In The News: Department of History
The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) held a rally Sunday afternoon to oppose reported efforts to take away the independence of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Around 100 demonstrators gathered at the intersection of Eastern and Sunset, holding signs and chanting "U.S. mail is not for sale."
As the world awaits potential revelations from the Kennedy files, John F. Kennedy's connections to Las Vegas remain a fascinating chapter in history.
Metro Police and the FBI Las Vegas Field office are investigating after multiple cars were set on fire at Tesla Collision Center Tuesday morning. It was one of several incidents that have occurred across the country in the past week with authorities saying it may have been politically motivated.
Metro Police and the FBI Las Vegas Field office are investigating after multiple cars were set on fire at Tesla Collision Center Tuesday morning. It was one of several incidents that have occurred across the country in the past week with authorities saying it may have been politically motivated.
While St. Patrick's Day celebrations often produce images of T-shirts donning "Kiss me, I'm Irish," leprechaun hats and pubs full of people, the holiday holds a deeper meaning. Here's a look at who Ireland's patron saint was and why he is celebrated each year.
A line of people wound toward the doors of 51ԹϺ’s Greenspun Hall on Wednesday night, clutching in their hands copies of “Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict,” the thick novel of award-winning journalist Yardena Schwartz.
President Donald Trump has been actively signing executive orders since taking office, prompting discussions about whether he is altering the traditional legislative process by bypassing Congress.
For years, a rumor has circulated that greeting card companies invented Valentine's Day, which falls yearly on Feb. 14.
The history of Valentine's Day is mushy. It's been linked to a 12th-century poem about birds mating, the Christian-martyr-turned-Saint Valentine and a deadly fertility ritual in ancient Rome, but Elizabeth Nelson, an associate professor of history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, thinks that's all a stretch.
Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Right? Or is the history darker, marked by Roman bacchanalia, martyrs and lies?
A lot of wild ideas get launched in Vegas and we’re home to the weirdest combination of architecture on the planet. But is there another Vegas, an even weirder version, that was never built? As the city waits to see if the A’s baseball stadium will break ground this year, co-hosts Sarah Lohman and Dayvid Figler sit down with 51ԹϺ history professor Michael Green to run through the wildest Vegas projects that were never built.
Las Vegas City Hall does not display nor possess a photo of the mayor considered “the most controversial” in the town’s history, but historians say his tumultuous term is worth learning.