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Michelle Obama to visit Las Vegas area Monday

October 24, 2008 - 12:03 pm

Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, will return to Nevada on Monday to rally supporters in the Las Vegas area.

She will discuss the "Obama-Biden plan to turn around the country’s economy and the historic nature of this election," the campaign said in a release. Specific details have yet to be announced.

Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at Bonanza High School 3 p.m. Saturday. He is also scheduled to campaign in Reno at the UNR baseball field Saturday morning. That event begins at 7:30 a.m.

New Harry Reid International Airport signage, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas ...

Reid Airport on list of 40 that will face 10% flight reductions Friday

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

November 6, 2025 - 8:42 am

Citing safety reasons during the federal government’s shutdown, the Federal Aviation Administration is seeking to reduce air traffic at 40 airports, and Reid made list.

The US Motel sits quietly along Fremont Street near Charleston Boulevard on Wednesday, Nov. 5, ...

‘Public nuisance’: City Council revokes license of downtown Las Vegas motel

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

November 6, 2025 - 7:24 am

Child sex trafficking, a victim who was shot and an arson at a downtown Las Vegas motel contributed to a sharp increase of crime that led to the property’s closure, according to police.

Democratic Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi speaks at the North Carolina Democratic Unity Dinner fu ...

Nancy Pelosi won’t seek re-election, ending her storied career in the US House

By Lisa Mascaro The Associated Press

November 6, 2025 - 7:23 am

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek re-election to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’s office but arguably the most powerful in American politics.

Pedestrian killed in crash just north of Las Vegas airport

By Mark Davis / RJ

November 6, 2025 - 12:22 am

A pedestrian died in a crash in the central valley late Wednesday afternoon, police said. The crash happened on Paradise Road, south of Naples Drive.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning press conference at the National Palace in ...

Mexico’s President Sheinbaum presses charges after street groping incident

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and FERNANDA FIGUEROA Associated Press

November 5, 2025 - 6:06 pm

President Claudia Sheinbaum has become a symbol of what Mexican women face every day after a video captured a drunk man groping the country’s first woman president.

Devyn Michaels, who is accused of killing her on-again, off-again boyfriend Johnathan Willette, ...

‘Buckle up’: Jurors told to brace themselves in murder trial for woman accused of decapitating man

By Katelyn Newberg / RJ

November 6, 2025 - 6:46 am

Attorneys giving opening statements on Wednesday told jurors to “buckle up” for the lurid details of 47-year-old Devyn Michaels’ trial.

A Southwest Airlines plane takes off at Harry Reid International Airport Wednesday, Nov. 5, 202 ...

Las Vegas airport could be slowed by government shutdown as Thanksgiving nears

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

November 5, 2025 - 7:38 pm

Airport officials may not know until today whether the FAA’s plan to reduce air traffic by 10 percent starting Friday morning will affect Harry Reid International Airport.

Fuel tanks are seen in the foreground as a Delta Air Lines jet departs Harry Reid International ...

County approves airport parking garage next to big fuel tanks

By Eli Segall / RJ

November 5, 2025 - 5:08 pm

An airport parking garage will be built next to a cluster of large jet-fuel tanks under plans approved Wednesday.

A woman arrives at the DMV office on East Sahara Avenue to find it closed because of a massive ...

Hackers entered system 3 months before Nevada cyberattack, report says

By McKenna Ross / RJ

November 5, 2025 - 5:40 pm

The “threat actor” who conducted a ransomware attack on the state of Nevada was in the government’s computer systems as early as three months before, the state revealed in an after-action report released Wednesday.

A man holds a betting sheet as he waits in line to bet on the NCAA basketball tournament at Wes ...

Nevada gaming regulators may be ready to adjust sports-betting rules

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

November 5, 2025 - 3:42 pm

After last month’s sports-betting scandal involving organized crime and the NBA, Nevada gaming regulators say they may review proposition bet regulations.