Las Vegas Review-Journal
Knights cut Cassidy loose
In what might go down as the most shocking decision in franchise history, the Vegas Golden Knights fired coach Bruce Cassidy on Sunday with eight games remaining in the regular season. The Knights named longtime bench boss John Tortorella as the...
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Woods arrested after crash
JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. — Tiger Woods was arrested Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence after his Land Rover traveling at “high speed” on a residential road clipped a truck and rolled onto its side. Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek...
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Trump order will pay TSA
President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggled to reach a deal to end a budget impasse that has jammed...
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Jury: Meta, Youtube hook kids
LOS ANGELES — Meta and Youtube must pay millions in damages to a 20-year-old woman after a jury decided the social media giant and video streamer designed their platforms to hook young users without concern for their well being. The California jury’s...
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U.S. offers ceasefire plan to Iranians via Pakistan
The Trump administration has offered a 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran, according to a person briefed on the contours of the proposal, even as the U.S. military is preparing to call up at least 1,000 more troops to supplement some 50,000 troops already...
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ICE at some airports
Armed federal immigration officers in tactical gear moved through terminals at some of the busiest U.S. airports Monday, standing near security lines and checkpoints after President Donald Trump ordered their deployment during a partial government...
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ICE to aid TSA at airports
President Donald Trump’s decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security during a budget impasse is drawing concerns that their presence may escalate tensions among air travelers frustrated over hourslong waits and...
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HEAT RECORD AGAIN
Las Vegas came close to making weather history Friday, the first day of spring. Harry Reid International Airport recorded 97 degrees at 3:52 p.m., the National Weather Service said, three degrees shy of the century mark. The valley’s earliest...
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State takes look at Chavez ties
In the years after labor leader Cesar Chavez joined a historic Las Vegas picket line shortly before he died, he became the namesake of an east valley park and a ceremonial road. Not only was he the subject of annual celebrations thrown in his honor,...
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Building to a crescendo
The Strip’s giant guitar is nearly fully strummed. With 36 of its planned 42 stories now poured, the Guitar Hotel Las Vegas is steadily nearing structural completion and making progress toward its scheduled late-2027 opening act. The guitar-shaped...
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No pardon for former lawyer
A former Las Vegas lawyer who killed his ex-wife decades ago and was sentenced to life without parole told the Nevada Board of Pardons on Tuesday that he was remorseful for what he previously insisted was a self-defense killing. The sister of the...
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Heat wave to hit valley early
It may be the waning days of winter, but Southern Nevadans will be thrown into what will feel like the throes of a blistering — and potentially deadly — summer this week. Las Vegas could have its first 100-degree day in the next few days — an...
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Life in the fast lane
Driver Denny Hamlin, center left, lifts the trophy Sunday after winning the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was Hamlin’s second NASCAR Cup Series victory in Las Vegas in roughly five months and the 61st of his career.
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2.5K Marines sent to Mideast
The American military has ordered 2,500 Marines and an amphibious assault ship to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Friday, in a major addition of forces in the region after nearly two weeks of war with Iran. Hours later, President Donald Trump...
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Man shot dead after ramming synagogue
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was...
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Nations release oil reserves
A group representing many of the world’s wealthiest countries agreed Wednesday to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history, in a bid to counter the effects of the Iran war on energy markets and the halt of cargo shipping...
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Man who served time in 1990 killing dies in crash
Carlos Gurri, who claimed he was wrongfully imprisoned for decades in connection with the murder of an FBI agent, died Saturday evening in a head-on collision just south of Pahrump. The crash happened when Gurri, 62, tried passing a vehicle while...
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Trump thinks end of war ‘very soon’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he plans to waive oil-related sanctions, have the U.S. Navy escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and predicted the war with Iran would resolve “very soon.” The president said he did not believe...
