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Expert says US should send envoy to North Korea to mitigate nuclear threat

The specter of North Korea armed with nuclear-bomb-tipped missiles is such “a serious threat for the world” that a top U.S. scientist says President Donald Trump should send an envoy to Pyongyang to persuade Kim Jong Un’s regime to end its doomsday posturing.

For many swimmers, competing in Wounded Warrior Team Trials helps heal

Swimmers took to the pool Sunday at UNLV’s Buchanan Natatorium, competing for spots on the Air Force Warrior Games Team that will represent the armed services branch at the 2017 Warrior Games slated for June in Chicago.

Civil drones: Tools of peace tested near tools of war

When the state of Nevada set out to demonstrate its civil uses for drones as one of the six FAA-approved test beds for merging the budding industry into the national airspace, it chose a secure swath of high desert where the nation’s nuclear bombs were tested during the Cold War.

VA braces to bust its budget

The Department of Veterans Affairs is bracing to bust its budget this year, in part because it has underestimated the demand for care in places like Las Vegas, a House panel was told Thursday.

National Guard, local authorities practice for disasters, terrorism — PHOTOS

The scene Wednesday of first responders wearing bright orange hazardous material suits, scaling railroad tank cars and trying to shut off leaks was not far from the place where 42 tons of liquefied chlorine spewed from a pipe at the Pioneer Chlor Alkali plant 24 years ago.