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January 11, 2009 - 10:00 pm

Blues legend's son on his own

John Lee Hooker Jr., son of the late blues legend, describes his sound as two parts R&B, one part jazz and down home-blues. The Grammy nominee plays at 8 p.m. Thursday at The Railhead at Boulder Station, 4111 Boulder Highway. The show is free; call 432-7777.

Speaking of legends, rock 'n' roll idols Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell perform at 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday in the Showroom at The Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave. Tickets $44-$77; call 365-7075.

A Delta Air Lines airplane, seen in 2017 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Turbulence forces Delta flight to land, sends 25 people to hospitals

By Kathy McCormack The Associated Press

July 31, 2025 - 5:39 pm

Serious turbulence on a Delta Airlines flight sent 25 people to hospitals and forced the plane into an emergency landing in Minneapolis, the airline said.

An exterior view of the Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Horsford says he was denied entry to ICE center in Pahrump

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

July 31, 2025 - 4:56 pm

Rep. Steven Horsford said Thursday that he was denied entry to a immigration detention center in Pahrump, alleging that he was told he posed a “security risk.”

Lynn Lessard, left, gets help putting on an eagle costume during a press conference about the S ...

Environmental activists say they’re opposed to Ivanpah airport plan

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

July 31, 2025 - 3:50 pm

Concerns about water, the preference for high-speed rail also cited in FAA and BLM’s second scoping meeting for the Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport.

Sam Brown speaks during a Building America’s Future roundtable event featuring Hispanic Nevad ...

US Senate confirms Sam Brown to VA role

By Jessica Hill / RJ

July 31, 2025 - 10:53 am

Nevada’s Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto were the lone Democrats to vote to confirm Brown.

Whisper Owen and 8-month-old Sandra McCarty (Fresno County Sheriff’s Office/TNS)

2 weeks ago, she left a doctor’s appointment with her baby. They haven’t been found since

Annie Goodykoontz, Los Angeles Times

July 31, 2025 - 9:26 am

The search continues for a California woman and her 8-month-old daughter who vanished while on their way home after a doctor’s appointment, authorities and family said.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies during a House Energy a ...

A Las Vegas festival promised ways to cheat death. Two attendees left fighting for their lives

By Anjeanette Damon ProPublica

July 31, 2025 - 9:41 am

Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival. They both received peptide injections as a way to fight aging.

Deputy General Manager Doa Ross was among the highest paid employees of the Southern Nevada Wat ...

SNWA employees cash out millions of dollars in sick, vacation days

By Mary Hynes / RJ

July 31, 2025 - 6:30 am

Employees with the Southern Nevada Water Authority benefit from a generous leave-accrual policy.

This image from surveillance video obtained by The Associated Press shows Shane Tamura outside ...

How did NYC shooter, with past mental-health holds, legally buy gun in Nevada?

By Katelyn Newberg and Mary Hynes / RJ

July 31, 2025 - 12:47 pm

Under Nevada law, being placed on an emergency mental health crisis hold in a psychiatric hospital is not enough to prevent you from being able to purchase a gun in the future.

Alex Lasala serves a customer lunch from Fast Eddie’s Burgers food truck parked in front ...

Food truck operators may have easier time in Las Vegas Valley under plan

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

July 30, 2025 - 7:15 pm

Cities in Clark County are working to roll out a multi-jurisdictional business license that will help streamline the process for food truck operators.

Former Washington Wizards player Gilbert Arenas takes part in a ceremony during the half-time o ...

Former NBA star, 5 others charged with running illegal high-stakes poker games

Associated Press

July 30, 2025 - 1:13 pm

Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five other people, including a suspected member of an Israeli organized crime group, on suspicion of hosting illegal high-stakes poker games, federal prosecutors said.