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Arts District tenants in limbo
Priced out of Boulder City by skyrocketing rent, Susan Reams found a lifeline in the Las Vegas Arts District. Since last summer, she’s paid $950 a month for a fully furnished apartment — and camaraderie. Not only did the discounted rent cover...
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Crosby goes from Raider to Raven
It actually happened. After weeks of speculation and conjecture about his future with the team met non-denials and half-commitments, Maxx Crosby’s time with the Las Vegas Raiders is over. The Raiders have agreed to trade the star defensive end to the...
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Hotel-casino exits in the dark
Las Vegas bid farewell to the Eastside Cannery, in yet another explosive goodbye. The hotel-casino on Boulder Highway in the eastern Las Vegas Valley had been closed since the onset of the pandemic, and demolition crews imploded its 16-story hotel...
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Man accused of stealing bird at Flamingo resort
A Canadian man faces animal cruelty charges after police accused him of illegally entering the flamingo habitat at the iconic Flamingo resort on the Strip early Tuesday morning, taking a bird back to his room and torturing it. Mitchell Fairbarn, 33,...
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U.S. embassies targeted
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran targeted U.S. embassies and disrupted energy supplies and travel Tuesday as Israel said it launched airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research site. An attack from two drones on the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh...
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Mideast conflict widens
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israeli and U.S. airstrikes pounded Iran in an escalating campaign that U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday would likely take several weeks. Tehran and its allies retaliated across the region, striking Israel and a...
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Push comes to shove
A woman pushes a stroller through plowed snow on Wednesday in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Parts of the Northeast dealt with the aftermath of a massive storm that dumped icy piles of snow on streets and sidewalks.
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Sun loses at Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed the Review-journal another legal victory in its long-running dispute with the Las Vegas Sun, declining to take up the Sun’s petition asking justices to overturn a lower-court ruling that the companies’ joint...
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GOLDEN FINALE
The Vegas Golden Knights were coming back with gold regardless of who won Sunday’s game. To the spoils go center Jack Eichel and defenseman Noah Hanifin. The Knights’ stars captured their first Olympic gold medals after Team USA defeated Canada in an...
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Substation crash linked to terrorism
One person is dead after what Clark County Sheriff Kevin Mcmahill on Friday called a terrorism-related breach of a power substation near Boulder City. Authorities said Boulder City police received a report at about 10 a.m. Thursday that a car had...
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Trump warns Iran on deal
Iran held annual military drills with Russia on Thursday as a second American aircraft carrier drew closer to the Middle East, with both the United States and Iran signaling they are prepared for war if talks on Tehran’s nuclear program fizzle...
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Women get prison in 2023 crash
World War II veteran Herbert Muskin was 101 but still drove, played blackjack almost every day and took care of his wife. Then, in March 2023, a robbery suspect being pursued by police crashed into the car he was driving. Muskin was at a red light...
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Voice for equality, activist dies at 84
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a familiar face in Las Vegas
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‘BOB GAVE EVERYTHING TO HIS CHARACTERS’
ROBERT Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first two “Godfather” movies and the over-the-hill country music singer in “Tender Mercies,” has died at age...
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New league serves notice: ‘Everyone should enjoy’
When Poi Kulzer’s father died three years ago, she turned to tennis to recenter her mind and process her grief. The concentration needed to sprint across asphalt and lob fuzzy neon balls over a net gave Kulzer, a transgender woman from Las Vegas, a...
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Olympic-level tumble
Ilia Malinin’s dream of gold in the men’s free skate ended with a pair of falls and no medal
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Knights make their mark
Canada’s Mark Stone, left, of the Vegas Golden Knights, scores Thursday in the second period of Canada’s 5-0 preliminaryround victory over Czechia at the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. Canada’s Mitch Marner, in the other white jersey, is a Knights...
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A’s ballpark levels up
Work is continuing rapidly on the Athletics’ $2 billion Las Vegas ballpark, with two of four main levels of the stadium now stretching around the project’s 9-acre footprint. The deck of the ballpark’s lower concourse has been poured from the foul pole...
