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Amber Alert for abducted Nevada boy is called off

October 18, 2008 - 10:26 am

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ Authorities have called off an Amber Alert in their search for an abducted Nevada boy but aren't saying why.

Nevada transportation officials canceled the alert for 6-year-old Cole Puffinburger on Saturday morning. They would not give details but planned an afternoon news conference.

Cole was abducted from a Las Vegas home Wednesday by three men posing as police officers. Police say they believe the men were drug dealers and that the kidnapping at gunpoint was a "message" to boy's grandfather.

The grandfather was arrested in Southern California after police named him a "person of interest."

Chad Viola, a worker at Rudolph's Christmas Trees, carries a customer's tree on Monda ...

Don’t toss your Christmas tree, Las Vegas. UNLV wants to turn it into mulch

By Alan Halaly / RJ

December 25, 2025 - 2:19 pm

Last year, about 10,000 Christmas trees transformed into 86 tons of mulch for use in city parks.

Pope Leo XIV waves after delivering the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the wo ...

Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering

By Silvia Stellacci and Colleen Barry The Associated Press

December 25, 2025 - 8:21 am

The first U.S. pontiff addressed some 26,000 people from the loggia overlooking St. Peter’s Square for the traditional papal “Urbi et Orbi” address, Latin for “To the City and to the World.”

Longtime Las Vegas employee promoted 9 times to become first Latina deputy city manager

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

December 25, 2025 - 6:30 am

Rosa Cortez was unanimously ratified as a deputy city manager on Aug. 20, becoming the first Latina at the post in the municipality’s history.

Henderson Councilwoman Carrie Cox appears at her arraignment hearing at the Regional Justice Ce ...

Henderson Councilwoman Carrie Cox asks judge to toss criminal charge

By Casey Harrison / RJ

December 25, 2025 - 8:02 am

A lawyer for Carrie Cox asked a judge to dismiss a felony charge against the Henderson councilwoman for allegedly recording another councilwoman’s private conversation due to insufficient evidence.

Miguel Lopez sweeps water from Marlene's Beachcomber on the Santa Monica pier Wednesd ...

Powerful Christmas Eve storm slams into Southern California — PHOTOS

The Associated Press

December 24, 2025 - 3:58 pm

A winter storm swept across California, with heavy rains and gusty winds bringing mudslides and debris flows that has led to some water rescues and evacuation orders.

This undated photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislai ...

After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a ‘few more weeks’ to finish releasing Epstein files

By Seung Min Kim, Eric Tucker and Michael R. Sisak The Associated Press

December 24, 2025 - 1:17 pm

The Christmas Eve announcement came hours after a dozen U.S. senators called on the Justice Department’s watchdog to examine its failure to meet the deadline.

Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Horizon cruise ship is shown docked at PortMiami, April 9, 2021 ...

Teen suspect in stepsister’s cruise ship death says he doesn’t remember anything, documents say

The Associated Press

December 24, 2025 - 12:58 pm

A 16-year-old boy being investigated in the death of his stepsister on a Carnival cruise ship last month has no recollection about what happened, according to text message exchanges between his parents filed in a custody court case.