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RJTV: 8th graders at UNLV and Dino Museum turns 20

By NATHAN TANNENBAUMLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

July 13, 2011 - 5:21 pm

RJtv for Thursday, July 14th is online now at www.lvrj.com/rjtv featuring photos of local 8th graders living on campus for a week at UNLV. You'll also see a giant bird-like dinosaur as a local museum celebrates a big anniversary. And find out about an upcoming story about methane gas from a lake bed near Ely that may help us better understand Mars. These stories and more, all just a click away at lvrj.com/rjtv - and don't forget our iPhone-friendly version at www.lvrj.com/rjtvip.

Margaret Rudin outside the Review-Journal on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, hours after being released ...

Woman claims she was wrongfully convicted of husband’s murder in new lawsuit

By Katelyn Newberg / RJ

May 2, 2024 - 6:58 pm

Margaret Rudin, whose 2001 murder conviction in the death of her husband was overturned by a federal judge, filed a lawsuit against the state of Nevada on Thursday.

Joseph Garcia speaks during the 2024 Latino Loud nonpartisan voter registration, engagement and ...

‘We’re silencing ourselves’: Chicanos Por La Causa launches Latino voter drive

By Jessica Hill / RJ

May 2, 2024 - 4:45 pm

Organizers launched the 2024 Latino Loud campaign to encourage inactive Latino voters to participate in elections.

Daniel Rodimer, center, a former congressional candidate and pro wrestler, leaves the courtroom ...

Daniel Rodimer tackled victim in Strip killing, witness testifies

By Brett Clarkson / RJ

May 2, 2024 - 11:36 am

Grand jury transcripts provide more details in the murder case against the former pro wrestler and House candidate Daniel Rodimer, who denies the allegations.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks about student protests over the war in Gaza, from the Roos ...

Biden says ‘order must prevail’ during campus protests over the war in Gaza

By Chris Megerian The Associated Press

May 2, 2024 - 5:35 pm

President Joe Biden on Thursday rejected calls from student protesters to change his approach to the war in Gaza while insisting that “order must prevail.”

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press at the port of Ashdod, in Ashdod, Is ...

Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks in the latest sign of progress

By Bassem Mroue, Lee Keath and Sam Mednick The Associated Press

May 2, 2024 - 11:22 am

The cease-fire efforts appear to have reached a critical stage, with Egyptian and American mediators reporting signs of compromise in recent days.

Joie Henney hugs his emotional support alligator named Wally, Jan. 22, 2019, inside their home ...

Man says his emotional support alligator has gone missing

The Associated Press

May 2, 2024 - 11:19 am

A Pennsylvania man who credits an alligator named Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade says he is searching for the reptile after it went missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators embrace while charging devices at an encampment on the UCLA campu ...

Police make dozens of arrests at UCLA in tense clashes with Israel-Hamas war protesters

By Ryan Pearson, Ethan Swope, Jake Offenhartz and Joseph B. Frederick The Associated Press

May 2, 2024 - 11:17 am

Police arrested pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country overnight, notably at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Former President Donald Trump talks to the media outside Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, Ma ...

‘What do we got to pay for this?’ Trump trial jury hears recording

By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker and Jake Offenhartz The Associated Press

May 2, 2024 - 1:29 pm

In the recording, Donald Trump and Michael Cohen discuss a plan to give hush money to a Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with the former president.

The Dave & Buster's location at 9450 N Central Expy, in Dallas, on March 22, 2014. (Michael ...

Dave & Buster’s to allow customers to bet on arcade games

Irving Mejia-Hilario The Dallas Morning News

May 2, 2024 - 5:20 am

Arcade and sports bar giant Dave & Buster’s is giving customers over the age of 18 the opportunity to win and lose real money.

Stan Colton, seen in March 2010. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Stan Colton, former Nevada state treasurer, justice of peace, dies at 85

By Jeff Burbank / RJ

May 2, 2024 - 12:21 am

Stan Colton, a longtime political and legal figure in Southern Nevada and friend of the late U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, died April 25 in Henderson, his family members said.