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Threats mount against Zach Conine after Trump Thumper ad goes viral
5+ hour ago (696+ words) Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 2 a. m. A caller hoping to reach Nevada Treasurer Zach Conine left a profanity-laced voicemail that gets straight to the point: "scumbag." "That is all you talk about " Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump," the man screamed. "You are sick in the…...
A's Player of the Month: Mojave's Derriah Wren
5+ hour ago (345+ words) Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 2 a. m. Sponsored by The A's and Las Vegas Aviators When the Mojave High track team gathers for training, one athlete naturally takes charge. Senior Derriah Wren is not only a state champion sprinter and hurdler, but also the team's…...
Memorial Day travel to hit record high despite soaring gas prices, AAA says
5+ hour ago (219+ words) By Susan Glaser, cleveland. com (TNS) Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 2 a. m. CLEVELAND, Ohio" High gas prices aren't expected to keep travelers home over Memorial Day Weekend, when AAApredicts a record number of Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home. AAAprojects that 45 million…...
Betty Gilpin, Alec Baldwin, David Costabile join Oscar Isaac in Netflix Las Vegas series 'The Roman' -Las Vegas Sun News
5+ hour ago (234+ words) By Joe Otterson, Variety Entertainment News Service Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 2 a. m. Gilpin will star as'Marla Blake, who is described as "Bobby's formidable wife and a brilliant, highly connected lawyer, who knows how to navigate the town's darkest corners just as well as…...
The cost of gutting science is invisible yet enormous
5+ hour ago (301+ words) Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 2 a. m. Consider the 22 emails that went out on a late Friday afternoon in April from the'White House'terminating the recipient's appointment to the National Science Board, which has set policy for the'National Science Foundation'(NSF) since 1950. The cost will be…...
Republican strategy chases power at the cost of the nation's moral soul
5+ hour ago (377+ words) Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 2 a. m. With breathtaking speed and shameless intent, Republican officials are moving to wipe off the map many of the majority-Black districts and repeat the shameful history of Black voter suppression in America. GOP lawmakers know they cannot reliably hold…...
Trump destroys everything he touches
2+ hour ago (162+ words) By Bruce Joffe, Piedmont, Calif. Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 2 a. m. President Donald Trump has paid $2 billion of our tax money for contractors to stop building wind-power stations off our coasts. While energy prices explode like bombs in the unplanned, unnecessary Iran war, Trump…...
Which Democrat could repair the damage Trump did?
2+ hour ago (283+ words) Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 2 a. m. Democrats have a huge opportunity to make a huge difference. But whether they'll grab it is a huge question. Who can or should lead the party at a time like this? I'm not alone in hoping for a…...
The Kissingerian moment: Why Trump and Xi must prioritize AI over trade and war
2+ hour ago (464+ words) By Brian Greenspun (contact) Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 2 a. m. There was a time " some 60 years ago " that I remember my father, Hank Greenspun, imploring all who would listen that the time was upon us for the world's two superpowers to put aside their…...
Cease-fire doesn't mean we are not at war
2+ hour ago (116+ words) By Kimball Shinkoskey, Woods Cross, Utah Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 2 a. m. President Donald Trump recently argued that the 60-day leeway period after which Congress must authorize a war was paused given the temporary cease-fire with Iran. Congress, journalists and the American citizenry clearly…...