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Report: Talks break off between MGM Mirage, Colony Capital

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

April 9, 2009 - 8:39 pm

Talks between MGM Mirage and Los Angeles investment company Colony Capital about a possible investment in the struggling gaming company have collapsed, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday night.

The Journal reported earlier this week that Colony Capital and Australia-based gaming company Crown Ltd. were discussing making an investment in the gaming company, which would be secured by one or more of the gaming company's casino properties.

Attorneys Robert Eglet, left, and Dan Polsenberg review legal documents at the Regional Justice ...

Nevada lawyers can pay to have civil cases sent to a different judge. Here’s how

By Noble Brigham / RJ

December 13, 2025 - 7:00 am

Judges with the highest numbers of peremptory challenges hear only civil cases, meaning they have more cases in which attorneys can file such challenges.

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the ...

SAUNDERS: Team Trump 2.0 far less likely to say, ‘You’re fired’

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

December 12, 2025 - 12:18 pm

The first year of President Donald Trump’s second term has been marked by loyalty, stability and far less personnel drama around the Cabinet. That’s good.

Skydiver dangles at 15K feet after parachute catches on plane’s tail in Australia — VIDEO

By Rod McGuirk Associated Press

December 12, 2025 - 11:54 am

Australian accident investigators on Thursday released dramatic images of a skydiver’s parachute becoming entangled on an airplane’s tail, leaving him dangling at 15,000 feet.

This undated, redacted photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows Donal ...

House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein’s estate

By Stephen Groves The Associated Press

December 12, 2025 - 11:03 am

The 19 photos were a small part of more than 95,000 they received from the estate of Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting sex trafficking charges.

Adam Sullivan, Nevada’s state engineer and water chief, is no longer serving in the position ...

Nevada water czar leaves key role

By Alan Halaly / RJ

December 12, 2025 - 1:55 pm

The state engineer holds the highest authority on water in the nation’s driest state.

A doll representing the baby Jesus is zip-tied in the Nativity scene outside of Lake Street Chu ...

Zip ties, gas masks and ICE: Church Nativity scenes protest immigration raids

By Leah Willingham and Laura Bargfeld The Associated Press

December 12, 2025 - 9:55 am

Supporters of the displays say the Bible is on their side, but critics call the scenes sacrilegious and politically divisive.

Henderson Police Department (Las Vegas Review-Journal/File)

In lawsuit, Henderson officer alleges he was retaliated against by his superiors

By Bryan Horwath / RJ

December 12, 2025 - 2:53 pm

A Henderson Police Department officer has filed an employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuit following the alleged cover-up of a car wreck involving an officer in 2021.

Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar speaks during the Vet the Vote event, a nonprofit i ...

DOJ sues Nevada for allegedly withholding voter registration information

By Akiya Dillon / RJ

December 12, 2025 - 2:39 pm

Francisco Aguilar, Nevada secretary of state, was charged with violating the Civil Rights Act after he responded on Aug. 21 to a letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

‘Nobody’s the enemy’: Ex-Nevada water chief on Colorado River deadlock

By Alan Halaly / RJ

December 12, 2025 - 6:00 am

From the birth of the agency that took on Southern Nevada’s water crisis to the installation of a third straw at Lake Mead , a small but mighty woman has been there through it all: Pat Mulroy.

Trustees listen to student presenters during the last Clark County School Board meeting of the ...

Amid decline in enrollment, School Board revises final budget

By Spencer Levering / RJ

December 11, 2025 - 8:10 pm

The last board meeting of the year was filled with reflection on the school district’s accomplishments in 2025 and a vote to revise the district’s budget as enrollment falls.