister Jos" Manuel Albares came out and flatly denied that the European government had changed its position. MADRID " A diplomatic tussle between the United States and Spain over the war in Iran intensified on Wednesday when the governments…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (26+ words) The bottom of the cracker barrel. The race to the bottom. The rising cost of the combo meal. How to save Ukraine. The consequences of Ukraine....

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (725+ words) The weather is not an all-powerful villain that humanity " like a damsel in distress " is powerless to resist. Heat isn't the only factor in the number of heat-related deaths. A recent midsummer heat wave in Europe killed around 2, 300 people in…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (724+ words) Despite enormous subsidies, wind and solar companies and installations frequently fail. Their claim that wind and solar power are cheaper than coal, gas or nuclear power ignores that these electricity generators are weather-dependent and intermittent " and must be backed up…...