Las Vegas boy escorted to first day of school by police after father's death from COVID

A las-vegas” target=”_blank”>Las Vegas < received a surprise Monday when crime officers came to his home to escort him to his first day of school The officers’ gesture honored Noah’s father, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Officer Jason Swanger, who died from complications of COVID-19 in June. Nine-year old Noah, his mother Christa Swanger and Las…

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First water cuts in US West supply to hammer Arizona farmers

A harvester rumbles through the fields in the early morning light, mowing down rows of food” target=”_blank”>corn<, disasters and high demand are expected to force the first-ever mandatory cuts to a environment that 40 million people across the American West depend on — the Colorado River. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s projection next week will…

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Free climber scales another London skyscraper

LONDON – Embrace the fear or risk death. That’s the mantra of George King-Thompson, 21, a British free climber who scaled his second London skyscraper in a little over a week on Thursday morning and his third overall. SPANISH TEENAGER GINÉS LOPÉZ WINS 1ST OLYMPIC CLIMBING GOLD  “I know how to get into that mindset,…

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Ford Bronco deliveries delayed by manufacturing snafu

Ford is tapping the brakes on the Bronco. Production and deliveries of the rebooted SUV is being held up by a manufacturing issue with its hardtop roofs. (Ford) The “molded-in color” roofs, which are built by an outside supplier, have suffered quality problems affecting their appearance, which have now been addressed, and will be replaced…

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Wildfire threatens Montana communities as West continues to burn

A disasters bore down on rural southeastern us-regions towns Thursday as continuing hot, dry weathera> throughout the <a href="https: drove flames through more than a dozen states. CALIFORNIA COLLEGE PROFESSOR SET ARSON FIRE NEAR DIXIE FIRE, AUTHORITIES SAY Several thousand people remained under evacuation orders as the Richard Spring Fire advanced across the sparsely-populated Northern…

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Scientists challenge 'alarm bells' in IPCC climate change report: 'Not the end of the world'

In the first release of a three-part report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned this week of the consequences of a rapidly warming world spurred largely by human-influenced environment. “The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse‑gas emissions from fossil-fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions…

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Dolly Parton set to publish her first book and a new album in 2022

dolly-parton” target=”_blank”>Dolly Parton< icon, 75, announced she’s co-authoring her genres with bestselling writer James Patterson.  Their book, titled “Run, Rose, Run,” will be published by Little, Brown and Company and hit shelves on March 7, 2022. Parton will also be simultaneously releasing an album with 12 original songs inspired by the novel.  DOLLY PARTON USED…

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Repeating second grade: Kids being held back as COVID-19 affects 'some of the most important years of school'

As kids are going back to school, some parenting” target=”_blank”>parents and guardians< hit the U.S. more than a year and a half ago, many states went on lockdown and schools were required to move to remote learning without much warning.  For some students, the switch significantly impacted their education” target=”_blank”>education< Preston Grinstead, from Las Vegas,…

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