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When Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot stepped up to the podium for a press conference on Thursday morning, the tone in her voice conveyed pure rage.

Students in the medical field are calling their new gig a once in a lifetime experience. Nursing students at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, CSN and NSC administered COVID-19 vaccines at the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ student union mass vaccination site on Wednesday.


Half a century ago, Nevada took an important step in the right direction with a new law: the Fair Housing Act of 1971.

From healthcare workers to politicians, double-masking is the latest coronavirus trend. In a press briefing Wednesday February 3, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) director Anthony Fauci, M.D. said that double masking could be a common-sense approach in mitigating the spread of COVID-19. He even added that he wears two masks in situations where he won’t be able to sufficiently socially distance himself from others. But does that mean runners should think about wearing two masks when training?
January was the deadliest month during the pandemic in Nevada. More than 1,100 people statewide lost their lives. But, as we make our way through February, the state is starting to see a downward trend in cases and hospitalizations. KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck talks with an epidemiologist to learn what this recent decline means.
When Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot stepped up to the podium for a press conference on Thursday morning, the tone in her voice conveyed pure rage.
Entain plc and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ) have launched the Black Fire Women’s Innovation Igniter, an academic, technology, innovation and mentoring program designed to provide 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ undergraduate and graduate women with a pathway toward careers in the sports betting, gaming, and technology industries.


Since at least the 2000 presidential election, pundits, scholars, and the general public have conceptualized the country’s partisan landscape using the blue states, red states, and swing states framework. But despite its ubiquity, this structure ignores how intrastate regional tensions and political competition imbue the divisions between red and blue America. Differences within states also anchor the long-standing urban-rural divide—a salient feature of American politics since the country’s founding.