REBELS TRY TO GET BACK ON TRACK AGAINST AIR FORCE
The UNLV football team returns to action tonight off a bye week, celebrating homecoming with a matchup against Air Force at Sam Boyd Stadium.
There was no winner in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing. The jackpot has grown to $1.5 billion for Saturday, one of the largest in the game’s history.
President Donald Trump said he was sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas, indicating that tariffs were funding the payments.
Nick Reiner’s arraignment was postponed until Jan. 7 at his attorney’s request. He spoke only to say “yes, your honor” to agree to the date. He is being held without bail.
Nevada and dozens of other states announced a settlement with Hyundai and Kia for the car manufacturers’ sale of vehicles without anti-theft technology, the same day as two men received life sentences for a killing that followed a 2023 car-stealing spree in the northwest Las Vegas Valley.
The departure comes as FBI leadership has been buffeted by criticism over Director Kash Patel’s use of a government plane for personal purposes and social media posts about active investigations.
Las Vegas is distributing free trees, their planting and irrigation systems to certain city residents in an effort to combat the effects of extreme heat.
Federal officials gave the clearest timeline yet for when a breakthrough could come in closed-door negotiations over the water supply of 40 million Americans.
A veteran, retired Las Vegas attorney will temporarily replace a Municipal Court judge who cut her term short this fall.
ABC will continue to broadcast the annual ceremony through 2028. That year will mark the 100th Oscars.
The attacker’s motives also remain a mystery, and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha batted down questions about what they might be, saying Tuesday, “That is a dangerous road to go down.”