Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto introduced a bill to revoke the law making Yucca Mountain, located 90 miles from Las Vegas, a nuclear waste repository.
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A judge will determine whether to ban end-to-end encryption for people under 18. The state says the feature helps child predators. Meta says it protects privacy.
A new study shows that human-caused climate change is altering the region’s temperatures and worsening extreme drought.
Attorneys general across the country, including Nevada’s Aaron Ford, sued Google alleging anticompetitive practices in connection with the Google Play Store.
Gov. Joe Lombardo said in the statement the Tech Hub at UNR and its partnerships will be an essential part in strengthening Nevada’s economy.
Of 38 lakes and reservoirs tested, Lake Tahoe came in with the third-highest concentration of microplastics, according to the study published in Nature.
When air temperatures hit a record high of 109 degrees on June 10, NASA’s ECOSTRESS instrument captured even higher temperatures for street surfaces.
The month of June brings a supermoon and a rare planetary alignment for Vegas residents. Here are some tips on how to best view them.
While taking these steps would be helpful for residents across the country, anyone who lives in one of the most earthquake-prone areas of the United States should pay particular notice to this plan.
This “variant of interest” has a unique mutation that may make it resistant to the protection offered by vaccine and past infection.
Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S., is about to reach its lowest point since the installation of the Hoover Dam in the 1930s.
The loss of the tortoises illustrates the challenges of bringing alternative energy sources to the Mojave Desert while still protecting its biodiversity.
Pahrump poolfish, only found in Nevada, have been successfully reintroduced to the Desert National Wildlife Refuge after months of removing predatory species.
The use of artificial intelligence to strategically position law enforcement vehicles on Las Vegas’ busiest highways appears to have had some initial success in reducing dangerous driving.
