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Bringing ice hockey to the desert and healing a shattered community: Las Vegas, Nevada’s newest professional sports team debuted last October as the city was recovering from the worst mass shooting in modern US history. The Vegas Golden Knights are now vying for the top award in North American ice hockey, an unlikely success story that has buoyed the spirits of the once-devastated city.

VIDEO: For Donald Trump, there’s always a ‘new deal’ on the horizon. The president has walked away from a number deals recently, including a meeting with the leader of North Korea and the Iran nuclear agreement. As a real estate developer, the president regularly talked up the value of walking away from the table. But can walking away work when it comes to politics?

American businesses are looking to make money in outer space and President Trump is making it easier for them to do so. Trump signed a new directive just days after Space X launched another rocket from California carrying satellites into orbit. The launch is an example of private industries’ growing interest in space for commercial and scientific research.

VIDEO: Maryland firefighter Carla Hidalgo-Gato knew she was in for a hard time being a woman coming into what many see as a man’s world. Her family thought she’d lost her mind — there’d never been a firefighter, male or female, in the family — but Hidalgo-Gato was determined to earn the respect of her male colleagues.

VOA INTERVIEW: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells VOA’s Persian Service the goal of the new Iran strategy he revealed last week is to set conditions for Iran’s Islamist rulers to behave like ‘normal leaders.’ Here’s how America’s top diplomat defines ‘normal.’