Checks from the stimulus bill passed by Congress are being sent out this week and next. Some Las Vegas residents are concerned those checks could be stolen out of mailboxes. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
With recent news of a tiger at the Bronx Zoo testing positive for COVID-19, many have begun to worry whether animals can transmit the virus. According to Karen Terio, chief of the Zoological Pathology Program at the University of Illinois, there’s no need to panic. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Visitors to the St. Therese Center HIV Outreach drive-thru food pantry talk about the impact of food banks for their families and friends. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Satellite images from the European Space Agency have shown that air pollution levels around the world have decreased as a result of the slowing of industrial activity. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Nevada coronavirus testing clinics are still struggling to find enough tests to fill patient demand. UNLV and Sahara West Urgent Care are expecting new shipments of testing supplies this week.
Lady Gaga Announces
COVID-19 Benefit Concert.
Lady Gaga made the announcement during a World Health Organization call on Monday.
The global televised special will take place
April 18, according to Lady Gaga.
and proceeds will help fund protective
equipment for health-care professionals.
We are all so very grateful to all of the health-care professionals across the country and the world who are on the front lines during COVID-19, Lady Gaga, via WHO call.
Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert will co-host the event.
which will feature characters from ‘Sesame Street’
and several musical guests.
Other artists who will be participating include
Alanis Morissette, Billie Eilish, Elton John.
John Legend, Lizzo,
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.
The special will be broadcast live on April 18 at
8 p.m. EST on ABC, NBC, ViacomCBS Networks
and iHeartMedia
Lady Gaga made the announcement during a World Health Organization call on Monday. The global televised special will take place April 18, and proceeds will help fund protective equipment for health-care professionals. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London. A new statement released from his office on April 6 has revealed that his COVID-19 caused
symptoms have “worsened.” (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Coronavirus has claimed “Uncle” Phil Maloof of the high-profile Maloof family of Las Vegas. George Maloof, Phil Maloof’s nephew, confirmed his uncle’s passing Saturday in Las Vegas at age 93, with coronavirus the cause.
Laughlin couple Debbie Holmgren and Todd Henke were some of the first to use the bus service’s $2 round trip to the Walmart across the Colorado River in Bullhead City, Arizona. The local bus service is offering the route three times per day to ensure locals have access to groceries after the only grocery store in Laughlin closed when coronavirus interrupted their ability to put food on the shelves.
Rj Business reporters Bailey Schulz, Subrina Hudson and Eli Segall talk about the top trending stories at the Review-Journal
Clark County is partnering with cannabis dispensary Planet 13 to provide 100 free meals each weekday to vulnerable seniors who are at high risk of being exposed to COVID-19 if they leave home.
The furloughs come amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has prompted all U.S. commercial casinos to temporarily shut their doors.
According to Johns Hopkins University, as of April 3, more than 1,033,000 people have been infected with coronavirus. The U.S. has the most reported cases, with nearly a quarter of a million infections. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Review-Journal reporters Bailey Schulz, Alexis Egeland and Michael Scott Davidson talk about the top stories of the day, April 2. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Review-Journal reporter Colton Lochhead talks about what activating the Nevada National Guard entails, what they will do for Nevada logistically and why this isn’t unusual during a statewide emergency.
RJ reporter Colton Lochhead talks about what activating the national guard entails.What they will do for Nevada logistically, and why this isn’t unusual during a statewide emergency.
RJ reporter Colton Lochhead talks about what activating the national guard entails.What they will do for Nevada logistically, and why this isn’t unusual during a statewide emergency.
RJ reporter Colton Lochhead talks about what activating the national guard entails.What they will do for Nevada logistically, and why this isn’t unusual during a statewide emergency.
The SEIU Local 1107 takes legal action against Clark County’s decision to suspend their contracts.
Cars were lined up along Sahara Avenue from Palace Station to South Rainbow Boulevard for food distribution sponsored by Three Square and Central Church in Henderson.
Teen Talk was founded in 2015 and is teen produced radio show aired on KCEP-FM 88.1 in Las Vegas.
Teen Talk focuses on the issues that teens face today, as well as their contributions, opinions and achievements.
Topics are drawn from top news stories, teen surveys and the teen producers of the show. Teen Talk features
entertainment pieces, expert advisors, teen celebrity interviews and more. The show’s target audience is 13-19 year-olds with an expected adult audience who
are curious and want to gain insight of teen realities.
According to Variety, 52-year-old frontman and songwriter Adam Schlesinger has died, following a short battle with the respiratory illness, coronavirus. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The U.S. Labor Department reported 6.6 million people filed for unemployment insurance in the past week. A reported 10 million people have filed over the past two weeks. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Gov. Steve Sisolak issued a statewide stay-at-home order for Nevada’s 3 million residents Wednesday, joining 33 other states and several of America’s biggest cities in enacting a coronavirus quarantine that now extends to more than three-quarters of the U.S. population.
Nevada’s 30-day casino shutdown is set to end April 16, and some Las Vegas properties are accepting bookings for the following day.
A new isolation and quarantine center for homeless is under construction at the Cashman Center in downtown Las Vegas, March 31. (K.M Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Southern Nevada Health District Board of Health on Tuesday voted to allocate $3 million for a 40-bed isolation facility for people who test positive for the new coronavirus.