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I HEART RADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL KICKS OFF FRIDAY

September 24, 2011 - 10:56 am

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The iheartradio Music Festival got underway, beginning Friday night at MGM Grand. Iheartradio is an internet site that allows listeners to create stations around their interests. The two-day festival has a huge variety of artists, including: Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Steven Tyler, John Mayer, Sublime, Sting and many others. Friday's performers included: The Black Eyed Peas, Carrie Underwood, Jane's Addiction and Joe Jonas.

Los Angeles’ Eastside shaken by 3rd earthquake in a month

Rong-Gong Lin II Los Angeles Times

June 24, 2024 - 11:47 am

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck underneath the Los Angeles neighborhood of El Sereno on Monday morning, causing weak shaking throughout the Eastside and San Gabriel Valley.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at Bottega Exchange coworking space ...

Kamala Harris to visit Las Vegas following presidential debate

By Taylor R. Avery / RJ

June 24, 2024 - 11:19 am

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit Las Vegas on Friday following the first 2024 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Police and fire crews work a wrong-way crash on the 215 Beltway near Jones Boulevard that kille ...

Police were told about wrong-way driver minutes before fatal crash

By Noble Brigham / RJ

June 24, 2024 - 10:37 am

Two people, including the wrong-way driver, were killed in the crash that occurred on the 215 Beltway in the northwest Las Vegas Valley.

Carson City's population dropped last year, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures. (AP Photo/ ...

Is Carson City’s population dropping?

By Patrick Blennerhassett / RJ

June 24, 2024 - 9:42 am

Nevada’s capital city lost residents last year, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, but the city is disputing the federal agency’s numbers.

A surfer walks out of the ocean on Oahu's North Shore near Haleiwa, Hawaii, March 31, 2020. Aut ...

Hawaii lifeguard dies in shark attack while surfing off Oahu

By The Associated Press

June 24, 2024 - 6:19 am

A professional lifeguard died after he was attacked by a shark while surfing off the island of Oahu in Hawaii on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

Cars traveling back to California after the Labor Day holiday weekend sit in traffic on Interst ...

July 4th traffic congestion expected; driving tips for Vegas visitors, locals

By Mick Akers / RJ

June 24, 2024 - 9:17 am

Independence Day travel is expected to be extremely busy, with a record 71 million people set to travel within the U.S. for the holiday.

FILE - Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads the Easter Sunday Mass at the ...

Church leaders say Israeli government is demanding they pay property tax

By Julia Frankel The Associated Press

June 23, 2024 - 5:31 pm

Major churches have accused Israeli authorities of launching a “coordinated attack” on the Christian presence in the Holy Land by initiating tax proceedings against them.

Students on the UC Santa Barbara campus in Santa Barbara, California, Nov. 9, 2021. (Al Seib/Lo ...

Officers remove pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Santa Barbara

By Melody Petersen Los Angeles Times

June 23, 2024 - 5:26 pm

Dozens of officers removed encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters from UC Santa Barbara Sunday morning, according to videos and social media posts by the protest group.

FILE - People listen to a speaker at a pro-Palestinian encampment calling for a permanent cease ...

3 Columbia University administrators put on leave over alleged text exchange at antisemitism panel

By Michael Symes / RJ

June 23, 2024 - 5:20 pm

Columbia Univ. said it placed three administrators on leave while it investigates allegations of unprofessional text messages during an antisemitism panel discussion on campus.

An F-18 fighter aircraft sits in the hanger of the Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), a nuclear-power ...

Aerial drone likely launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels hits ship in the Red Sea

By Jon Gambrell The Associated Press

June 23, 2024 - 5:15 pm

An aerial drone likely launched by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists struck and damaged a vessel in the Red Sea on Sunday, officials said.