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🌱First-Of-Its-Kind NV Brain Surgery + Free Trauma Recovery Yoga

Here's a five-minute guide to everything worth knowing around town today.

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Hey, Las Vegas! Let's get you started this Wednesday with everything you need to know going on in Las Vegas today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and warm. High: 72 Low: 48.

Here are the top stories in Las Vegas today:

  1. Neurosurgeons at Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas just performed first-of-its-kind brain surgery in Nevada. Southern Hills Hospital is the first in the state to use new technology to remove brain tumors. This type of procedure is for people who have been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, meaning it's cancerous and can invade and destroy nearby tissue, spreading to other parts of the body. (KTNV Las Vegas)
  2. Caridad Gardens will host free Trauma Recovery Yoga (T.R.Y.) on Wednesday, Nov. 17th from 1 p.m. through 2 p.m. Delivered in a yoga flow, T.R.Y. techniques help rebalance the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems to bring about an overall feeling of wellbeing. T.R.Y. can help those suffering from insomnia, anxiety, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts, flashbacks, and other effects of trauma held in the body. (News3LV)
  3. A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for coercing a teenager into sending sexually explicit photos and downloading hundreds of images and videos of child pornography. (News3LV)
  4. An argument escalated into two men opening fire at one another in Las Vegas on Monday night, according to police, though nobody was apparently struck during the shootout. (News3LV)
  5. Las Vegas police investigated a suspicious device incident in downtown yesterday.(FOX5 Las Vegas)

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Today in Las Vegas:

  • DigiMarCon World 2021 - Digital Marketing, Media and Advertising Conference (9:30 AM)
  • National StoryWalk Week - Summerlin Library (10:00 AM)
  • Nature Kids - Summerlin Library (10:30 AM)
  • How to Write Your Book - Summerlin Library (3:30 PM)
  • Relax with Art Session 1 - Summerlin Library (4:30 PM)
  • Pet Rocks - Sahara West Library (4:30 PM)
  • Festive Fall! - Centennial Hills Library (4:30 PM)
  • Crochet Club - Sunrise Library (5:00 PM)
  • Relax with Art Session 2 - Summerlin Library (5:30 PM)

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— Rachel Kilimnik

About me: Rachel is a born-and-raised New Yorker who recently relocated to the mountains in the west. She is a freelance copywriter for the content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is assisting Patch.com with community newsletter curation. During her free time, you can find Rachel roller skating, making pottery, drinking tea, and tending to her growing collection of houseplants.

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