Search cut back for 2 missing Grand Canyon hikers

The search in Grand Canyon National Park for two missing hikers swept down a stream is being scaled back, a park spokeswoman said Thursday.

UNR to move staff from building where radiation was found

University officials plan to seek federal funds to tear down or decontaminate the building, where research was conducted in the 1920s on separating radium from ore.

Warming trend coming to Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas Valley is heading into a warming trend that will last through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

4/20 high holiday has come a long way since early roots

The origins of the date, and the term “420” generally, were long murky. Some claimed it referred to a police code for marijuana possession or that it arose from Bob Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35,” with its refrain of “Everybody must get stoned” — 420 being the product of 12 times 35.

Scientists have glimmer of hope of finding 25 ‘lost’ species

Global Wildlife Conservation, a Texas-based organization, is launching a global search for what it calls the top 25 “most wanted” animals (and one plant). None is officially extinct. But, collectively, the species have not been seen in more than 1,500 years.

SeaWorld’s last killer whale born at Texas park

The last orca has been born in captivity at a SeaWorld park in San Antonio just over a year after the theme park decided to stop breeding orcas following animal rights protests and declining ticket sales.

Soyuz capsule carries 1st time astronaut, cosmonaut to ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhsta — A Soyuz space capsule has blasted off for the International Space Station, carrying an American astronaut making his first space flight and a veteran Russian cosmonaut.

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