The top U.S. public health agency said Monday that the coronavirus can spread more than 6 feet through the air, especially in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces. But agency officials maintained that such spread is uncommon and current social distancing guidelines still make sense.
Clark County will recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the same day as Columbus Day, but won’t replace the traditional holiday.
Vice President Mike Pence and California U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris will face off in the only vice presidential debate Wednesday at the University of Utah.
A recent series of shootings and assaults on the Strip have worried the elected officials who oversee the tourist corridor. Police say increased efforts to quell it are working.
A member of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Carson City staff tested positive for COVID-19, sending all staffers in the office home to quarantine for a week pending tests of their own.
After a sexually explicit video of a Las Vegas firefighter started circulating within the city’s Fire Department in June 2018, she sued the city over how it responded.
“I’m so glad that he appears to be doing well, that he has doctors who can give him experimental drugs that aren’t available to the masses,” Scott Sedlacek said. “For the rest of us, who are trying to protect ourselves, that behavior is an embarrassment.”
Top military leaders are under self-quarantine after a senior Coast Guard official tested positive for the coronavirus, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, was among those affected, U.S. officials said.
President Donald Trump’s decision to return home from a military hospital despite his continued illness is putting new focus on the people around him who could be further exposed if he doesn’t abide by strict isolation protocols.
The state of Nevada has fined a Pahrump winery thousands of dollars for COVID-19 safety violations at a September event featuring the son of President Donald Trump.
