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NATIONAL FINALS RODEO KICKS OFF AT THOMAS AND MACK

December 2, 2011 - 10:21 am

Texas native Trevor Brazile competed to win his fourth all around title on day one of the National Finals Rodeo.

Billy Bugenig competed in the first round of steer wrestlingThursday at the Thomas and Mack center.

From December 1-10 the 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo will be taking over the Thomas and Mack Center (UNLV). Every December cowboys come and compete in one of seven diffent events, including; bull riding, calf roping, riding and many others. (Photos courtesy of Brian Jones/ Las Vegas News Bureau).

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, leaves the Putnam County Jail, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Cookevil ...

Man mistakenly deported to El Salvador freed from Tennessee jail

By TRAVIS LOLLER and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press

August 22, 2025 - 3:25 pm

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee on Friday so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges.

World War II veteran Onofrio "No-No" Zicari places his hand over his heart during the pledge of ...

Zicari, Las Vegas’ last known D-Day veteran, dies at age 102

By Bryan Horwath / RJ

August 22, 2025 - 3:30 pm

Onofrio “No-No” Zicari, a Purple Heart recipient who was only 21 when he took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy invasion during World War II, has died.

Law enforcement officials in San Bernardino County, Calif., conduct an investigation Friday, Au ...

Parents of 7-month-old Calif. baby arrested on suspicion of murder

Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times

August 22, 2025 - 12:38 pm

The parents of a missing Southern California baby were arrested Friday on suspicion of murder more than a week after his mother claimed the 7-month old boy was abducted.

Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo o ...

Epstein’s former girlfriend told DOJ she did not see Trump act in ‘inappropriate way’

By Eric Tucker Associated Press

August 22, 2025 - 2:15 pm

Ghislaine Maxwell repeatedly denied to the Justice Department witnessing any sexually inappropriate interactions with Donald Trump, according to records released Friday meant to distance the president from disgraced financer Jeffrey Epstein.

The Veterans Memorial Wall at Henderson City Hall on Aug. 26, 2022. Veterans who lived in Hende ...

Henderson accepting applications for additions to Veterans Memorial Wall

By Casey Harrison / RJ

August 22, 2025 - 11:09 am

Henderson officials are accepting applications for local military veterans to be added to a memorial in time for the city’s annual Veterans Day ceremony in November.

This June 26, 2013, image made from a video provided by Gunnar Boettcher shows a rabbit in Mank ...

Frankenstein bunnies? Rabbits with ‘horns’ spotted in Colorado

By Ben Finley and Colleen Slevin Associated Press

August 22, 2025 - 11:03 am

A group of rabbits in Colorado with grotesque, hornlike growths may seem straight out of a low-budget horror film, but scientists say there’s no reason to be spooked — the furry creatures merely have a relatively common virus.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, speaks during a news conference following the Federal O ...

Powell signals Fed may cut rates soon even as inflation risks remain

By Christopher Rugaber The Associated Press

August 22, 2025 - 10:24 am

He said that there are risks of both rising unemployment and stubbornly higher inflation. Yet he suggested that with hiring sluggish, the job market could weaken further.

Over roughly three weeks, Jerrell Roberts, a Clark County juvenile justice employee, impersonat ...

Police: County worker used stolen bar number to pose as lawyer

By Akiya Dillon / RJ

August 22, 2025 - 10:27 am

Jerrell Roberts, 39, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of eight felony counts, including impersonation, practicing law without a license, and perjury.