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Person detained in Guthrie investigation
A person was detained for questioning Tuesday in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, hours after the FBI released surveillance videos of a masked person wearing a handgun holster outside Guthrie’s front door the night she vanished from her Arizona...
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False breast exams ‘horrifying’
Breast cancer survivor Salli Schwartz received a “horrifying” letter more than a week ago. It said her mammograms from the past three years were not valid. Schwartz, 74, had received three mammograms at Summerlin Hospital Medical Center and most...
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‘Pretty big beating’
Sportsbooks went from sweating out a potential massive payout if no touchdown was scored in Super Bowl 60 to sweating out whether Sunday’s game would go over the total. But the betting public that was all over the Seattle Seahawks barely broke a sweat...
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Suspect in bio lab case released
A federal judge ordered the release Friday of a man arrested in connection with what authorities say was an illegal biological laboratory in the east Las Vegas Valley. Ori Solomon, 55, has been charged federally with a count of being a prohibited...
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Metro: Officers tried to save boy
Las Vegas police defended their decision to fire on a man holding his 3-year-old son hostage early Tuesday morning, saying the man had previously threatened to kill the boy and himself and was pointing a gun at the child. Two officers opened fire at...
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Mother of slain child disputes police account
Raneka Pate said she watched from inside a police cruiser as her 3-year-old son’s life ended amid a storm of bullets fired by officers at his father, who was holding the boy. Police said the suspect, later identified as Quinton Baker, held the child...
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Running for a water cause
Ultrarunner Mina Guli, Thirst Foundation nonprofit CEO, stands atop the Hoover Dam after a news conference Tuesday about her plans to run the 1,800-mile span of the Colorado River to raise drought awareness.
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One man arrested in bio lab investigation
Law enforcement leaders said Monday they arrested one man in connection with an alleged illegal biological laboratory in the east Las Vegas Valley. Clark County Sheriff Kevin Mcmahill said authorities arrested Ori Solomon, 55, on a felony charge of...
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Call for ouster renewed
Former associates at a troubled Las Vegas nonprofit hope to oust the current leadership and give back a measure of control to the Lutheran community that founded it. Lutheran Social Services of Nevada has been “de-lutheranized,” said the Rev. Marta...
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Faces of the unidentified
During the fall of 2023, Shelby Mower’s family members became concerned when the 25-year-old Las Vegas resident hadn’t returned calls or text messages. On Nov. 17, 2023, Mower’s mother reported her missing to the Metropolitan Police Department, though...
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Wildflower forecast holds promise
SHOSHONE, Calif. — Death Valley National Park’s resident naturalist couple are hoping for a sprawling “superbloom” as much as anyone. But while all blooms are “super” to trained botanist Naomi Fraga, she’s not so sure this year will meet tall...
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Trump: ‘De-escalate a little bit’
President Donald Trump’s newly appointed head of the ICE crackdown in Minnesota met with Democratic Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday as the White House sought to lower the political temperature following the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by immigration...
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Nevada wins when gold price soars
Gold briefly topped $5,100 per ounce for the first time Monday, and as the fifth-highest gold producer in the world, this is good news for Nevada. With gold hitting a record on the global market, for Nevada, this means more jobs, more tax revenue and...
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Conflicting messages in Minn.
MINNEAPOLIS — In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration operation that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities, with both claiming the moral high ground after...
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Massive winter storm underway
DALLAS — Freezing rain fell in parts of Texas on Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began a trek that threatened to bring snow, sleet, ice, bone-chilling temperatures and extensive power outages to about half the U.S. population. Forecasters...
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy scolds European allies
DAVOS, Switzerland — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted his European allies Thursday for what he portrayed as the continent’s slow, fragmented and inadequate response to Russia’s invasion nearly four years ago and its continued...
