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BARTOLOTTA HOSTS SINATRA FAMILY

December 11, 2010 - 4:22 pm

Chef Paul Bartolotta played host to an impromptu Sinatra family luncheon Saturday at Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare at the Wynn. Family members included Sinatra's daughters Nancy and Tina, along with granddaughters Amanda Erlinger and A.J. Paparozzi. They were in for "Sinatra Dance With Me" premiere weekend. Shocked guests thought the Sinatra clan was there as part of the weekend package. From left: Erlinger, Bartolotta, Paparozzi and Nancy Sinatra. (Photo courtesy Wynn Las Vegas)

Spencer Evans of the Las Vegas FBI office speaks during a press conference in November 2023. (B ...

‘Red meat’: FBI Las Vegas leader’s firing could be an Epstein distraction, attorney says

By Noble Brigham / RJ

August 11, 2025 - 7:41 pm

The lawyer wrote in an X post that the official was fired without due process because he followed Justice Department COVID-19 policies.

Law enforcement investigates a shooting at Target off Research Boulevard, near Ohlen Road in Au ...

Fatal shooting at a Target in Texas leaves 3 dead, suspect detained

By NADIA LATHAN Associated Press

August 11, 2025 - 4:26 pm

A gunman opened fire Monday in a Target store parking lot in the Texas capital, killing at least three people, then stole two cars during a getaway that ended with police using a Taser to detain him on the other side of the city, authorities said.

The rare earth mine owned and operated by Las Vegas-based company MP Materials, on April 29, 20 ...

Your next iPhone could come from this mine. It also has billions in Pentagon contracts

By Alan Halaly / RJ

August 11, 2025 - 3:52 pm

Both Apple and the feds have boosted the only operational rare earth mine in North America.

Assembly Majority Floor Leader Sandra Jauregui and Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager, both D-Las Ve ...

Nevada Democratic Assembly leaders will not seek re-election

By Jessica Hill / RJ

August 11, 2025 - 2:25 pm

Speaker Steve Yeager and Majority Floor Leader Sandra Jauregui will not seek re-election in 2026.

CCSD, teachers union reach tentative agreement on contract

By Spencer Levering / RJ

August 11, 2025 - 3:25 pm

CCSD Superintendent Jhone Ebert says the tentative contract will put qualified educators in each classroom and addresses veteran teacher salaries.

Emergency crew gather after an explosion at the Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel coking plant, ...

1 dead, dozens hurt or trapped after explosion at US Steel plant in Pennsylvania

By Marc Levy, Michael Casey and Patrick Whittle The Associated Press

August 11, 2025 - 10:56 am

The explosion sent black smoke spiralling into the midday sky in the Monongahela Valley, a region of the state synonymous with steel for more than a century.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the Whit ...

Trump says he’s placing Washington police under federal control and deploying the National Guard

By Josh Boak and David Klepper Associated Press

August 11, 2025 - 10:51 am

Donald Trump said Monday that he’s taking over Washington’s police department and deploying 800 members of the National Guard across the city in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city officials stressed that crime is already falling in the nation’s capital.

FILE - A board outlining the case against Ghislaine Maxwell is seen during a news conference to ...

Grand jury testimony that indicted Ghislaine Maxwell won’t be unsealed, judge says

By Larry Neumeister, Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press

August 11, 2025 - 7:51 am

Transcripts of the secret grand jury testimony that led to the sex trafficking indictment of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell won’t be released, a judge decided Monday.

CCSD unveils new career academy as 2025-26 school year begins

By Spencer Levering and Megan Howard / RJ

August 11, 2025 - 8:57 pm

Tens of thousands of students across the county filed into classrooms on Monday morning for the Clark County School District’s first day of school.

A portion of the Airport Connector Tunnel westbound roadway is deteriorated on March 14, 2024. ...

What is that white residue in the Las Vegas airport connector tunnel?

By Mick Akers / RJ

August 11, 2025 - 8:54 am

If you’ve driven in the Airport Connector Tunnel, you’ve probably noticed drops of water falling on your windshield, a white residue on the ceiling of the tunnel and on the road.