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New program has Las Vegas nurses taking calls

In cases where patients need medical care but not necessarily an ambulance, the nurses can order up a 21st-century alternative — a Lyft to pick the patient up and take them to a hospital or an urgent care facility.

UNLV’s new $1 million microscope to boost research

Carrying a price tag of nearly $1 million, a high-speed, laser-scanning microscope — the first of its kind in the state — will be coming to UNLV next spring.

Woman in custody after toddler taken in central Las Vegas

A woman is in custody after a child was taken Saturday afternoon in the central Las Vegas Valley, police said. The boy was later found, and the woman was taken into custody, police said.

Residents dive into the past about Las Vegas female pioneer

Nearly 140 years after Helen Stewart and her husband settled in Southern Nevada, locals gathered where the couple’s ranch once stood to learn about her achievements in the late 1800s.

Fire extinguished at Westgate near Las Vegas Strip

Clark County Fire Department crews responded about 5:50 p.m. to the Westgate, 3000 Paradise Road, dispatch records show. Black smoke was seen coming from near the hotel.

U.S. military investing $17 million in laser tech

The U.S. Defense Department is making another multimillion-dollar investment in high-energy lasers that have the potential to destroy enemy drones and mortars, disrupt communication systems and provide military forces with other portable, less costly options on the battlefield.

 
Cambodian woman, 103, becomes U.S. citizen

A 103-year-old Cambodian woman who survived starvation, suffering and war in her native land beamed and waved a tiny American flag on Tuesday as she became a United States citizen.

Dead hikers found on melting Mont Blanc glacier

Italian mountain rescue crews have recovered the remains of two — or possibly three — hikers on a glacier on Mont Blanc’s southern face likely dating from the 1980s or 1990s, officials said Friday.