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Abortion rights could be enshrined into Nevada's Constitution depending on the voters. Question 6 would protect the right to an abortion until fetal viability. Right now, Nevada law allows abortions up until 24 weeks. But having it amended into the state Constitution would make it harder to overturn.
Ten years after he and his wife experienced a pregnancy loss, Eli Schiff still gets a bit choked up talking about his experience with miscarriage. “You’re imagining all the things that he or she could be, you know, and that imagination or that idea of what they could have been, it doesn’t really go away,” he says of the grief associated with miscarriage.
If you have noticed more mosquitoes — or felt their bites — this past summer... You are not alone. Experts said not only did we have more mosquitoes, but we had more cases of West Nile virus when comparing it to previous years.
The International Center for Responsible Gaming Friday announced that Dr. Kasra Ghaharian, director of research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has been awarded the first Christine Reilly Grant Award.
Former President Donald Trump has pledged a nationwide purge and deportation of up to 15 million immigrants, creating a scenario unprecedented in American history. Trump’s advisers say it would entail creating detention camps and nationwide workplace raids.
In October 2024, Alan Feldman was inducted into the American Gaming Association Hall of Fame. During his four-decade career in gaming, Feldman made the transition from gaming executive to universally recognized expert in responsible gaming. He credits his devotion to the issue of Responsible Gaming to his family tradition of social consciousness, stating it was in his DNA.
Following global climatic change and the progression of arid areas, there is a dire need for liquid water in water-scarce areas. These areas are very vulnerable, and the upcoming decades are expected to worsen their condition. Technologies that can source water from alternative resources are of urgent importance.
Jocelyn Ruiz remembers when her fifth-grade teacher warned the class about large-scale patrols that would target immigrants in Arizona’s largest metropolitan area. She asked her mom about it — and unearthed a family secret. Ruiz’s mother had entered the United States illegally, leaving Mexico a decade earlier in search of a better life.