Grand Canyon ranks as the most photographed national park in America The Grand Canyon has claimed the top spot in a new ranking of the most photographed national parks in the United States, according to data from Popsa, a memory curation app ...

WHY WE LOOK? Because the Grand Canyon ranks as the most photographed national park in America. Yosemite comes in second.
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🔊 Listen Now: Willy Vlautin talks about his new book, 'The Left and The Lucky' Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR One | 7:53

Reno-raised Willy Vlautin talks to Scott Simon about his latest novel
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Democrats see gas prices as a potent political tool. Here’s the catch. President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran sent gas prices surging, giving Democrats’ focus on affordability more traction if they can get voters to trust them.

East Coast reporter talks to Las Vegans at gas stations to make a point about the midterms

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Video: How the Supreme Court Could Change Voting by Mail The Supreme Court is ruling on whether ballots received after Election Day should be disqualified. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti explains how a Supreme Court ruling could affect hundr...

Nick Corasiniti explains how the Supreme Court decision on mail-in ballots could affect election outcomes using #Nevada as one example.
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How top Paramount executive's ties with Vegas gambler unraveled Surreptitious dealings with a high-stakes Vegas gambler could imperil Jeff Shell's role in Paramount Skydance as it looks to merge with Warner Bros. Discovery.

This #LasVegas -adjacent story is so seedy and trashy, it's almost escapism. But true!
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Mount Charleston: Griffith Peak Krista Diamond climbed Griffith Peak weeks after the Route 91 shooting — and found a version of the city that only exists from far above

This is so beautiful, and no matter how many times I read it, it gets me every time. #LasVegas, by
@kristadiamond.bsky.social for Desert Companion
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Cyber Monday: What Taiwan can learn from Ukraine How do you prepare for a war that hasn't even started yet?

"A professor from the U.S. Naval College went to a hacking conference in #Vegas — to enlist the aid of those well versed in cyber warfare in order to build a war game designed to help Taiwan get ready."
Today on 1A, from @npr.org
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The casino-fication of news New partnerships between the prediction market Kalshi and cable TV networks will transform every news event into a betting opportunity.

Heavy #lasvegas and #journalism implications here: popular.info/p/the-casino...
Also, WNYC's Micah Loewenger talked to this guy for this week's @onthemedia.bsky.social

Why California is keeping this unusual solar plant running when both Trump and Biden wanted it closed The electricity it makes is expensive, its technology has been superseded, and it's incinerating thousands of birds mid-flight each year.

Ivanpah literally doesn't work right, and both R and D political leaders want it closed, but it's still running because of ... you guessed it ... data centers
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Nevada’s Lithium Could Help Save the Earth. But What Happens to Nevada?

Nevada writer Meg Bernhard on the metals and minerals rush ...
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WNBA doppelganger turning heads at the finals

#Aces ❤️
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WATCH: 4 things to know about Vegas’ decline in tourism YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

Thoughtful, thorough explanation of what's going on in #lasvegas
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His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump. One federal worker was rejected three times from the administration’s early resignation offer. Would he blame the president he voted for?

A heartbreaking story from #Pahrump NV

His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.

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The dwindling Colorado River can’t wait for states to cut water use, experts say A group of leading experts on the Colorado River say Western states urgently need to cut water use to avert a deepening crisis.

The dwindling Colorado River can’t wait for states to cut water use, experts say
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Stunner! Three takeaways from New Mexico's dominant win at UCLA PASADENA, Calif. — The Jason Eck era has a signature win.

Ahwoooooooo!!!
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"At a time when more Americans are tuning out credible news for social media, it’s worth remembering that they’re leaving behind not just reporting, but the discipline of restraint.”

"It promises unfiltered access, but without guarantees of truth and without protection from harm. The cork is off the bottle, and everything spills out: real or fabricated, searing or false.

"That misses the point. Journalists draw lines for a reason. We know how trauma seeps in through a screen. We know that immediacy without context is its own kind of harm. Social media has no such restraint.

The human cost of witnessing violence online - Poynter I was 14 when I found the murder video of a journalist on a file-sharing site. Today, violence finds us before we can look away.

For my "legacy media" critics

(Ren) LaForme also found that no major news outlets showed the graphic videos of Kirk being shot. He wrote, "Some say this makes mainstream media seem out of touch, even condescending. If the clip is already on social media, why not show it, too?

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is fatally shot at Utah Valley University rally “It's a tragic day for our nation,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said. “I want to be very clear that this is a political assassination.”

My standard reminder that when you're following big news events, the local public radio station where it happened is a good place to get the facts without the commentary and conjecture
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America’s Best Restaurants 2025 Here are the 50 best places in America right now.

I know a few #LasVegas dining writers who're gonna take issue with this.

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Watch Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time TV Show - Streaming Online | Nat Geo TV Watch full episodes of Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time online. Get sneak peeks and free episodes all on Nat Geo TV.

This is the #HurricaneKatrina 20-year look-back to watch. Episode 4 is the gut punch, but they're all important
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‘Massive’: The sprawling data center boom in the Northern Nevada desert Tahoe Reno Industrial Center drives expansion of high-tech hubs

Expansive reporting here on the rise of AI data centers in Nevada, by MIT Technology Review via @reviewjournal.com

"The energy needs, in turn, suggest those projects could consume billions of gallons of water per year, according to an analysis conducted for this story."

Why certain medications can increase your risk in the heat Some medicines affect your ability to sweat, stay hydrated, or even to notice if you're overheating. Doctors say keep taking them, but make sure to keep yourself cool.

Yikes
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The real estate company gutting America’s hospitals—and making bank A real estate company buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone bankrupt.

On-call doctors who haven’t gotten paid and won’t answer calls.
Medical staff asked to come in and clean the hospital on the weekends.
Beds repossessed in the middle of the night.

This is the scene at just one out of dozens of hospitals impacted by a major hospital bankruptcy.

Thousands of Las Vegans protest Trump, ICE at Saturday's "No Kings" demonstration Over 7,000 people gathered in Downtown Las Vegas on Saturday night to protest the Trump administration.

Our report on Las Vegas #NoKings

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Amid listeria outbreak, L.A. company pulls its food from shelves Fresh & Ready Foods voluntarily recalled several premade sandwiches and snacks after federal regulators found a strain of listeria linked to a 2024 outbreak.

Heads up, #LasVegas:
"The voluntarily recalled food was distributed between April 18 and 28 this year in California, Nevada, Arizona and Washington."

Amid listeria outbreak, L.A. company pulls its food from shelves
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Experts say Trump’s CPB order ‘should have no legal effect’ - Current “Whether it will have a practical effect or a political effect, I suppose, is a different question,” said James B. Speta, a professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.

For everyone who's been asking me about the president's cpb order, here are a couple legal opinions
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DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

Hard-core metal singer charged in violent rampage across Yosemite National Park The lead singer of a hardcore metal band was charged in a violent rampage across Yosemite National Park last week, according to local authorities.

Reminder: This was last year
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