News

NEON SATURDAY

June 2, 2007 - 9:00 pm

Chinese pianist

on floating stage

Lang Lang, 24, is one of the charismatic young artists re-energizing classical music. The Chinese pianist has been in the limelight since he was 17.

Lang told National Public Radio that he was inspired to play piano by hearing Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody” in a Tom and Jerry cartoon. He still includes the piece in his repertoire.

Today he plays outdoors on the floating stage at the MonteLago Village Waterfront at Lake Las Vegas Resort, 30 Strada di Villagio, Henderson. Tickets are $40-$125 for the 8 p.m. show. Call 474-4000 or 795-7469.

— MIKE WEATHERFORD

Members of the assembly file out of chambers during the second day of the Nevada Legislative se ...

Group of state lawmakers supports graduate assistants’ union

By Katie Futterman / RJ

January 16, 2025 - 6:13 pm

Democratic state legislators signed a letter urging the Nevada System of Higher Education to recognize graduate assistants’ ongoing efforts to be recognized as a union.

A dog that was recovered from an illegal breeding operation in a cage at The Animal Foundation ...

Las Vegas limits pet store sales, hikes fines for animal abandonment

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

January 16, 2025 - 5:42 pm

The city of Las Vegas is limiting how many animals pet stores and licensed breeders can sell to a individual households to one a year.

Spirit Mountain reflects the last glow of sunlight within Avi Kwa Ame on March 1, 2022, near Se ...

Nevada lawmaker aims at president’s authority to establish national monuments

By Alan Halaly / RJ

January 16, 2025 - 6:00 pm

A bill would require Congress to sign off on any new national monuments proposed by a president.

A Southwest Airlines plane about to take off at Dallas Love Field airport in Dallas on Wednesda ...

Southwest Airlines pilot arrested in cockpit after accused of DUI

Brian Niemietz New York Daily News

January 16, 2025 - 12:39 pm

Southwest Airlines removed a pilot from duty after he was extracted from the cockpit of a plane and arrested for DUI.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the Atlantic Council, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2 ...

At final State Department briefing, Blinken defends US policy on Gaza

By Matthew Lee The Associated Press

January 16, 2025 - 12:02 pm

As he touted the deal, two people in the room accused him of complicity in Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians in loud outbursts that forced him to pause.

Israeli youths chant slogans and carry mock coffins draped in Israel's national flag during a p ...

Netanyahu: Deal to release hostages reached

By Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy The Associated Press

January 16, 2025 - 7:16 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached, after his office had said earlier there were last minute snags in finalizing a ceasefire.

Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., delivers remarks after winning re-election on Nov. 9, 2024, in Las Ve ...

Nevada senator pumps new life into ‘No Tax on Tips’ bill

By Jessica Hill / RJ

January 16, 2025 - 6:11 pm

Sen. Jacky Rosen reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would implement “no taxes on tips,” a major campaign promise of President-elect Donald Trump.

Search suspended for missing Las Vegas pilot

By Noble Brigham / RJ

January 16, 2025 - 5:49 pm

Michael Martin, an experienced, licensed pilot who owned his 1960s Piper plane, was last seen Jan. 2 after taking off from the North Las Vegas Airport.

This image from the Campus for Hope Foundation shows a conceptual rendering of the Campus for H ...

$200M public-private partnership aimed at helping Las Vegas homeless

By McKenna Ross / RJ

January 16, 2025 - 11:26 am

A $200 million public-private partnership to reduce homelessness in Southern Nevada will move forward, Gov. Joe Lombardo said in his State of the State speech.

The Nevada State Legislature Building in Carson City. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Why does Nevada have a short legislative session?

By McKenna Ross / RJ

January 16, 2025 - 1:29 pm

Nevada is one of four states that with a legislature that meets biennially. How many days do Silver State lawmakers have to debate bills and pass laws?