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  • FILE – This rendering provided by the Oakland Athletics on May 26, 2023, shows a view of their proposed new ballpark at the Tropicana site in Las Vegas. The Oakland Athletics cleared a major hurdle for their planned relocation to Las Vegas after the Nevada Legislature gave final approval on Wednesday, June 14, to public funding for a portion of the proposed $1.5 billion stadium with a retractable roof. (Courtesy of Oakland Athletics via AP, File)Finance

    Nevada lawmakers approve $380m in public funding for stadium to bring Oakland Athletics MLB team to Las Vegas

    By Scott Sonner, Gabe Stern, and others
  • FILE – In this Sept. 13, 2018, file photo, Melissa Boerst, a Lithium Nevada Corp. geologist, points to an area of future exploration from a drill site at the Thacker Pass Project in Humboldt County, Nev. General Motors Co. has conditionally agreed to invest $650 million in Lithium Americas Corp. in a deal that will give GM exclusive access to the first phase of a mine planned near the Nevada-Oregon line with the largest known source of lithium in the U.S. (Suzanne Featherston/The Daily Free Press via AP, File)Finance

    GM agrees to invest $650 million in a lithium mine to guarantee access to the mineral for its EV dreams

    By Scott Sonner and The Associated Press
  • This photo provided by the Nevada Governor’s Office shows Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, center, during a tour of the Tesla Gigafactory on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 at the Truckee-Reno Industrial Center east of Sparks, Nev. Tesla has confirmed it intends to invest $3.6 billion to expand its manufacturing capabilities in Nevada for “high-volume” production of semi-trucks and make enough cell batteries for 2 million light-duty vehicles annually. (Nevada Governor’s Office via AP)Finance

    Tesla will invest $3.6 billion to expand its Nevada Semi truck factory

    By Scott Sonner and The Associated Press
  • FILE – This photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity shows seven cows seen within subpopulation 1 of Tiehm’s buckwheat at Rhyolite Ridge in the Silver Peak Range of Esmeralda County, Nev., on Jan. 3, 2023. The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday, Jan. 13, announced a conditional loan of $700 million to an Australian mining company to pursue a proposed lithium project in Nevada, as the U.S. seeks domestic supplies for a key component in electric vehicle batteries. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP)Tech

    Nevada lithium site that could support production of 370,000 electric vehicles annually for decades gets boost with $700M government loan

    By Scott Sonner and The Associated Press
  • Jeremy RennerLifestyle

    Jeremy Renner’s life-threatening injuries were a ‘tragic accident,’ sheriff says. ‘He was being a great neighbor.’

    By Scott Sonner and The Associated Press
  • Tiehm's buckwheat flowerEnvironment

    Environmentalists are facing off against a lithium mine in California over the fate of a tiny yellow flower on the brink of extinction

    By Scott Sonner and The Associated Press
  • AUBURN, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 30: A large sculpture of a gold miner panning for gold is viewed in Oldtown on August 30, 2021, in Auburn, California. The Gold Country (also known as Mother Lode Country) is a historic region in the northern portion of California, primarily on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range and is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines that attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers, during the 1849 Gold Rush. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)Retail

    Jeans pulled from a 19th century shipwreck sell for a fortune: ‘Those miner’s jeans are like the first flag on the moon, a historic moment in history’

    By Scott Sonner and The Associated Press
  • ToadEnvironment

    A toad the size of a dime could shut down a $68 million power plant

    By Scott Sonner and The Associated Press
  • This year’s theme for Burning Man is the “American Dream: and what better sign which is displayed on the playa then one similiar to the one ftom Las Vegas. (Photo by Frederic Larson/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)Health

    Burning Man organizers mull mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for those seeking entry into the desert

    By Scott Sonner and The Associated Press