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2-year-old injured in fire in May dies

September 23, 2010 - 11:00 pm

A 2-year-old boy who was burned in a fire in Golden Valley, Ariz., in the spring died Sept. 16 at the Shriners Children's Hospital in Sacramento, Calif., his mother, Kimberley Thomas, said Thursday.

The Mohave County sheriff's office determined that Erik Glotkowski's
5-year-old brother ignited the fire while playing with a lighter on May 16.

Erik's father pulled him from the burning mobile home, and the boy was airlifted to University Medical Center .

Thomas said her son underwent 19 surgeries, and he died when kidney failure caused other organs to shut down.

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.

FILE - The Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md., Jan. 11, ...

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.

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a roundtable on criminal cartels ...

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.