May 1, 2024

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Biden cuts into Trump’s lead in Nevada, new poll finds

Biden cuts into Trump’s lead in Nevada, new poll finds

Posted 2:00 a.m.

A new poll conducted with 1,000 would-be voters in Nevada found what has been long suspected about November’s presidential race: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are ...

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill (33) stretches before the start of the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at T-Mobile Arena Saturday, March 23, 2024.

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Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill (33) stretches before the start of the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at T-Mobile Arena Saturday, March 23, 2024.

Live coverage: Adin Hill to start over Logan Thompson in Game 5

Posted 10:30 a.m.

The last thing Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault said after a Game 4 loss to the Stars was that the team would be motivated to keep battling for the “one guy who shows up every night,” goalie Logan Thompson. Little did Marchesssult and his teammates know they wouldn’t have the chance to ...

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Nevada can’t abide a senator who wants state to be nuclear waste dump

Nevada can’t abide a senator who wants state to be nuclear waste dump

Posted 2:00 a.m.

The federal government’s cavalier attitude toward the safe disposal of high-level nuclear waste created the current untenable situation in which an estimated 90,000 metric tons of nuclear waste are being stored ...

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Duane Eddy, twangy guitar hero of early rock, dead at age 86

Duane Eddy performs on the third day of the 2014 Stagecoach Music Festival at the Empire Polo Field, April 27, 2014, in Indio, Calif.

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Duane Eddy performs on the third day of the 2014 Stagecoach Music Festival at the Empire Polo Field, April 27, 2014, in Indio, Calif.

Posted 51 mins ago

Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as "Rebel Rouser" and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock 'n' roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died at age 86. Eddy died of cancer Tuesday at the ...