1 dead, 4 wounded in Texas shooting

One person was killed and four people were wounded Thursday in a shooting at a cabinet-making business in Bryan, Texas, police said, and the shooter was not in custody.

Nations worldwide hit records for COVID cases, deaths

Nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections, and the disease surged even in some countries that have kept the virus in check. In the United States, Michigan has averaged more than 7,000 new cases a day.

College of Southern Nevada announces graduation plans

CSN, which has eight campuses in the Las Vegas Valley, is planning an in-person graduation ceremony at 6 p.m. May 15 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas.

UNLV’s medical education building to honor Las Vegas gaming pioneer

The corporation overseeing the project announced Thursday that UNLV’s School of Medicine and a medical education building will be named after the late Kirk Kerkorian, known as the father of the megaresort.

 
Expert: Knee was on Floyd’s neck 3 minutes after oxygen exhausted

George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen, which damaged his brain and caused his heart to stop, a medical expert testified Thursday at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.

Source: Ex-NFL player who killed 5, self, was former Raider

A gunman who killed five people including a prominent doctor in South Carolina was former NFL player Phillip Adams, who killed himself early Thursday, according to a source who was briefed on the investigation.

COMMENTARY: Help put teeth in Nevada’s Public Records Law

AB 276 is necessary because Nevada’s Public Records Act doesn’t always provide requestors with the tools they need to compel government officials to follow the law and release government records that rightfully belong to us — the public.

Streaming services benefiting during Oscar season 2021

In 2020, shuttered movie theaters caused studios to hemorrhage cash, with research estimating that the film industry lost $32 billion in 2020 alone.

 
Biden tightens half-dozen gun controls, says much more needed

In his first gun control measures since taking office, the president announced a half-dozen executive actions Thursday aimed at addressing a proliferation of gun violence across the nation that he called an “epidemic and an international embarrassment.”

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