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Bride caged after Las Vegas wedding

April 15, 2008 - 9:00 pm

A man is accused of handcuffing his wife inside a dog cage days after they were married in Las Vegas.

Canton, Ohio, police Lt. Greg Boudreaux said Matthew George, 28, also fired gunshots inside the home. His wife, Mary Swihart, was not injured.

George was found in a car at the side of the road Sunday near Canton. Boudreaux said George had taken a large number of pills and was hospitalized.

Boudreaux said charges of abduction, assault and domestic violence were pending.

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9 colleges asked to commit to Trump’s political agenda and get favorable access to federal money

By Aamer Madhani and Collin Binkley The Associated Press

October 2, 2025 - 8:56 am

The compact, obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, asks universities to accept the government’s definition of gender and apply it to campus bathrooms, locker rooms and women’s sports teams.

The Supreme Court of Nevada’s Las Vegas building is seen Friday, March 7, 2025. (Sam Mor ...

Law enforcement wants open investigation records kept secret. What does that mean for Nevadans?

By Noble Brigham / RJ

October 2, 2025 - 8:27 am

The battle over records stems from a traffic stop where an police officer is accused of taking a woman’s phone and copying “intimate” photos from it.

Members of the Jewish community comfort each other near to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation ...

British police: Deadly rampage at UK synagogue was a terrorist attack

By Pan Pylas, Brian Melley and Ian Hodgson The Associated Press

October 2, 2025 - 7:52 am

Antisemitic incidents in the U.K. have soared following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and Israel’s ensuing military campaign in Gaza.

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A’s file for building permits worth over $520M worth of work

By Mick Akers / RJ

October 1, 2025 - 1:12 pm

The Athletics applied for two building permits last week totaling $523 million in work on their under-construction Las Vegas ballpark.

U.S. military senior leadership listen as President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Base Qu ...

Hegseth wants ‘male standard’ for combat roles. Female veterans say that’s already the case

By Adriana Gomez Licon and Thomas Beaumont Associated Press

October 1, 2025 - 12:32 pm

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address Tuesday to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his confirmation early this year and helped elevate his voice as a Fox News commentator — the fitness of women to serve in combat.

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Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research, dies at 91

By Hallie Golden The Associated Press

October 1, 2025 - 1:21 pm

“Out there in nature by myself, when you’re alone, you can become part of nature and your humanity doesn’t get in the way,” she told The Associated Press in 2021.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 80th session of the United Nations Gener ...

SAUNDERS: Two years later, ‘much of the world no longer remembers October 7th’

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

October 1, 2025 - 8:55 am

Trump and Netanyahu meet in Washington, give Hamas terrorists a peace offer they don’t deserve.

Lawsuits against Boyd Gaming for recent data breach are piling up

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

October 1, 2025 - 1:27 pm

New lawsuits say cyberattack against the Las Vegas casino company occurred earlier in the month and Boyd has delayed informing victims about details of the data breach.