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World heat: September sizzles to records while Vegas is below norm

Last month’s average temperature worldwide was 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit above the 1991-2020 average for September. Las Vegas is having a below normal year for temperatures.

US students’ test scores slipping despite recovery efforts

The study used data from about 6.5 million students who took the MAP Growth assessment in reading and math since the onset of the pandemic.

Emails reveal tensions in Colorado River talks

Competing priorities and outsized demands stymied a deal last summer on how to drastically reduce water use from the parched Colorado River.

Fossil site in Nevada could be ancient maternity ward

Once a tropical sea, the site — part of Nevada’s Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park — now sits in a dry, dusty landscape near an abandoned mining town.

Injured Copperfield trick participant loses lawsuit appeal

The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a jury’s findings that illusionist David Copperfield and the MGM Grand hotel-casino were not financially responsible for a British tourist’s injuries.