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Judge removes RJ staff
A judge removed Las Vegas Review-journal staff from her courtroom Wednesday because they refused to promise not to name an alleged victim testifying in the Nathan Chasing Horse sexual assault trial. An attorney for the Review-journal plans to...
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LV takes handoff, runs with it
MIAMI — The day after a thrilling College Football Playoff national championship Monday night in Miami, officials shifted their focus to Las Vegas for the 2027 edition of the mega event. At a handoff ceremony at the JW Marriott Marquis in downtown...
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Hit parade
Kids on Judge Mari Parladé’s election truck gesture toward the crowd Monday during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade downtown. More than 200 groups participated.
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Carefree, wild and multiplying
INSIDE a long-abandoned 1964 Chevy II Gasser in an industrial lot just north of the Strip, a grey tabby cat named Spice sat in the back seat, looking content on a cold January afternoon. Spice, who received her name because she has a tendency to get...
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Trump floats tariff threat
President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs on goods from nations that oppose his push to take control of Greenland, stepping up his rhetoric while Denmark hosted U.S. lawmakers on its home turf following meetings in Washington this week. “I may...
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Grass law draws lawsuit
A well-intended state law mandating the removal of Southern Nevada’s “useless grass” to conserve water has massively backfired, according to a new lawsuit. Filed Monday in District Court, the complaint alleges that an estimated 100,000 mature trees...
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Trial judge issues press limits
The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of an alleged cult leader issued prohibitions on media coverage on Tuesday that legal experts said amounted to an unconstitutional gag order and that the Las Vegas Review-journal challenged in a letter to...
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‘Paradigm shift in police work’
AT the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fusion Watch and Drone Operations Center Wednesday afternoon, an alarm went off as rows of workers looked at a sea of screens that showed real-time feeds from cameras around Las Vegas. The alert — similar to...
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Colorado River paths unveiled
Offering a window into the five paths it will consider for the Colorado River, the Bureau of Reclamation released a road map to a seven-state deal. The agency released five alternatives to consider for managing the river on its website Friday. A...
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CES can be fun and games
People play classic arcade games on machines by My Arcade during the first day of CES 2026 on Tuesday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The four-day event spotlighting the latest in consumer electronics runs through Friday.
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Carroll out, rebuild in
WITHIN the walls of the Raiders’ Henderson headquarters Monday, the firing of coach Pete Carroll felt less like a coaching change and more like a seminal moment. For the first time in what seems like forever, the Raiders have something significant to...
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‘It’s where innovation occurs’
HUNDREDS of the roughly 4,000 media members attending CES 2026 got an early look Sunday at some of the thousands of consumer electronics gadgets that will dominate multiple trade show floors across the city this week. The annual Consumer Electronics...
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Bird count makes for rare sights in Nevada
Eight pairs of eyes scanned the desert brush through binoculars for signs of life. Without notice, a flash of bright yellow quickly materialized, seizing attention — and raising eyebrows. This mixed-age group of voracious birders had stumbled upon...
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Vegas reputation lures revelers
Crowds gathered in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve for a blowout bash that would be topped off, for the first time, by a drone light show along with the fireworks that traditionally are launched from hotel rooftops. Local officials projected more than...
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America’s Party of 10
The best place to watch Thursday morning’s eight-minute, $1 million “America’s Party” fireworks display and drone light show will be on the Strip between Resorts World Las Vegas and the Fashion Show mall, a representative of Fireworks by Grucci said...
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Central Kitchen is cooking
IN a city known for endless buffets and high-end dining, one of Las Vegas’ largest kitchens is rarely open to guests and only caters to kids. It’s in the far northeast valley, where workers at the Clark County School District’s Central Kitchen prepare,...
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Hitting slopes just got easier
RECENT facility improvements and a renewed emphasis on affordability at Lee Canyon’s ski resort are driving an increase in visitation to Southern Nevada’s largest destination for outdoor winter activities, operators said. Located about 53 miles...
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