May 9, 2024

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School board to begin process to find CCSD’s next superintendent

School board to begin process to find CCSD’s next superintendent

Posted 2:00 a.m.

The search for a new Clark County School District superintendent will pick up momentum this month with the expected selection of a search firm to help the school board find the next ...

From left, professors Andrew Martin, geochemistry, Jeremy Cho, mechanical engineering, and Marie-Odile Fortier, civil and environmental engineering and constriction, pose for a photo in the science and engineering lab at UNLV Tuesday May 8, 2024.

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From left, professors Andrew Martin, geochemistry, Jeremy Cho, mechanical engineering, and Marie-Odile Fortier, civil and environmental engineering and constriction, pose for a photo in the science and engineering lab at UNLV Tuesday May 8, 2024.

UNLV team sets out to find greener iron and steel process

Posted 2:00 a.m.

By Rhiannon Saegert

Three UNLV professors are working on an iron-production method that doesn’t generate carbon emissions, part of an effort to clean up one of the world’s dirtiest industries ...

Nothing will come easily as the Las Vegas Aces push for a third straight WNBA title

Nothing will come easily as the Las Vegas Aces push for a third straight WNBA title

Posted 2:00 a.m.

Repeating as WNBA champions was one thing. Now the Las Vegas Aces are tripling down. No WNBA team has won three straight championships since 1997-2000, when the Houston Comets won four in a row in ...

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Torchbearers in Marseille kick off the Olympic flame’s journey across France

Torchbearers participate in the torch relay in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, May 9, 2024. Torchbearers are to carry the Olympic flame through the streets of France' s southern port city of Marseille, one day after it arrived on a majestic three-mast ship for the welcoming ceremony.

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Torchbearers participate in the torch relay in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, May 9, 2024. Torchbearers are to carry the Olympic flame through the streets of France' s southern port city of Marseille, one day after it arrived on a majestic three-mast ship for the welcoming ...

Posted 7:59 a.m.

Joyful crowds gathered along the streets of France’s southern port of Marseille on Thursday to see torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame through the city's most emblematic sites, a day after it arrived on a majestic three-mast ship for a welcoming ceremony. It was the first leg of an 11-week journey ...

Guns are being stolen from cars at triple the rate they were 10 years ago, a report finds

Vatican and Rome enter final dash to 2025 Jubilee with papal bull and around-the-clock construction