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Michelle Obama to visit Las Vegas area Monday

October 24, 2008 - 12:03 pm

Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, will return to Nevada on Monday to rally supporters in the Las Vegas area.

She will discuss the "Obama-Biden plan to turn around the country’s economy and the historic nature of this election," the campaign said in a release. Specific details have yet to be announced.

Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at Bonanza High School 3 p.m. Saturday. He is also scheduled to campaign in Reno at the UNR baseball field Saturday morning. That event begins at 7:30 a.m.

The Nevada Legislature building on April 23, 2025, in Carson City. (Liv Paggiarino/Las Vegas Re ...

Lawmakers look to Georgia in renewed film bill debate

By McKenna Ross / RJ

November 3, 2025 - 7:24 pm

A pair of state lawmakers urged the public to consider consequences of offering tax breaks to build film studios in Southern Nevada.

Jeanne Llera, mother of Jorge Gomez, right, hugs Desiree Smith, founder of More Than A Hashtag, ...

Jury awards $6.5M in trial over Las Vegas police killing of armed protester

By Noble Brigham / RJ

November 3, 2025 - 8:10 pm

A key issue at trial was whether Black Lives Matter demonstrator Jorge Gomez had pointed a rifle at police.

Dayanne Figueroa, a U.S. citizen, stands in her mother’s backyard in Northlake, Illinois ...

Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability

By Laura Rodríguez Presa and Jonathan Bullington Chicago Tribune

November 3, 2025 - 1:41 pm

An unmarked vehicle driven by federal agents collided with Dayanne Figueroa’s as it tried to speed away from a hostile crowd, multiple videos reviewed by the Chicago Tribune show.

Diane Ladd at the 29th American Cinematheque Awards honoring Reese Witherspoon at the Hyatt Reg ...

Actress Diane Ladd, 3-time Oscar nominee, dies at 89

The Associated Press

November 3, 2025 - 2:32 pm

A gifted comic and dramatic performer, she had a long career in television and on stage before breaking through as a film performer in Martin Scorsese’s 1974 release “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.”

Red Cross vehicles carrying the bodies of three people believed to be deceased hostages handed ...

Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returns the remains of 3 soldiers

By Wafaa Shurafa and Julia Frankel The Associated Press

November 3, 2025 - 12:41 pm

With Monday’s return, the bodies of 270 Palestinians have been handed back since the start of the ceasefire.

Three Square President & CEO Beth Martino leads Gov. Joe Lombardo on a tour of Three Square ...

Lombardo tours food bank on day 3 since SNAP benefits were paused

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

November 3, 2025 - 3:24 pm

Gov. Joe Lombardo on Monday toured a mammoth food bank in North Las Vegas that supplies more than 150 dispensaries in Southern Nevada.

In a screen grab, a fully engulfed Tesla Cybertruck is seen in the valet area outside Trump Int ...

Metro report recommends changes after Cybertruck explosion near Trump Hotel

By Casey Harrison / RJ

November 3, 2025 - 7:56 pm

A new police report is recommending changes to policing methods after a man detonated a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas on Jan. 1.

A woman pays for her parking space at a city-operated parking lot on Third Street near the Regi ...

City of Las Vegas updates parking rates, expands popular lunch spot parking

November 3, 2025 - 5:02 pm

Following a comprehensive market-rate analysis of city-managed parking facilities, the city of Las Vegas raised parking rates effective Oct. 13.

Dairy products, which are covered by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), ...

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded after judges’ rulings

By Geoff Mulvihill Associated Press

November 3, 2025 - 9:24 am

President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after a pair of judges’ rulings required it to keep the food aid program running.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright comments on the National Nuclear Security Administration ...

New nuke tests won’t include blasts, energy secretary says

By Aamer Madhani The Associated Press

November 3, 2025 - 8:53 am

New tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday.