Las Vegas Review-Journal

Emergency save for area schools

AFTER the Clark County School District said it would cut more than $51 million from its budget this fall because of declining enrollment and higher employee pay, Gov. Joe Lombardo on Friday endorsed an emergency regulation intended to avert those...

Carrying his brother’s torch

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Jack Bech will return this weekend to New Orleans, a place he once loved to visit with his family from two hours down the road in Lafayette, Louisiana. He will be joined by a huge group of friends and family hoping to...

Deal on, deal off

‘Big decision to make’

UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump said U.S. and Iranian officials met Tuesday, an unexpected engagement that came even as he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t...

Carrot Top faces lawsuit, makes claim of extortion

The recent hospitalization of Scott Thompson, the comedian better known as Carrot Top, followed a flurry of filings in a Florida lawsuit, including claims that he sexually exploited another man and was being extorted by a singer. A declaration in the...

Parks plan draws anger

MORE than a dozen Las Vegas city parks are getting makeovers, changes that officials say will save 82 million gallons of water per year but have some residents incensed about the potential consequences. At Thursday’s Southern Nevada Water Authority...

Terms loom for data centers

Companies seeking to build data centers in Nevada will have to pay taxes toward schools and take other steps to support their communities under an executive order signed by Gov. Joe Lombardo. The news, announced early Friday, comes amid growing...

Royal demolition near Strip

A shuttered hotel near the Strip was turned into a mountain of rubble this week. Work crews recently started tearing down the Royal Resort on Convention Center Drive. Much of the eight-story building was still standing as of Monday, and then, the...

Fed ups interest rate

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly high inflation, and the central bank signaled another rate hike could occur later this year. The quarter-point...

NDE: Grade-level targets still unmet

Most Nevada and Clark County School District students did not meet grade-level expectations in English and math last school year, new data from the Nevada Department of Education shows, continuing a long-standing trend in the Silver State. School...

WHO CONTROLS THE WORLD?

New warnings from within the artificial-intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanity’s survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are...

CCSD plan grows, answers bell

SOME Safekey programs in the Las Vegas Valley are seeing increased enrollment after the Clark County School District’s new bell schedule left parents with rigid work schedules searching for childcare options. Safekey is a before- and after-school...

A day of remembrance

Twenty-five years after one of the most harrowing days in modern American history, several events in the Las Vegas Valley paid homage Friday to the first responders and thousands of people who were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. A...

Bush relives tragedy

DALLAS — George W. Bush was spirited away from a classroom in Florida to a secure location in the Midwest just minutes after learning of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on American soil. The president was frustrated about not being at the White...

Never forgotten

The sun will rise Friday, and Junior ROTC cadets at Palo Verde High School will continue a decades-long tradition. Hundreds of students and dozens of first responders will gather at a memorial near the school’s soccer field. JROTC cadets will raise,...

President: ‘Never forget’

WASHINGTON — Nearly a quarter century after a day “etched forever into the memories of Americans,” President Donald Trump honored the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Tuesday by vowing to “never forget.” The event at the Ellipse was...

Born out of need, built out of deeds

TOUTED as a civil engineering marvel before construction even began, the immense Mike O’callaghan-pat Tillman Memorial Bridge hangs about 90 stories above the Colorado River, overlooking the storied Hoover Dam. There was a time when the most viable...

‘Super’ El Niño looms

ABNORMALLY hot temperatures in the Pacific Ocean have sparked questions about whether a “Super” El Niño cycle could bring extreme or erratic weather this year. But El Niño does not guarantee any specific weather despite the hype, according to Dan...

Henderson will fete its U.S. titlists

Members of the Paseo Verde Little League team will be the guests of honor later this month as the city of Henderson celebrates its U.S. champions. The city announced Friday that plans are in the works for a free Sept. 19 event at the Lee’s Family...

Labor Day weekend gas record to fall this week

Drivers should expect to pay record-high Labor Day weekend gas prices in the Las Vegas Valley, besting the previous high set in 2022, as prices continue to increase nationwide. The average price of regular unleaded gasoline in the valley was $4.90 a...

U Remind Me of someone

AS Usher for Real checked out Usher in Wax, the celebrated entertainer’s wife looked on with an approving smile. “They got it right,” Jennifer Goicoechea said Wednesday at Madame Tussauds wax museum at The Venetian’s Grand Canal Shoppes. Usher’s...

