Clara Bow appeared in 58 films in just over a decade.
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The star of the 1920s silver screen who appears on Taylor Swift’s new album abruptly left Hollywood at the height of her success – a middle finger to the men whom she had made rich and powerful.
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s campus in East Baton Rouge Parish, left, received millions in tax abatements to the detriment of local schools, right.
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An estimated 95% of US cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools.
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Nicolas Hague celebrates after scoring against the Edmonton Oilers during Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series on May 12 in Las Vegas.
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Should Canadian hockey fans be frustrated with the success of non-traditional hockey markets at the expense of Canadian teams?
An irrigation canal moves Colorado River water through farm fields in California’s Imperial Valley.
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Southwest states have bought time with an agreement between California, Arizona and Nevada to cut Colorado River water use by about 14%. Now comes the hard part.
California’s snowpack was more than twice the average in much of the state in early March 2023.
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Reservoirs and streams are in good shape in California and the Great Basin, but groundwater and ecosystems are another story. And then there’s the Colorado River Basin.
The white ‘bathtub ring’ around Lake Mead, shown on Jan. 11, 2022, is roughly 160 feet high and reflects falling water levels.
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The Colorado River provides water and electricity to 40 million people in the western US, but falling water levels threaten both of those resources.
Colorado River water flows through a canal that feeds farms in Casa Grande, Ariz., on July 22, 2021.
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Agreements negotiated a century ago to share water on Western rivers among states are showing their age in a time of water scarcity.
Water flows into a canal that feeds farms in Casa Grande, Ariz.
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A long-expected federal drought declaration underlines how serious the Colorado River water shortage has become for Western states.
Aerial view of Lake Powell on the Colorado River along the Arizona-Utah border.
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The Supreme Court recently dealt defeat to Florida in its 20-year legal battle with Georgia over river water. Other interstate water contests loom, but there are no sure winners in these lawsuits.
Where were the best electoral maps to be found during the 2020 U.S. presidential election?
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What did this year’s election maps rightly or wrongly tell us?
Rather than cooking up a storm, the Culinary’s role in the Democratic primary could be a recipe for success.
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An ugly spat involving some supporters of Bernie Sanders harkens back to old tropes about the labor movement. But the Culinary is showing itself to be a model for unions in the ‘right-to-work’ era.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has ordered state agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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States are folding the social and economic costs of burning fossil fuels into their electricity policies, giving utilities a financial incentive to reduce greenhouse emissions.
A 2015 tour of an entryway into the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
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If recent history repeats itself, the proposed repository for extremely dangerous nuclear waste will stay dead.
People line up to place bets in the sports book at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
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With leagues lobbying for their share, a thriving illegal market that needs to be stifled, and bettors chomping at the bit, the headaches are just beginning.
A screen shows a baseball game next to various betting lines at the Westgate Superbook in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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But those hoping for a boon in tax revenues could be sorely mistaken: Sports betting isn’t as lucrative as it’s often portrayed to be.
Donald Trump with his sons Donald Jr and Eric after winning the Nevada caucus.
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Nevada gave Trump his third victory and a widening lead over his GOP rivals. It’s not his conservative values winning votes.
Sometimes down, never out.
Reuters/Ethan Miller
Every time Las Vegas looks like it’s about to die, it demolishes itself and rebuilds as something bigger and better.
Hillary at Harrah’s Las Vegas.
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Hillary’s narrow victory in Nevada could be the beginning of a winning streak. Here’s why.
Kasich takes his campaign to South Carolina.
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Republican presidential candidate John Kasich likes to tout his record as governor of Ohio. Is it a case of oversell?
Rentboy.com is busted in New York City.
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Ignoring the protests of Hollywood actresses, Amnesty International has come out for the decriminalization of prostitution.