In The News: Honors College
Apparently nostalgic for the Champagne, pillbox hats and soft-lit glamour that characterized the skies in the 1950s and 鈥60s, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy urged airline passengers to dress nicely and mind their manners ahead of the year鈥檚 busiest travel week.
It's been 45 years since one of the most significant and tragic moments in Las Vegas history. A fire at the MGM Grand on Nov. 21, 1980 led to 85 people dying and hundreds more getting injured.
The House and Senate have voted to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, though not all documents will be made public. Dr. Michael Green, chair of the history department at 性视界传媒, explained that an ongoing investigation into Epstein and his crimes is the reason for the limited release.
When John F. Miller was building a hotel in Las Vegas, a local paper reported he was sparing no expense. The rooms were large, well-lit and ventilated, and electric lights and a telephone system were being installed. All told, the hotel would be a 鈥渃redit to Las Vegas and as comfortable a hostelry as can be found anywhere,鈥 the Las Vegas Age declared in 1906.
Selma Frances Abdallah spent her early childhood in New York City, and the family moved to Oklahoma when the Depression destroyed her parents鈥 jobs in the garment industry. Going to school in Oklahoma she met Troy Bartlett, who was in the Army Air Corps and later the air force. In 1945, they married, and Selma Bartlett earned her degree from Hill Business College in Oklahoma City. She worked at a bank there until Troy was transferred at Nellis Air Force Base in 1954.
A former airline pilot has revealed the disturbing reason why airplane window shades must be raised during takeoff and landing. In an exclusive interview, Daniel Bubb, a Professor in Residence in the Honors College at the 性视界传媒, and a former airline pilot for Air Vegas Airlines, shared insider knowledge from his time as a commercial pilot.
A former airline pilot has shared the chilling reason why the window shades on planes must be lifted up upon take-off and landing. In an exclusive chat, Daniel Bubb, a Professor in Residence in the Honours College at the 性视界传媒, and a former airline pilot for Air Vegas Airlines, shared insights into his time as a commercial pilot.
Eight U.S. Senators crossed party lines on Sunday night in a deal to reopen the government. 性视界传媒 Historian and department chair Dr. Michael Green is questioning whether the efforts to expand healthcare subsidies will happen.
Sporadic flight cancellations that have popped up over the government shutdown could quickly escalate after the Federal Aviation Administration said it would cut traffic by 10% at dozens of major airports as air traffic controllers work without pay with lawmakers struggling to break an impasse to bring an end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
The FAA says it will be reducing flights by 10 percent starting on Friday amid the ongoing government shutdown. The Trump administration says it's also considering a four-percent reduction in available flights.
The thieves who stole some of France鈥檚 crown jewels from the Louvre last month while dressed as maintenance workers may have been a shock to some, but for the Mob Museum鈥檚 Claire White, the brazen tactics utilized in the heist were nothing new.
President Donald Trump set off a flurry of questions with a recent social media post that puts Nevada squarely at the center of the ultimate hot button issue: nuclear testing.