Judge ‘loved helping people’

Former Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass’ family decided to hold a private funeral after her death Friday. But based on word of mouth, 250 people learned the details anyway and showed up for the Monday service, her husband, Clark County...

Two dead, many missing in flood

Buildings are seen in flood-damaged Bright Angel Canyon on Monday in Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The area was hit with flash flooding Saturday, and at least 12 people remain missing, including two men on a dream trip.

Cruel world sometimes

A Paseo Verde player walks off Sunday as Curaçao celebrates its 11-2 win in the Little League World Series title game in South Williamsport, Pa. The Henderson team’s loss marked the second straight year a Nevada team finished runner-up.

Judge denies eligibility plea

A federal judge on Friday denied a request from a UNLV football player for a temporary restraining order preventing the NCAA from declaring him ineligible. While Chief U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon said it would be up to UNLV to decide whether to...

Defense rests in Tupac trial

The defense rested Thursday in the trial over the slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur after a detective previously assigned to the case said he would have arrested the defendant in 2009. A defense attorney for Duane Davis, 63, and prosecutors will make...

Paseo Verde gets through

Paseo Verde routed Davenport, Iowa, 14-6 to reach the U.S. championship.

Beloved music and film icon

DOLLY PARTON, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died in Nashville. She was 80. “After...

State sues over cuts

Nevada officials filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s order for cuts in water use Monday, marking a major escalation of tensions between the seven states that share the Colorado River. The complaint, filed in the U.S....

Strip sight soars

Construction continues at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, the Strip’s largest and most-visible resort project. The 42-story Guitar Hotel, which topped out this spring, is now largely enclosed in blue-tinted glass, while exterior sheathing covers...

Warning in 2020: Ponder ‘lost way’

A Las Vegas attorney warned the nonprofit Hope for Prisoners that the organization’s founder, Jon Ponder, had “lost his way” nearly six years before Ponder’s arrest Tuesday on suspicion of sex assault and other charges, the Las Vegas Review-journal has...

A’s roof structure progressing

The roof of the Athletics’ Las Vegas ballpark is steadily coming together as crews on Tuesday morning completed the installation of the stadium’s second steel truss arch. The truss, made up of five steel pieces arching over the stadium and attached to...

Tupac tight-lipped

The first witness Monday at the trial of the man accused of orchestrating the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur was a former Metropolitan Police Department officer who spoke with Shakur after the shooting that would ultimately claim his life. Garry Dale...

Nevada faces steep cuts

NEVADA is likely to give up a sixth of its Colorado River allocation next year as the federal government prepares to impose its strictest limits ever on the state’s water use, according to a document released Friday. That could be followed by even...

Airlines coping with heat

With temperatures expected to soar to around 115 degrees over the weekend, air travelers leaving Las Vegas should prepare for possible cancellations and delays — or in even rarer occasions to be bumped by their airline. Flights were delayed last...

Hoover Dam off limits

Hoover Dam remained closed to visitors Wednesday after federal officials first confirmed the closure Monday evening. Federal officials have not announced a reopening date for the popular tourist site, and a spokesperson for the U.S. Bureau of...

Graham recalled as Senate ‘giant’

WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation’s more influential U.S. politicians at home and abroad, was eulogized Tuesday as “a true American original” during memorial services in...

President asks court to approve voting list

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to clear the way for an executive order from President Donald Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting ahead of November’s midterm elections. The Justice Department...

A PLACE TO CHILL

Cooling stations dot nearly every neighborhood in Clark County, but many of those inside trying to avoid the deadly heat don’t even know they’re using one. It’s more than just a branding problem, one researcher has found. That’s according to the...

Gas prices on the march again

The Las Vegas Valley has seen gasoline prices jump 14 cents per gallon in the past week as multiple overseas conflicts rage on, creating the potential for $5-per-gallon gas. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Southern Nevada was...

Athletics head for home in funding

Billionaire Mark Cuban’s Harbinger Sports Partners has invested in the Athletics as the team prepares to move to Las Vegas in 2028. The minority owner of the NBA’S Dallas Mavericks and his Atlanta-based private equity firm purchased an undisclosed...

Saluting the fallen

President Donald Trump on Wednesday honored the lives of four U.S. service members who were killed in the Middle East and returned to their families at an air force base in Delaware. The president saluted as four transfer cases carrying the service...

