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Photos by Steve Andrascik

January 11, 2012 - 8:55 pm

Seventeen-year-old Michael McGrath and his parents had been living in a tent in a homeless emcampment on Owens Avenue near Interstate 15 when they were featured in an article in the Review-Journal. The family now lives in an apartment thanks to HELP of Southern Nevada. The Rancho High senior now has a place to do homework.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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‘We will never forget you’: Sunrise ceremony honors 1 October victims

By Akiya Dillon / RJ

October 1, 2025 - 5:24 pm

The event included a minute of silence for victims of the shooting and remarks from Gov. Joe Lombardo and Sheriff Kevin McMahill.

Local effects of federal government shutdown limited — for now

By Jessica Hill / RJ

October 1, 2025 - 5:03 pm

The U.S. has entered day one of a federal government shutdown. Here are the services in Nevada that have been impacted.

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Lawsuit: CCSD student faced racially motivated attacks for 2 years

By Spencer Levering / RJ

October 1, 2025 - 2:31 pm

An alleged series of racially motivated physical and verbal assaults created a hostile learning environment for an elementary school boy, a lawsuit claimed.

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‘Leadership failure’ is putting Lake Mead in peril, coalition says

By Alan Halaly / RJ

October 1, 2025 - 4:51 pm

The crisis along the Colorado River is coming to a head as seven state negotiators fail to deliver an agreement on how to manage it over the next 20 years.

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Feds secure stake in Nevada lithium mine — and the company building it

By Alan Halaly / RJ

October 1, 2025 - 10:21 am

The Trump administration has negotiated a stake in both the company building a lithium mine in Northern Nevada and the mine itself, the U.S. Energy Department said Tuesday.