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NEON SUNDAY

November 4, 2007 - 10:00 pm

Concert benefits UNLV scholarships

Does anyone really count them? After 22 years, there's a trust level that the annual "76 Trombones + 4" will deliver all 80 horns today to raise money for UNLV music scholarships.

The concert offers standards, jazz and classical pieces, with guest performers from Tokyo, New York and Salt Lake City. General admission is $10 for the 2 p.m. show at Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Call 739-3267.

You don't have to wait until Christmas to hear Clay Aiken sing holiday favorites as part of the Capital One Holiday Celebration on Ice, which tapes Tuesday at the Orleans Arena for a Christmas day broadcast on NBC.

Sasha Cohen headlines the skating cast of the 7:30 p.m. show at 4500 W. Tropicana Ave. Tickets are $35-$100; call 284-7777.

-- MIKE WEATHERFORD

Israeli soldiers drive a tank at a staging ground near the border with the Gaza Strip, in south ...

Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended

By Josef Federman and Kareem Chehayeb The Associated Press

May 5, 2024 - 11:46 am

The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the Hamas terrorist group said Sunday.

Brian Hernandez Jr. rides Mystik Dan, right, across the finish line to win the 150th running of ...

Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby in a close 3-horse photo finish

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer

May 5, 2024 - 7:26 am

Mystik Dan, an 18-1 shot, edged Sierra Leone by a nose, with Forever Young another nose back in third on Saturday.

Pro-Palestinian protesters and pro-Israeli supporters clash at an encampment at UCLA on May 1, ...

Slow UCLA response to violence questioned

By Teresa Watanabe Los Angeles Times

May 4, 2024 - 7:53 pm

LOS ANGELES — On the morning before a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment at UCLA, campus Police Chief John Thomas assured university leadership that he could mobilize law enforcement “in minutes” — a miscalculation from the three hours it took to actually bring in enough officers to quell the violence, according to three sources.

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, left, holds candles for Christian pilgrim ...

Holy Fire ceremony marked amid war’s backdrop

The Associated Press

May 4, 2024 - 7:50 pm

JERUSALEM — Bells and clamor, incense and flames. One of the most chaotic gatherings in the Christian calendar is the ancient ceremony of the “Holy Fire,” with worshippers thronging the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Saturday.

Graduates sporting Israeli flags and pins shout at Pro-Palestinian protesters as they demonstra ...

Small anti-war protest ruffles University of Michigan graduation ceremony

By Philip Marcelo The Associated Press

May 4, 2024 - 2:42 pm

Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday.

Israeli soldiers sit atop an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) positioned near the border with th ...

Israel downplays chances of ending war with Hamas

By Sam Mednick and Jack Jeffery The Associated Press

May 4, 2024 - 12:11 pm

An Israeli official downplayed the prospects for a full end to the war in Gaza.

Rabbi Levi Cunin, with Chabad on Campus, speaks during a pro-Israel rally at Indiana University ...

Jewish students grapple with how to respond to campus protests

By Jesse Bedayn The Associated Press

May 4, 2024 - 12:07 pm

Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel.

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives on stage to speak during a rally at Mojave High School on ...

VP Harris trip to Las Vegas today canceled

By Jessica Hill / RJ

May 4, 2024 - 10:24 am

Vice President Kamala Harris’ planned trip to Las Vegas was pulled. She will remain in Washington D.C. instead, according to the White House.

President Joe Biden makes a toast to a free press at the White House Correspondents' Associatio ...

SAUNDERS: Where have all of Washington’s fiscal conservatives gone?

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

May 4, 2024 - 7:00 am

The national debt is more than $34 trillion, or over $100,000 for every man, woman and child in America.

Tim McCanon sits on the road with his dogs after being rescued by the Community Fire Department ...

Las Vegas Valley volunteers going to Texas to assist in flood recovery

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

May 3, 2024 - 8:21 pm

Red Cross disaster relief teams from across the nation are mobilizing to support evacuees in Texas, the most recent state slammed by storms this past week.