Police kill suspect at Walmart

One person was shot during a fight inside a Walmart early Tuesday, authorities said, leading to a fatal police shooting in the parking lot of the business in the eastern Las Vegas Valley. Metropolitan Police Department Capt. Brandon Oris said that at...

NLV company’s new title: BXBL

Boxabl, the North Las Vegas firm that makes tiny homes in a factory, is now a publicly traded company. Shares of Boxabl started trading Monday on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol BXBL and closed the session at $9.82. Stock trackers showed mixed...

Something to scream about

Spanish players cheer alongside President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Sunday at the conclusion of the World Cup championship soccer match won by Spain 1-0 over Argentina on Sunday.

Fertitta not welcomed in posh Venice arrival

VENICE, Italy — Several hundred protesters marched Friday against the arrival in Venice of the billionaire American ambassador’s luxury yacht, briefly clashing with riot police as they neared the vessel. Activists described hospitality mogul Tilman...

Olympic athletes bring the noise to the Strip Flavor Flav behind event that’s ‘all for the women’

A portion of Las Vegas Boulevard was shut down Thursday night to celebrate over 100 Winter Olympians and Paralympians, as set up by rapper Flavor Flav and his SHE Weekend event. What started out as a social media post in response to President Donald...

Data center siting stirs ire

A small rally in Southern Nevada’s quaintest city had a big message. Data centers are not welcome in the city that built Hoover Dam. But they may be coming anyway despite fierce resident protest — a fact that Boulder City restaurateur and longtime...

President halts vehicle stops

BIDDEFORD, Maine — Trump administration officials told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings within a week, people familiar with the decision said Tuesday. The policy change came after an...

U.S. to charge ships in strait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. strik. launched es on Iran early Tuesday morning, hours after President Donald Trump said Washington is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump separately suggested the United States will...

‘I’m glad that we have them’

Anthony Tyson spent years running a landscaping business in Connecticut before addiction upended his life. After entering drug rehabilitation in California, his health insurance expired. Without coverage or stable housing, Tyson became homeless and...

Witnesses: Victim no threat

Three men inside a van who witnessed the fatal shooting of the driver by an immigration officer in Houston said the Mexican man was shot through a passenger window and that the officer was never threatened, a lawyer who has spoken with them said...

2 days of U. S. strikes kill 14

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As the United States launched new airstrikes against Iran on Thursday, sirens sounded at least three times in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters, and Iranian missiles targeted Kuwait and Qatar. Sirens...

Colangelo’s name emerges on LV list

FORMER Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondbacks owner Jerry Colangelo is in the mix to land a Las Vegas NBA expansion team. Colangelo, 86, leads a group called the Las Vegas Jacks that Wednesday announced an $8 billion plan to bring the NBA to Southern...

Trump arrives at NATO talks

ANKARA, Turkey — President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that the United States should be in control of Greenland rather than NATO ally Denmark, renewing tensions in Europe even as the trans-atlantic military alliance was announcing billions in arms...

Stars, stripes and sadness

Chris Haynes, left, and Marlene Recinos of Las Vegas raise their flags for the national anthem during a watch party at Stadium Swim at Circa for the United States-belgium World Cup round of 16 match on Monday. Belgium won 4-1 to eliminate the U.S.

Documenting ‘Depletion’

THE trip was the ultimate test of their bromance, and they passed. But it had a deeper message. It has been months since Alex Harper, 37, and Austin Williams, 35, began a 112-mile journey from the Spring Mountains to Lake Mead that most rational people...

READ THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and...

Wagging tail his telltale tell

Ace Alley of Mount Charleston competes with his toy poodle Pancho Villa during Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Main Event at the Paris Ballroom inside the Paris on Thursday.

Proud to be an American

Dave Csik reacts to game action Wednesday at Circa during a World Cup match between the United States and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The United States won 2-0 to advance to the round of 16.

Possible attack thwarted

A heavily armed suspect who authorities said had planned a mass shooting was arrested in a Henderson casino parking garage over the weekend, police announced Tuesday. Allison Howlett was arrested Saturday on suspicion of making a threat related to an...

Alleged gang members guilty

Las Vegas federal jurors returned guilty verdicts Monday against three men accused of being MS-13 gang officials and committing a series of murders. But the jury did not return a guilty verdict on each count or for every one of the 11 killings that...