Formula One repaving has raced back to the Las Vegas Strip, while the lights of the nearby Sphere are making traffic worse.

Severe weather is wreaking havoc coast-to-coast as extreme heat continues to scorch parts of the U.S. Meanwhile, multiple tornadoes touched down around Chicago and flash floods are swamping Mississippi. NBC News’ Erin McLaughlin has the latest weather updates.

When Anajak Thai opened in 1981, most people who walked into the Los Angeles restaurant weren’t familiar with Thai cuisine. They just thought it was spicy Chinese food, said Justin Pichetrungsi, the restaurant’s current head chef and owner.

An estimated 11 million people across the northeastern US are under flood risks or warnings this week after historic levels of rainfall — 1-in-1,000-year events — swept through New England, with rivers in Vermont and New York’s Hudson Valley overflowing and turning town streets into waterways.

Across the Las Vegas valley, many parks, trails and roadways are named for Nevadans. Some of them came to Southern Nevada before Las Vegas was founded, and at least one is still practicing law in town.

After getting hammered with lawsuits aimed at halting development of a lithium mine at Northern Nevada’s Thacker Pass, a Canadian-based mining company has turned the tables and is suing the mine’s protesters.

The UNLV football team is remembering one of their own in a special way. The team shared pictures of their new helmets on social media Wednesday which display the number 47 in the front of honor of the late Ryan Keeler.

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) today announced 12 college students will participate in the inaugural Sands Hospitality Immersion Program, July 24-28 in Las Vegas. The intensive experience is designed to encourage interest in travel, tourism and leisure by exposing students to the inner workings of the Las Vegas hospitality industry.

A decades-old program that compensates people exposed to radiation from nuclear tests and uranium mining is set to expire next year without an extension, leaving a narrow window that is closing quickly for anyone who may be newly suffering with related illnesses.