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As a very small child, Jazz Jennings knew that something was wrong with the way adults were acting toward her. Her parents dressed her in boy clothes, gave her trucks and said things like “Good boy!” But Jennings knew even before she could speak that they were wrong. She was a girl, though her body said otherwise.
Daddy’s arms are good for hugs. They’re big and strong and colorful, too. They look kind of like one of your favorite picture books; in fact, Daddy says the drawings on his arms are just like a story to him. In the new book “Tell Me a Tattoo Story” by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Eliza Wheeler, each picture says something important.
“Quiet Power” author Susan Cain is an introvert; so is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Beyoncé, Emma Watson and Steve Wozniak, creator of Apple computers.
Once upon a time, there were all kinds of dinosaurs on earth. Huge ones. Ginormous ones, and a little boy wanted to be one ofthem. He wished he could be a great big dinosaur — but he didn’t exactly know how. He was certainly willing to find out, though, and who better to learn from than another dinosaur?
Rules are rules, and in sports you have to follow them. But why are games played like that, with different balls and a field of certain size? “On the Origins of Sports,” by Gary Belsky and Neil Fine, explains those head-scratchers.
Every year, when I review the results of the Nevada State Bank Small Business Survey, I’m reminded that optimism is more than a gut feeling – it’s often a decision. Nevada’s small business owners made that decision with clarity.
The encounter, which has gone viral on social media, resulted in a complaint to the FBI and an internal affairs investigation.
Weeks of 215 Beltway lane and ramp closures to hamper traffic near Harry Reid International Airport.
Police are investigating after a dog was found dead in a crate near a dumpster Friday morning in the east Las Vegas Valley.
The storefront is at the base of condo tower and has been vacant for years.
