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August 21, 2024

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  • Robert Telles attends an arraignment hearing at the Regional Justice Center, downtown, Sept. 20, 2022. Telles is charged with open murder in the stabbing death of Las Vegas investigative reporter Jeff German.
    Ex-politician due to testify in his trial in killing of Las Vegas investigative journalist
    By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
    For two years, from behind bars and in courtrooms, to journalists and judges, a former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official has insisted he wants to tell his story to the jury that will decide whether he goes to prison or goes free after trial in the killing of an investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him and his workplace conduct two years ago.
  • Brandon Weaver loads groceries into a truck in a Costco parking lot, in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 17, 2024. More than 100 million people get their groceries (and TVs and gold bars and pet coffins) at Costco, but the retailer is not about what it seems.
    How Costco hacked the American shopping psyche
    By Ben Ryder Howe, The New York Times Company
    When it opened in 1984, the Costco on West Dimond Boulevard in Anchorage, Alaska, did not seem like the future of food. A glorified shed the color of stale coffee, the warehouse offered the sort of products and deals Alaskans go crazy for: mammoth quantities of staples such as peanut butter and tomato sauce, along with local favorites such as caribou sausage. The state’s extreme environment and the need to travel hours or even days for groceries made it a hit right off the bat.
  • Special housing cells are shown during a tour Tuesday, July 23, 2013, of the Clark County Detention Center.
    Metro presents enhanced report on Clark County jail deaths after Sun probe
    By Ayden Runnels
    A Las Vegas Sun probe that found none of the five jails in Clark County were adhering to a state oversight law has forced officials to update their methods in accountability reporting ...
  • Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon calls out to players during the second half of an WNBA basketball game against the New York Liberty at Michelob Ultra Arena in Mandalay Bay Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024.
    Aces hope to get back on track hosting Minnesota tonight in Las Vegas
    By Jack Williams
    The Las Vegas Aces are narrowly holding onto the No. 4 seed, a game ahead of the Seattle Storm and two games behind the Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut Sun, with about one month left ...
  • Ukraine must not be hung out to dry
    By Luke Curtis, Jefferson City, Mo.
    Our Ukrainian brothers and sisters deserve substantial U.S. support. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been tireless supporters for Ukraine aid in Congress and with NATO leaders ...
  • Senate is unduly obstructive
    By Michael Westerhaus, Las Vegas
    Why do we put up with the 60-vote requirement for most votes in the U.S. Senate? ...
  • Let the truth guide our votes
    By Fred Underwood, Henderson
    There are several mountains of evidence — the Jan. 6, 2021, incident, the felony convictions, and pending trials — in clear view that indicate Donald Trump’s unfitness for office. However, some MAGA adherents act as if this evidence is not ...
  • Snoop Dogg, Tim Walz show that having fun is a winning game plan
    By Martha McKenna
    Two unlikely stars in recent weeks have delighted all ages with their joyful cheerleading for Team USA — NBC’s Olympic-gold star Snoop Dogg and America’s favorite new football coach, Tim Walz ...
  • The truth about vice president’s role on the southern border
    By Wayne Cornelius
    Donald Trump, JD Vance and other Republicans incessantly disparage Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris as the Biden administration’s “failed border czar.” That seriously distorts and shortchanges both the immigration policy ...
  • Japan records trade deficit as surging global prices pushes imports higher
    By Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press
    Japan racked up a 621 billion yen ($4.3 billion) trade deficit in July, as prices of imports surged, according to government data released Wednesday.
  • The Williamsdale Solar Farm, shown from the air and located south of Canberra, Australia, on Oct. 15, 2020, has about 30 hectares (74 acres) of solar panels.
    World's 'largest solar precinct' approved by Australian government
    By Keiran Smith, Associated Press
    An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia that would transmit energy by submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the Australian government granted environmental approvals for the 30 billion Australian dollar ($19 billion) project Wednesday. Australian company Sun Cable plans to build a 12,400-hectare solar farm and transport electricity to the northern Australian city of Darwin via an 800-kilometer (497-mile) overhead transmission line, then on to large-scale industrial customers in Singapore through a 4,300-kilometer (2,672-mile) submarine cable.
  • Juliana Pache poses for a photo in Washington Square Park in New York, Tuesday, July 16, 2024.
    She didn't see her Black heritage in crossword puzzles. So she started publishing her own
    By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press
    It started a couple of years ago when Juliana Pache was doing a crossword puzzle and got stuck.
  • Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz during the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago.
    Tim Walz is still introducing himself to voters. Here are things to know about Harris' VP pick
    By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Fast Company Magazine
    Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will face a national audience that's still getting to know him when he headlines the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday night.
  • Hunter Biden arrives at federal court, June 3, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. Hunter Biden has dropped a lawsuit accusing Fox News of unlawfully publishing explicit images of him as part of a streaming series. An attorney for the president’s son filed a voluntary dismissal on Sunday, July 21 in federal court in New York City.
    Hunter Biden's lawyers, prosecutors headed back to court ahead of his trial on federal tax charges
    By Amy Taxin and Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
    Weeks before Hunter Biden is set to stand trial on federal tax charges, the legal team for President Joe Biden's son and prosecutors will appear in a California courtroom Wednesday as the judge weighs what evidence can be presented to the jury.
  • Fannie Lou Hamer, a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, testifies before the credentials committee of the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, N.J., on Aug. 22, 1964, as her racially integrated group challenged the seating of the all-white Mississippi delegation.
    Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her 'Is this America?' speech 60 years ago
    By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press
    Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats' presidential nomination Thursday, exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nation with a televised speech that challenged the seating of Mississippi's all-white delegation to the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
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