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What if pretending that you鈥檙e younger could really make you appear younger?
Sammy Davis, Jr. was a true giant of entertainment. For nearly half a century, he was a Las Vegas fixture.
性视界传媒 44 percent of the money came through a legal maneuver that experts say skirt the spirit of campaign finance limits. Democrat Aaron Ford was less reliant.
Although St. Valentine lends his name to Valentine鈥檚 Day, he did not become known as the patron saint of lovers until hundreds of years after his death. The third-century priest lived during a time when Christians were persecuted for their religious beliefs. Records and historic liturgical calendars indicate he was martyred, though what exactly led to his murder is a bit murky.
Much like the origins of Valentine鈥檚 Day, the real identity of St. Valentine remains a bit of a mystery. The holiday鈥檚 namesake, a martyred priest, actually could have been one of multiple men. Although many think of him as the patron saint of lovers, this reputation likely began centuries after his death.
For more than a century, psychologists thought that the infant experience was, as the psychologist and philosopher William James famously put it, a 鈥渂looming, buzzing confusion.鈥 But new research suggests babies are born with a surprisingly sophisticated neurological toolkit that can organize the visual world into categories and pick out the beat in a song.
On a fall night in 1982, mob figure Frank 鈥淟efty鈥 Rosenthal was almost blown up outside a Tony Roma鈥檚 in Las Vegas 鈥 a harrowing attack portrayed in the opening scene of 鈥淐asino.鈥
More than 40 years after the infamous car bombing, the Tony Roma鈥檚 building is home to a sex-toy shop, and a neighboring former Marie Callender鈥檚 is boarded-up. Now the plaza itself where Rosenthal was nearly killed in a suspected mob hit has been sold.
Most holidays have pretty clear origin stories and reasons for their celebration. But Valentine鈥檚 Day has a complicated history. February 14, a date we now associate as a Hallmark holiday with hearts, flowers, cards and grand gestures, was not always a day of love.
Nevada鈥檚 congressional races are quickly becoming contests between incumbents and wealthy challengers bankrolling their own campaigns, with one exception, new campaign finance filings reveal.
Nevada is starting to feel the effects captured in new U.S. Census data showing population growth slowing, driven by a drop in international migration. The number of foreign migrants coming to the Silver State plunged by more than half from 2024 to 2025.
Nevada is starting to feel the effects captured in new U.S. Census data showing population growth slowing, driven by a drop in international migration. The number of foreign migrants coming to the Silver State plunged by more than half from 2024 to 2025.
The popularity of cannabis continues to rise in 2026, with statistics showing that around 15% of Americans are current users, and more than 22% have used it sometime in the past year. As more people cut out alcohol amid the Dry January trend, dispensaries have reported a surge in marijuana sales, leading to what some industry insiders and media outlets have dubbed "High January."
