May 12, 2024

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49-year-old mom overcomes ‘chemo brain’ to find academic success

49-year-old mom overcomes ‘chemo brain’ to find academic success

Posted 2:00 a.m.

Rebecca Taylor was 40 years old when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in 2015. Almost a decade later, the 49-year-old will graduate from ...

Jesica Spellacy holds her three-month-old daughter Johanna Spellacy during a press conference at the UMC Trauma Center Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Johanna’s life was saved on Feb. 7 when Las Vegas Fire & Rescue paramedics relieved constriction to her umbilical cord when she wasn’t getting enough oxygen during a breech birth.

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Jesica Spellacy holds her three-month-old daughter Johanna Spellacy during a press conference at the UMC Trauma Center Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Johanna’s life was saved on Feb. 7 when Las Vegas Fire & Rescue paramedics relieved constriction to her umbilical cord when she wasn’t getting ...

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UMC team, paramedics reunite with baby they saved at birth

Posted 2:00 a.m.

By Grace Da Rocha

Within one minute after arriving at UMC, Jessica Spellacy delivered Johanna, but the baby was not breathing. Labor and delivery nurses quickly descended upon the scene to resuscitate Johanna, then admitted her into ...

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Mother’s Day tradition celebrates Las Vegas pioneer

Mother’s Day tradition celebrates Las Vegas pioneer

Posted 2:00 a.m.

Many years ago the Thomas, Mack and Greenspun families joined together for a Mother’s Day celebration. Peggy and Parry Thomas, Joyce and Jerry Mack and Barbara and Hank Greenspun— as was their practice in those earlier days— started it all thinking that one day ...

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Jill Biden tells Arizona college graduates to tune out people who tell them what they ‘can’t’ do

First lady Jill Biden speaks at the Mesa Community College commencement Saturday, May 11, 2024, in Tempe, Ariz.

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First lady Jill Biden speaks at the Mesa Community College commencement Saturday, May 11, 2024, in Tempe, Ariz.

Posted 3:12 p.m.

First lady Jill Biden tells graduates of an Arizona community college to tune out the people who tell them what they can't do. The first lady shared with graduates of Mesa Community College how her ...

Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and ‘King of the Bs,’ dies at 98

Jayson Tatum scores 33 points, Celtics rebound from loss to beat Cavs 106-93 for 2-1 series lead