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Wynn promotes Cootey to CFO slot

By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

May 21, 2014 - 8:30 am

Wynn Resorts Ltd. named its head of corporate finance as the company’s chief financial officer.

In a filing with Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said Stephen Cootey would replace Matt Maddox, who will continue to serve as president of Wynn Resorts.

Cootey, a former Wall Street research analyst, has overseen corporate finance for Wynn Resorts since 2009.

Contact reporter Howard Stutz at hstutz@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3871. Follow @howardstutz on Twitter.

Trump urges leaders to put ‘old feuds’ aside, calls for harmony in Middle East

By Darlene Superville and Chris Megerian The Associated Press

October 13, 2025 - 8:11 pm

President Donald Trump called for a new era of harmony in the Middle East during a global summit on Gaza’s future, trying to advance broader peace in the region.

After hostages and prisoners are freed, complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas ceasefire

By Melanie Lidman, Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa The Associated Press

October 13, 2025 - 7:48 pm

Israel and Hamas moved ahead on a key first step of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement on by freeing hostages and prisoners, raising hopes that the U.S.-brokered deal might lead to a permanent end to the war.

Egyptian president says Trump’s Mideast proposal is ‘last chance’ for peace in region

By Fay Abuelgasim The Associated Press

October 13, 2025 - 7:18 pm

The Egyptian president told a summit of world leaders that President Donald Trump’s Mideast proposal represents the “last chance” for peace in the region.

President Donald Trump gestures as he stands before a family picture during the greetings cerem ...

SAUNDERS: How Trump ‘shook up the chess board’ and achieved peace

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

October 13, 2025 - 5:49 pm

Trump disruptors were supposed to be amateurs on the global stage. Instead, they accomplished what establishment insiders thought was impossible.

The Luxor is seen after high winds kicked up dust in Las Vegas in 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vega ...

Storm front triggers wind, dust advisories for Las Vegas Valley

By Mark Davis / RJ

October 13, 2025 - 5:42 pm

Wind and dust advisories are in effect from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday for Clark County because of strong winds.

This year’s heat-related death toll rose to 260 on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, according to the Cl ...

Coroner reveals heat death toll as it climbs in Las Vegas Valley

By Alan Halaly / RJ

October 13, 2025 - 3:52 pm

Here’s how many people have died in Southern Nevada from heat illness this year.

This is a rendering showing a proposed mixed-use project that will surround the Athletics’ Ma ...

Bally’s Vegas construction timeline revealed

By Mick Akers / RJ

October 13, 2025 - 3:15 pm

Bally’s Corp. plans to begin work on their multiphase mixed-use hotel-casino project around the Athletics’ ballpark in April, according to documents submitted to Clark County.

In spite of veto, Nevadans salute Indigenous Peoples Day

By Alan Halaly / RJ

October 13, 2025 - 1:28 pm

The Nevada governor and U.S. president have blocked the holiday in lieu of Columbus Day.

Executive Director of the ACLU of Nevada, Athar Haseebullah, speaks to the media about a curren ...

ACLU suit is challenging Metro’s agreement with ICE at the county jail

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

October 13, 2025 - 4:55 pm

A lawsuit is challenging the legality of the Metropolitan Police Department’s agreement with federal immigration authorities at the Clark County Detention Center.

People react as they gather to watch a live broadcast of Israeli hostages released from Gaza at ...

Tears of joy as living hostages finally are returned to Israel from Gaza

By Giovanna Dell’orto The Associated Press

October 13, 2025 - 8:41 am

Hundreds had been packing the small community center of the hilltop village of Lavon in the Galilee since before dawn for one of the most important days of their lives.