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November 28, 2007 - 10:00 pm

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‘Light over darkness’: Local Hanukkah celebrations held amid tight security

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

December 16, 2025 - 9:37 am

Events hosted by the city of Las Vegas and Clark County took place amid tight police security after Australian antisemitic terror attack

Baby formula not pulled off shelves fast enough after botulism recall, FDA says

By Jonel Aleccia AP Health Writer

December 15, 2025 - 4:04 pm

Four of the nation’s top retail stores failed to promptly pull contaminated infant formula tied to a dangerous botulism outbreak from their shelves, federal health officials said.

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By Bryan Horwath / RJ

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Though she’s been on the job since June, Jessica Hutchings, 40, was officially introduced to Congregation Ner Tamid, the largest Reform Judaism synagogue in Nevada, on Friday night.

Zip ties, gas masks and ICE: Church Nativity scenes protest immigration raids

By Leah Willingham and Laura Bargfeld The Associated Press

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Supporters of the displays say the Bible is on their side, but critics call the scenes sacrilegious and politically divisive.

An Apple Streusel Pie is displayed in New York on Nov. 9, 2018. (Cheyenne M. Cohen via AP)

The therapeutic benefits of baking

By Katie Workman The Associated Press

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Baking can be many things: an act of creation, connection, control. There’s something comforting about it, even if life doesn’t always feel orderly.

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Nonstarchy vegetables like leafy greens add bulk to your diet with minimal calories. (Getty Images)

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks ...

Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans

By Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press

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Senators rejected a Democratic bill to extend the subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative that would have created new health savings accounts.