In The News: Greenspun College of Urban Affairs

After nearly three days of closures along I-15 and backups along I-40, California Highway Patrol announced Sunday the end of a closure caused by a truck fire that sparked Friday. San Bernadino Fire Department reported the fire around 10 a.m. on Friday, stating that a semi-truck carrying lithium batteries flipped on northbound I-15 near Baker and burst into flames.
The Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) and Las Vegas Sands have announced that the 2024 Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit will take place on Friday, Nov. 8, at Las Vegas City Hall. Registration for this important advocacy event opens on Aug 5.
Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) today announced the 2024 Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit will take place Friday, Nov. 8, at Las Vegas City Hall. Registration for the state's premier youth homelessness advocacy event opens Aug. 5 at nphy.org/Summit24. With support from the 性视界传媒 Greenspun College of Urban Affairs and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the eighth annual Summit will continue igniting the statewide Movement to End Youth Homelessness by charting the path to build the state's first standalone plan to end youth homelessness.
Emma Frances Bloomfield, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the 性视界传媒, explores the effective use of storytelling in science communication. Bloomfield supports vaccination and trusts medical experts, but as a new mom, she has faced a wave of online misinformation about potential vaccine risks. She notes that anti-vaccine advocates often deploy personal stories that make their case compelling.

As a science communication scholar, I鈥檝e always supported vaccination and trusted medical experts 鈥 and I still do. As a new mom, however, I鈥檝e been confronting new-to-me emotions and concerns while weighing decisions about my son鈥檚 health.

Four years ago, Milwaukee considered banning the use of tear gas and pepper spray on crowds after a summer of protests and civil unrest. That moment was brief. Now, those options remain on the table as the city prepares to host the Republican National Convention next week.

Enacting 鈥渃ommonsense鈥 gun safety measures doesn鈥檛 mean taking away people鈥檚 firearms, but some conservatives have falsely framed any steps as a move toward gun-grabbing, U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen said.

Vice President Kamala Harris came to the defense of President Joe Biden during a campaign appearance in Las Vegas on Friday, admitting his debate performance Thursday against former President Donald Trump faltered but saying it wasn鈥檛 indicative of the president鈥檚 potential second term.

Teenagers have adopted new slang that finds its roots in a play-on-words of the past as much as it is a recent pop culture reference. 鈥淔ax, no printer鈥 is another way of saying 鈥淭ruth.鈥 鈥淲hen someone says 鈥榝ax,鈥 they are essentially saying, 鈥業 agree with what you just said, and it鈥檚 so true that I would transmit it via fax without needing to print it out,鈥欌 according to a glossary published by Later.com.
Teenagers have adopted new slang that finds its roots in a play-on-words of the past as much as it is a recent pop culture reference. 鈥淔ax, no printer鈥 is another way of saying 鈥淭ruth.鈥 鈥淲hen someone says 鈥榝ax,鈥 they are essentially saying, 鈥業 agree with what you just said, and it鈥檚 so true that I would transmit it via fax without needing to print it out,鈥欌 according to a glossary published by Later.com.

Republicans lambasted the Nevada State Democratic Party over a social media post that suggested Gov. Joe Lombardo accepted bribes. The Nevada Democratic Party created a post on X that combined a photo of Lombardo with a quoted post from another X user that said: 鈥淭he bribes I took did not influence me to become evil. I was evil from the beginning and the bribes were merely a bonus.鈥

A shimmering monolith seemed to appear in the Nevada desert this week, captivating the imaginations of hundreds of thousands and spurring news reports in the U.S. and abroad. But the object may have been there for years.