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Mayo dunk highlights first half

Adam Hill

July 11, 2008 - 3:34 pm

O.J. Mayo took a steal the length of the court and threw down a dunk in the closing seconds of the first half to help give the Grizzlies a 38-30 halftime edge over New Orleans.

The thunderous throwdown brought most of the crowd to its feet. Mayo closed the half with a game-high 12 points, but he committed five turnovers.

Darrell Arthur added 10 points for Memphis. Hilton Armstrong, a contributor on the regular-season roster for the Hornets, has seven points and five rebounds at the break. Dalron Johnson has yet to see action.

In the stands, amongst a large collection of scouts, general managers and fans, sit the past and future of UNLV centers side by side. Gaston Essengue and Beas Hamga are taking in the action together four rows up near center court.

A wild horse roams public land on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, near Eureka, Nevada. (Ellen Schmidt/L ...

How much of Nevada’s land is owned by the feds? More than you might think

By Alan Halaly / RJ

May 14, 2024 - 6:01 am

Nevada has the highest percentage of public lands of any state in the country. The majority of it is operated by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Baba Anal, left, and Satish Bhatnagar, the co-founders of the American Hindu Association, pose ...

Hindu group, aiming to build temple, alleges discrimination by Henderson

By Brett Clarkson / RJ

May 14, 2024 - 6:00 am

The American Hindu Association wants to build a temple in a rural Henderson neighborhood. But a city ordinance is preventing it from happening.

Former President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd at a caucus night watch party hosted by the Tru ...

Trump thumps Biden in Nevada, poll says

By Jessica Hill / RJ

May 13, 2024 - 7:35 pm

The New York Times/Siena College poll found that if the election were held today, 50 percent would pick Donald Trump and 38 percent would pick Joe Biden.

Guests line up outside Gas South Arena in Gwinnett County for Emory University's 2024 undergrad ...

After late-semester protests, Emory marks graduation ‘not in the quad’

By Cassidy Alexander and Josh Reyes The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

May 13, 2024 - 6:01 pm

Emory University held its undergraduate commencement at Gas South Arena Monday morning — breaking from the tradition of the ceremony at the quad at the school’s Druid Hills campus.

Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Corona, leads California’s Republican delegation in Congress. (Tom W ...

House poised to vote on Israel arms after mixed report on their use

By Rachel Oswald CQ-Roll Call

May 13, 2024 - 5:55 pm

House Republicans are planning a floor vote this week on draft legislation that would seek to force the administration into continuing weapons transfers to Israel.

This is the site of a proposed Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the northw ...

LDS temple plan to be heard by Las Vegas commission

By Taylor R. Avery / RJ

May 13, 2024 - 5:45 pm

A controversial plan for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple proposed near Lone Mountain will come before the Las Vegas Planning Commission.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., joined by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks to reporters af ...

SAUNDERS: Marjorie Taylor Greene went after the speaker. Guess who lost?

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

May 13, 2024 - 4:25 pm

The far-right Georgia congresswoman believes that results don’t matter as long as you fight for the sake of fighting. It has made her a cable news star.

FILE - Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating ...

Punxsutawney Phil’s babies’ names play on weather-predicting tradition

Associated Press

May 13, 2024 - 2:40 pm

Punxsutawney Phil’s offspring now have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin.

Dan Kulin, right, manager Election Administration, demonstrates how to cast a vote to Pete Pizz ...

Which Nevada county has the highest average voter participation rate?

By Jessica Hill / RJ

May 13, 2024 - 3:56 pm

Out of the 17 counties in the Silver State, this one has the highest average voter participation rate.

Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May ...

Takeaways from Cohen’s pivotal testimony in Trump hush money trial

By Michael R. Sisak, Jill Colvin, Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer The Associated Press

May 13, 2024 - 3:01 pm

Cohen provided jurors with an insider’s account of payments to silence women’s claims of sexual encounters with Trump, saying the payments were directed by Trump to fend off damage to his 2016 White House bid.