Las Vegas News Briefs − October 2024
ENTERTAINMENT NEON CITY FESTIVAL RELEASES FULL TALENT LINEUP FOR INAUGURAL EVENT, NOVEMBER 22-24Neon City Festival (NCF) has announced 23 acts that will join its inaugural lineup alongside headliners Alison Wonderland, Neon Trees, Russell Dickerson and Seven Lions. Taking place in…
Barbados PM: The world needs a ‘reset’
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Minister for National Security and the Public Service, and Minister for Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment of Barbados, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session….
Breast Cancer Deaths Declining, Disparities Remain
Adobe Stock) From Newsmax While women overall are less likely to die of breast cancer now, some alarming disparities remain, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) analysis warns. Death rates for American Indian and Alaska Native women haven’t changed for…
Do Other Animals Have Consciousness? Science Could Force Us to Rethink Our Relationships With Them
he broad consensus is that many species are sentient.
A Scary Good Deal
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NEW CAMPAIGN: Help us free Mech Dara
By Krysta Bisnauth, Freedom United “Every newsroom I work in gets silenced.” — Mech Dara[1] Mech Dara, the award-winning Cambodian journalist who exposed cyber slavery[2] and corruption in Cambodia, has been arrested by local police this week. Dara spearheaded investigations and reporting on cyberscam compounds…
Highlander Research and Education Center Brings Old-School Expertise to Present-Day Issues
Formed in the early 1930s, this Tennessee institution is still fighting for social and racial justice.
Buy-a-Brick Campaign to Support Marine Education Centre Expansion
CCMI LAUNCHES BUY-A-BRICK CAMPAIGN FOR THE EXPANSION OF MARINE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTRE TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF OCEAN CONSERVATIONISTS Bloody Bay Wall on Little Cayman. Image of Dr Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley and Sabrina Weber (intern) undertaking research dives from the…
Gun-Free School Zone Laws & School Shootings
From Ammo.com The United States government passed gun-free school zone legislation in 1990. Over three decades later, school shootings dominate headlines and political campaigns. Sadly, this legislation has been largely ineffective and may have cost more lives. We wanted to…
Professor Canute Thompson appointed UWI’s Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Board of Undergraduate Studies
Professor Canute Thompson Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Monday, September 30, 2024 — The University of the West Indies (UWI) is pleased to announce Professor Canute Thompson’s appointment as Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Board of Undergraduate Studies. Effective October 1, 2024, he…
