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Man, 36, faces up to 12½ years in death of 7-month-old girl

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February 16, 2012 - 2:00 am

A 36-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday to manslaughter in Kingman, Ariz., in a case involving a baby who was injured in Lake Havasu City and died in Las Vegas.

By accepting the plea deal, Glenn Michael Peralta of Corona, Calif., avoids a first-degree murder trial but faces a mandatory prison sentence of three to 12½ years.

Prosecutor Doug Camacho said Peralta was watching several children when he fatally injured his girlfriend's granddaughter in October 2007. Seven-month-old Dakota Harryman suffered brain and head injuries and died at Sunrise Medical Center, Camacho said.

Sentencing is set for March 23.

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles on East Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas Review-J ...

New Nevada DMV rule requires many motorists to begin online

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

October 24, 2025 - 4:10 pm

The Nevada DMV now requires motorists to begin many transactions online, including vehicle registration, before visiting a DMV office in person.

U.S. military senior leadership listen as President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Base Qu ...

Pentagon accepts anonymous $130M donation to help pay military during the shutdown

By Konstantin Toropin and Lisa Mascaro Associated Press

October 24, 2025 - 1:13 pm

The Pentagon confirmed Friday that it has accepted an anonymous $130 million gift to help pay members of the military during the government shutdown, raising ethical questions after President Donald Trump had announced that a friend had offered the gift to defray any shortfalls.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a roundtable on criminal cartels with President Do ...

US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup

By Konstantin Toropin The Associated Press

October 24, 2025 - 10:56 am

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group to deploy to U.S. Southern Command.

New York Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks after pleading not guilty outside the United S ...

New York AG pleads not guilty in mortgage fraud case pushed by Trump

By Ben Finley, Alanna Durkin Richer and Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press

October 24, 2025 - 10:48 am

Letitia James is the third Trump adversary to appear before a judge this month on federal charges, amplifying concerns that the president is using the Justice Department to seek retribution after his own legal troubles.

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Social Security recipients get a 2.8% cost-of-living boost in 2026

By Fatima Hussein The Associated Press

October 24, 2025 - 7:59 am

The benefits increase for nearly 71 million Social Security recipients will go into effect beginning in January.

LaTonya Byrd, left, and Oscar Hernandez, both with the Clark County Department of Aviation, org ...

Operations continue to run smoothly at Las Vegas airport amid federal shutdown, officials say

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

October 24, 2025 - 6:30 am

With so much at stake — the arrival of 58 million passengers with a $35 billion economic impact — airport officials are doing what they can to help their federal workers.

Nevada state entomologist Bryant McDowell in his office in Sparks on Oct. 15, 2025. (Nevada Dep ...

‘Not a stodgy, professor-type entomologist’: Nevada’s new bug czar has arrived

By Alan Halaly / RJ

October 24, 2025 - 7:23 am

The Silver State has its fair share of pesky pests, but Bryant McDowell, the newly appointed state entomologist, says it’s on humans to adapt — not the critters. “It’s the insects’ world, and we’re living in it.”

Lorena Portillo, (out of frame), Clark County Registrar of Voters, demonstrates step three, sca ...

New Clark County elections machines will give on-site voters a ‘hands-on’ experience

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

October 24, 2025 - 6:00 am

On-site Clark County voters will encounter a new step when casting ballots starting in the 2026 elections, allowing them to insert the paper record into newly-acquired tabulation machines.

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Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada over TV ads

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

October 23, 2025 - 8:59 pm

President Donald Trump said late Thursday that he was ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad opposing U.S. tariffs.

Sigal Chattah poses for a photo at the Review-Journal studio on Friday Aug. 19, 2022, in Las Ve ...

Judge pauses disqualification of Nevada’s acting US attorney pending appeal

By Noble Brigham / RJ

October 24, 2025 - 9:42 am

The judge wrote that he still thinks Sigal Chattah ‘has not been validly appointed’ and that prosecutors have not shown they are likely to succeed in challenging his conclusions.