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Rodriguez, Posada power Yankees back to ALCS

October 11, 2009 - 7:10 pm

MINNEAPOLIS — After so many October misses, Alex Rodriguez delivered the playoff performance his talent demanded.

Rodriguez and Jorge Posada hit seventh-inning home runs to spoil Carl Pavano's opportunity to frustrate New Yorkers one more time, and the Yankees advanced to their first AL championship series in five years with a 4-1 victory and sweep of Minnesota on Sunday night.

Game 1 of the ALCS against the Los Angeles Angels will be at Yankee Stadium on Friday night. The Angels swept Boston earlier in the day.

Attorney general’s office makes another attempt to overturn NV Energy’s new demand charge

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

December 11, 2025 - 12:55 pm

The Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection filed a petition for judicial review in the Clark County District Court in another attempt to overturn NV Energy’s demand charge.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks ...

Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans

By Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press

December 11, 2025 - 10:21 am

Senators rejected a Democratic bill to extend the subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative that would have created new health savings accounts.

Pharmacy on North Rampart Blvd. on Monday, March 22, 2021. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journ ...

Warning issued by FDA for widely used blood-pressure drug

Dana Sullivan Kilroy, AMG-TheStreet

December 10, 2025 - 5:58 pm

More than 34 million Americans take blood pressure medication every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A Clark County employee is accused of using her position to access financial accounts belonging ...

Clark County employee accused of stealing from estates of people who had died

December 10, 2025 - 6:51 pm

A Clark County employee is accused of using her position to access financial accounts belonging to deceased residents for personal expenses, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford addresses the media in regards to the indictment of people w ...

Nevada’s ‘fake electors’ case gets Las Vegas hearing date

By McKenna Ross / RJ

December 10, 2025 - 1:54 pm

The case against Nevada’s so-called fake electors will be considered in Clark County again early next year after a Nevada Supreme Court decision in November.

FILE _ Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference after the Federal Ope ...

Federal Reserve cuts key rate, sees healthier economy next year

By Christopher Rugaber The Associated Press

December 10, 2025 - 1:42 pm

Chair Jerome Powell signaled at a news conference that the Fed would likely hold off on further rate cuts in the coming months while it evaluated the health of the economy.

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DOJ can unseal records from Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case, judge says

By Michael R. Sisak The Associated Press

December 10, 2025 - 10:44 am

U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman reversed his earlier decision to keep the material under wraps.

More than 100 cited by Henderson police for speeding

By Mark Davis / RJ

December 9, 2025 - 6:51 pm

An initiative targeting seat belt use by drivers and their passengers, conducted by the Henderson Police Department, has lead to more than 100 citations.

In this file photo, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sits in the courtroom, April 22, 2022, in ...

SAUNDERS: Marjorie Taylor Greene runs to anti-Trump embrace of ‘60 Minutes,’ CNN

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

December 9, 2025 - 3:52 pm

The legacy media can’t get enough of Republicans who torch the president on their way out of favor. The Georgia congresswoman joins the GOP hall of shame.

Resorts World Las Vegas is seen from the observation deck atop The Strat on Wednesday, April 16 ...

Inside Gaming: High-stakes gambler accuses Strip casino of racketeering in new lawsuit

By David Danzis and Richard N. Velotta / RJ

December 9, 2025 - 6:06 pm

A new civil RICO lawsuit filed in federal court last week is reviving scrutiny of Resorts World Las Vegas and several people connected to the property’s early operations.