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With rare Red Rock bloom at risk, environmentalists seek federal protections
Feb 16, 2026 (2 a.m.)
Environmentalists are petitioning federal authorities to protect a rare yellow sunflower threatened by the millions of visitors who flock to Red Rock Canyon each year.
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Photo by:Wade Vandervort
Feb 16, 2026 (2 a.m.)
⋅Environmentalists are petitioning federal authorities to protect a rare yellow sunflower threatened by the millions of visitors who flock to Red Rock Canyon each year.
Whether it's a mini-sabbatical or an adult gap year, more people are taking extended work breaks
Feb 16, 2026 (8:58 p.m.)
Associated Press
If you daydream about getting a break from work, you might picture two weeks of vacation or a long weekend getaway. But some people dare to imagine something bigger and find ways to get a substantial breather from stress or their day-to-day routines.
Expectations are low for the latest US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine
Feb 16, 2026 (8:58 p.m.)
Associated Press
A Ukrainian delegation was heading to Geneva on Monday for another round of U.S.-brokered talks with Russian officials, ahead of next week’s fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
Cardi B blames ‘the government’ after falling off chair at Las Vegas show
Feb 16, 2026 (4:01 p.m.)
David Cifarelli masslive.com (TNS)
The Grammy Award-winning rapper was performing her hit “Thotiana” at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Friday when she took a tumble off a chair mid-performance.
California walloped by winter storm with high winds and heavy rain and snow
Feb 16, 2026 (3:52 p.m.)
Associated Press
California was walloped Monday by a powerful winter storm carrying treacherous thunderstorms, high winds and heavy snow in mountain areas.
Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor and 'Godfather' mainstay, dead at 95
Feb 16, 2026 (2:31 p.m.)
Associated Press
Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first two "Godfather" movies and the over-the-hill country music singer in "Tender Mercies," has died at age 95.
Mother, daughter found dead in apparent murder-suicide at Las Vegas resort
Feb 16, 2026 (10:25 a.m.)
A mother and daughter were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds Sunday at a resort on West Flamingo Road in what police say appears to be a murder-suicide.
NAACP asks judge to protect against 'misuse' of voter data seized by FBI in Georgia's Fulton County
Feb 16, 2026 (10:08 a.m.)
Associated Press
The NAACP and other organizations are asking a judge to protect personal voter information that was seized by the FBI from an elections warehouse just outside Atlanta.
UNLV basketball's Gibbs-Lawhorn wins Mountain West conference's weekly award
Feb 16, 2026 (9:45 a.m.)
The 36-point performance marked UNLV’s highest individual scoring total in a game since Bryce Hamilton scored 42 points at Colorado State in 2022.
To win Universal transit deal, Musk’s Boring Co. touted Teslas racing through tunnels
Feb 16, 2026 (2 a.m.)
Skyler Swisher, Stephen Hudak Orlando Sentinel (TNS)
Billionaire Elon Musk’s The Boring Company touted its network of Las Vegas tunnels carrying Tesla vehicles as it sought a lead role in Universal Orlando’s transit future ...
How colorectal cancer became the deadliest cancer for Americans under 50
Feb 16, 2026 (2 a.m.)
Colorectal cancer has emerged as a devastating threat to a generation that shouldn’t be facing it.
Fingerprinting Express se convierte en una ventanilla única para servicios de preempleo
Feb 16, 2026 (2 a.m.)
Fingerprinting Express abrió sus puertas más de dos décadas después de que la directora ejecutiva y cofundadora Monica Pappas y su madre vieran una oportunidad para emprender un nuevo negocio en el entonces nuevo mercado de las empresas privadas de toma de huellas dactilares, convirtiéndose finalmente en una de las primeras del país, según Pappas.
Ante el riesgo de extinción de la rara flor Red Rock, los ecologistas solicitan protección federal
Feb 16, 2026 (2 a.m.)
Los ecologistas están solicitando a las autoridades federales que protejan una rara flor amarilla amenazada por los millones de visitantes que acuden cada año al Cañón Red Rock.
Fingerprinting Express becomes a one-stop shop for pre-employment services
Feb 16, 2026 (2 a.m.)
Fingerprinting Express opened more than two decades after CEO and co-founder Monica Pappas and her mom saw an opportunity for a new venture in the then-new market for privatized fingerprinting businesses, ultimately becoming one of the first in the nation, Pappas said.
Feb 16, 2026 (2 a.m.)
By Tom Harper, Henderson
It is unimaginable that someone who has been mentioned 38,000 times in files about criminal activities would not know he may be the subject of a criminal investigation.
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