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Elliot Malin

Holocaust knowledge lower among younger Nevadans, survey shows

Only 35 percent of respondents could define antisemitism and 8 percent who believed the Holocaust occurred also believed that the number of those killed was greatly exaggerated.

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Judge denies request to dismiss defamation lawsuit against state GOP director

Judge Jessica Peterson's order, issued Thursday, states that Nevada Republican Party Executive Director Alida Benson failed to clear the burden of proof for the anti-SLAPP motion, a law that allows defendants in defamation cases to avoid extensive litigation in cases where a lawsuit might otherwise silence their speech.

As coronavirus pushes Passover Seders online, some unexpected silver linings

Hers isn't the only family carrying on the tradition through Zoom. She said her nieces were "Seder-hopping" from one online dinner to another, and she thinks part of the reason her 85-year-old mother's internet was unreliable was because so many others in her apartment complex were having Seders online.