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Man indicted over alleged sexual assault at Tropicana

By FRANCIS McCABE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

February 8, 2014 - 12:05 am

A 36-year-old man was indicted by a grand jury on charges he raped a woman at a Strip casino late last month, Clark County prosecutors said Friday.

Donovan Joseph faces six charges, including three counts of sexual assault and one count each of coercion, battery and open or gross lewdness in connection with the rape of a woman at the Tropicana between Jan. 22 and Jan. 23, court documents said.

Joseph is being held at the Clark County Detention Center on $290,000 bail.

An arraignment hearing was set for Feb. 19.

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Federal Reserve cuts key rate but signals higher bar for future reductions

By Christopher Rugaber The Associated Press

December 10, 2025 - 11:26 am

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve reduced its key interest rate for the third time in a row Wednesday but signaled that it may leave rates unchanged in the coming months, a move that could attract ire from President Donald Trump, who has demanded steep reductions to borrowing costs.

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DOJ can unseal records from Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case, judge says

By Michael R. Sisak The Associated Press

December 10, 2025 - 10:44 am

U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman reversed his earlier decision to keep the material under wraps.

More than 100 cited by Henderson police for speeding

By Mark Davis / RJ

December 9, 2025 - 6:51 pm

An initiative targeting seat belt use by drivers and their passengers, conducted by the Henderson Police Department, has lead to more than 100 citations.

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SAUNDERS: Marjorie Taylor Greene runs to anti-Trump embrace of ‘60 Minutes,’ CNN

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

December 9, 2025 - 3:52 pm

The legacy media can’t get enough of Republicans who torch the president on their way out of favor. The Georgia congresswoman joins the GOP hall of shame.

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Inside Gaming: High-stakes gambler accuses Strip casino of racketeering in new lawsuit

By David Danzis and Richard N. Velotta / RJ

December 9, 2025 - 6:06 pm

A new civil RICO lawsuit filed in federal court last week is reviving scrutiny of Resorts World Las Vegas and several people connected to the property’s early operations.

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Justice Department can unseal Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case records, judge says

By Michael R. Sisak The Associated Press

December 9, 2025 - 10:33 am

Judge Paul A. Engelmayer is the second judge to act after the Epstein Files Transparency Act created a narrow exception to rules that normally keep grand jury proceedings secret.

‘It was a matter of time’: Diseased bats may have arrived in Las Vegas

By Alan Halaly / RJ

December 8, 2025 - 5:06 pm

The outbreak of this wildlife disease is considered the worst in North American history.

Fiore requests expedited appeal, citing ‘irreparable harm’ to re-election odds

By Spencer Levering / RJ

December 9, 2025 - 9:16 am

The suspended Pahrump Justice of the Peace argued her 2026 reelection campaign will be “clouded by misinformation” without an expedited appeal in a filing Friday.

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Magnitude 7.5 quake in northern Japan injures 23, triggers a tsunami

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press

December 8, 2025 - 12:48 pm

The Japanese government was still assessing damages from the tsunami and late-evening quake, which struck at about 11:15 p.m.

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Supreme Court seems likely to back Trump’s power to fire independent agency board members

By Mark Sherman The Associated Press

December 8, 2025 - 10:31 am

The court’s conservative majority suggested it would overturn a 90-year-old decision that has limited when presidents can fire agencies’ board members, or leave it with only its shell intact.