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LISA SCINTA TAKES GIANT CAREER STEP

September 15, 2012 - 7:30 am

Las Vegan Lisa Scinta made the most of a major career break on Thursday when she was invited to sing on NBC's "The Voice." She got Christina Aguilera's stamp of approval after singing Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream." Aguilera added Scinta to her team. Scinta has become an Internet sensation since posting her songs on YouTube. She grew up around the headlining family The Scintas and her dedication to songwriting has paid off big: she's one of Universal Records top writers. (Courtesy photo)

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, ...

Trump administration rescinds Nevada’s high-speed internet funds

By Jessica Hill / RJ

June 6, 2025 - 6:17 pm

New policies for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program were announced, withdrawing funds already given out and forcing states to reapply.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing ...

SAUNDERS: ICC clown car targets Israel. Trump administration strikes back

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

June 6, 2025 - 5:39 pm

The United States sanctions four judges on the International Criminal Court for blatantly anti-American and anti-Israeli actions.

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon ...

Four Israeli soldiers killed in southern Gaza

By Wafaa Shurafa The Associated Press

June 6, 2025 - 5:05 pm

The military said four Israeli soldiers were killed Friday in southern Gaza when an explosive detonated as they searched a Hamas compound in Khan Younis, causing part of a building to collapse.

FILE - The U.S. Social Security Administration office is seen in Mount Prospect, Ill., Oct. 12, ...

Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems

By Lindsay Whitehurst The Associated Press

June 6, 2025 - 2:14 pm

The court majority sided with the Trump administration in its first Supreme Court appeal involving DOGE, the team once led by billionaire Elon Musk.

FILE - This undated photo provided by Murray Osorio PLLC shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (Murray Os ...

Man mistakenly deported to El Salvador returned to US for indictment

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Lindsay Whitehurst and Ben Finley The Associated Press

June 6, 2025 - 1:31 pm

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s abrupt release from El Salvador closes one chapter and opens another in a saga that yielded a remarkable, months-long standoff between Trump officials and the courts.

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the ...

Sportsbook posts odds on Donald Trump-Elon Musk feud

By Todd Dewey / RJ

June 6, 2025 - 12:02 pm

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, got into a war of words Thursday on social media, inspiring a sportsbook to post props on the feud.

A recent report reveals that families of four must earn more than $200,000 to live comfortably ...

Adults making under $80K can’t afford to live comfortably in any state: report

Brendan Rascius, The Charlotte Observer

June 6, 2025 - 11:55 am

A single adult earning less than $80,000 per year cannot afford to live comfortably in a single U.S. state, a new report found.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salutes during a ceremony at the US cemetery to commemorate ...

Transgender troops face a deadline and a difficult decision: Stay or go?

By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press

June 6, 2025 - 10:00 am

As transgender service members face a deadline to leave the U.S. military, hundreds are taking the financial bonus to depart voluntarily. But others say they will stay and fight.

A University Medical Center public safety vehicle waits outside the hospital in Las Vegas Thurs ...

Nevada legislation to establish nurse, patient ratios goes to governor

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

June 6, 2025 - 7:34 pm

Two sides are warring over the passage of a bill mandating nurse-to-patient ratios and increasing transparency in work protections.

Stephanie Garcia-Vause, left, and Hollie Chadwick (courtesy/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Stop ‘getting defensive,’ Henderson city manager told police chief before firing, emails show

By Bryan Horwath and Casey Harrison / RJ

June 6, 2025 - 6:26 pm

The rift between Henderson police Chief Hollie Chadwick and her new boss was evident in emails between the two in the weeks before the city manager fired Chadwick.