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Another dancer dismissed

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

April 19, 2011 - 8:18 pm

LOS ANGELES -- She was praised as a "golden goddess" on Monday, but now Petra Nemcova is a "Dancing With the Stars" reject.

The model and humanitarian was dismissed from the hit ABC show on Tuesday, but she vowed to continue dancing.

"It's been a life-changing journey, not just for me, but also so many people got inspired because of the 'Dancing With the Stars' show that I started to do dance-a-thons at schools to fundraise for Happy Hearts and change the lives of so many children around the world," Nemcova said as she learned her "Dancing" fate.

More than 130 quakes have hit Northern California. What’s causing them?

By Rong-Gong Lin II Los Angeles Times

August 16, 2025 - 7:00 am

A series of more than 100 earthquakes has hit Northern California, shaking up the Geysers geothermal steam field in Sonoma and Lake counties.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Just how involved will Nevada’s National Guard be in ICE operations?

By Jessica Hill / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 4:20 pm

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office provided more clarity on the role Nevada’s National Guard will play in assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

How will CCSD, Clark County handle immigration concerns in schools?

By Megan Howard / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 2:32 pm

Clark County students went back to school this week, and questions of immigration and child welfare lingered in the back of the community’s mind.

Toni Lee holds a photo of her son, Jacob Lee, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in North Las Vegas. L ...

‘Excruciating pain’: Las Vegas motorcyclist died in crash just weeks after engagement

By Isaiah Steinberg / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 9:18 pm

Jacob Flavie Lee, 22, had recently gotten engaged but never had the chance to announce it.

Athar Haseebullah, the executive director of the ACLU of Nevada, speaks during a press conferen ...

ACLU of Nevada files suit, suspects DMV might be working with ICE

By Noble Brigham / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 7:11 pm

The ACLU of Nevada’s director said the organization has filed records requests in an attempt to see if the Nevada DMV was working with immigration authorities.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in Los An ...

SAUNDERS: Newsom campaigns for president by trying to rig voter maps

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 1:32 pm

Will a run at midterm redistricting — and trying to overturn the will of voters — help Governor Handsome win the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination?

President Donald Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat t ...

No, taxpayers will not receive new stimulus checks this summer

By Melissa Goldin Associated Press

August 15, 2025 - 1:31 pm

Rumors spread online Friday that the U.S. government will soon be issuing stimulus checks to taxpayers in certain income brackets.

Clark County Senior Director of Aviation James Chrisley, an Air Force veteran who served at Nel ...

New Clark County aviation director to be named next week

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 2:29 pm

An Air Force veteran at Nellis and Creech air force bases is expected to be named Clark County aviation director at a meeting next week.

The Lake Mead Marina on Lake Mead is in view from the Hoover Dam Lodge Trailhead on Thursday, A ...

Lake Mead’s water woes deepen: Nevada’s share slashed once again

By Alan Halaly / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 6:31 pm

A new projection affirmed that Lake Mead is likely to fall to its lowest level ever in 2027.

Trump says no deal on ending war in Ukraine as Putin says there was an ‘understanding’

By Michelle L. Price and Will Weissert Associated Press

August 15, 2025 - 4:50 pm

President Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin didn’t reach a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine after meeting on Friday — despite Putin saying they had come to “an understanding”