Its not everyday you hear people celebrating death but for many cubans fidel castro represented fear and oppression and now theyre hoping for a fresh start. Latin music three oclock at the florida cafe in downtown las vegas cuba libre and the drinks are pouring aleyda hernandez were celebrating the death of the beast long time cuban president fidel castro dead at the age of ninety. salud a cause for celebration among cubans we talked to here in las vegas aleyda hernandez i know its not good to celebrate somebodys death but this is not just its symbolic from all the years we suffered and were still suffering. Castro spent nearly 5 decades ruling cuba after launching a military take over in 1959. cheers most of the patrons inside the cafe tell me former president s regime or know someone who did. Maria caminero, president of the Cuban Heritage Foundation lv i left cuba when i was one under politifcal asylum with my mom and baby brother. My father was left behind he was a politcal prisoner for 17 years a couple miles away at de castro verde law group alex de castroverde tells me his only regret didnt live to see this day. Alex de castroverde he always used to say that he wishes that fidel castro dies befor he does. Unfortunately my dad died two years ago so unfortunatly it was bitter sweet because of that. De castroverdes dad was imprisoned for two years under castro after fighting in the bay of pigs in 1961 de castroverde when he got out he still never lost hope. Of one day having a free cuba. De castroverde tells me his hope is that cuba can now move forward and live up to its potential. De castroverde were one step closer to a free cuba. Todya were one step closer to a liberated cuba because fidel castro well be here talking to more patrons about their hopes going forward. One of president Barack Obamas signature legacy pieces was the start of normalizing relations with cuba. President elect donald trump promis those actions. By executive order obama restored diplomatic ties with cuba. Opened up travel. Commerce. And telecommunicatio ns. Trump won florida and the cubanamerican vote promising he would cancel obamas orders until the castro regime granted religious and Political Freedom to cubans. And freed all political prisoners. Trump says but all of the concessions that barack obama has granted the castro regime were which means the next president can reverse them. And that i will do unless the castro regime meets our demands. Fidel castros death now puts cuba us relations in the spotlight. In the first days of the president elects new administration. The question now is how far will mr. Trump go in his promise to cuban americans. To bring about change. Folks around the valley are starng out the sweaters but should we also pull out our rain coats this weekend . Les is here with his first look at weather. We have a weather system over las vegas that will produce potential pulses of rain or drizzle over overnight saturday and into sunday. We also have a wind advisory that will last until noon. Some areas can expect gusts up to 40mph. The system is also dragging in much cooler temperatures. About 10 degrees cooler than saturday. Our daytime highs will stay in the 50s all week long. Expect a few windy day between monday and next saturday. A woman is behind bars after police say she was seen dragging a body outside of a home. But police are not charging her with the mans murder. A woman is behind bars after police say she was seen dragging a body outside of a home. Charging her with the mans murder. 24yearold porshay banks is facing charges for accessory to murder. Police were called to a home near fremont and sunrise friday afternoon. They say a man was shot inside an apartment and dragged outside. The person who shot that man has not been arrested. The clark county coroner has not yet released the victims name. A woman who says she was wrongly convicted of killing a homeless man in las vegas. Will get a new evidence hearing. The Nevada Supreme Court handed down the ruling wednesday in the case of kirstin lobato. She says new evidence will bolster her alibi. And show someone else could have killed 44 year old duran bailey. Right now shes in prison. After she was convicted of killing bailey. Cutting his genitals. And leaving his body in a trash bin. She claims she was in her hometown of panaca at the time. Supporters have petitioned for her case to be rescue crews responded to people trapped in elevators. After a diesel truck knocked out a powerline. And caught fire near the las vegas strip. Thomas touchstone Clark County Fire Department anytime we have fire and electricity, you know, its always a concern for firefighters about how we attack that. Its a very dangerous operation because of the electricity. You know, electricity and water dont mix but we have to put it out with something. Fire crews say it happened on harmon avenue. Near audrie street. Just after noon. Were told the truck hit a powerline. Outage at the nearby signature towers. Fire crews rescued six people who were stuck in elevators there. Mccarran International Airport also tweeted out that those outages affected operations at terminal three. No flights were effected. No one including the truck driver was hurt. The power has been restored. Two people are displaced after a house fire in the southern part of the valley this morning. It happened near saint rose and fire crews say smoke was coming from the two story home. And the flames spread to two cars in the driveway. The two people who live there. Were able to geet out safely. Fire crews did not say how much damage was caused. Or how the fire started. Three people were hospitalized. After a woman drove her van into a business. An employee was trapped in between a wall and a cash register. Police say it happened this afternoon. Coat factory off tropicana and eastern. They say a 61 yearold woman was parking. And accelarated into a structure. That trapped employee and two other people were taken to sunrise they are expected to be okay. We asked police how often this type of thing happens in the valley. Couple times a year, whether it be at gas stations or Convenience Stores where the parking is right up front and sometimes some one may misplace what gear their in and hit the gas Police Say Drugs and alcohol were not factors in the crash. So far the woman hasnt been charged. After the black friday rush. The spotlight turns to local businesses. Why owners want you to shop small this saturday and during the Holiday Season. The Powerball Jackpot is one of the largest in history. Find out if anyones claimed the big prize yet. In three states that saw donald trump take votes in Hillary Clintons socalled Democratic Party blue wall. fox news correspondent Garrett Tenney looks at the move. And whos now onboard with it. tenney on cam cold open Hillary Clinton could still end up in the white house depending on the results of recounts in several key battleground states. The chances of that fs map Green Party Candidate jill stein is launching an effort to recount votes including wisconsin, pennsylvania, and michigan all states, where donald trump narrowly beat Hillary Clinton vo trak wisconsin voting while stein admits theres no indication that hacking or vote tampering took place in any of those states, a handful of Computer Science experts are claiming a hacker could have potentially influenced the election. Of course, theres currently no evidence to support that claim. vo trak still, stein says a full recount is reassurance. sot jill stein in facebook video stein says we are standing up for a Voting System that we deserve, that we can have confidence in, that has integrity, and security and that we know is not subject to tampering, malfeasance, hacking, and so on. vo trak Jill Stein Stein has already raised more than 5Million Dollars in this effort. Well on its way to the goal of 7Million Dollars. Following the election, the Clinton Campaign said it looked into hacking or voting irregularities as well and found nothing. But late yesterday 11 25 , when the Wisconsin Election Commission received steins request and agreed to move forward with the recount the clinton team jumped on board. fs Clinton Campaign statement in a poston medium, clinton attorney Marc Erik Elias wrote statement says now that a recount is underway, we believe we have an obligation to the more than 64 million americans who cast ballots for Hillary Clinton to participate in ongoing proceedings to ensure that an accurate vote count will be reported. tenney on cam tag the official reun wisconsin is expected to get underway late next week, and the filing deadline for pennsylvania is monday 11 31 . And michigan is wednesday 12 2 . In washington, im Garrett Tenney, fox news. Hurricane otto has downgraded to a tropical storm. But the death toll from the storm is rising. It hit costa rica as a hurricane. Killing 9 people there. Several towns were flooded. Caked with mud. Thousands have been forced into shelters. Its the only recorded hurricane to ever hit costa rica. Least four people. Now fox5 weather 24 7 with les krifato n weather we have a weather system over las vegas that will produce potential pulses of rain or drizzle over overnight saturday and into sunday. We also have a wind advisory that will last until noon. Some areas can expect gusts up to 40mph. The system is also dragging in much cooler temperatures. Sundays high is about 10 degrees cooler than saturday. Our daytime highs will stay in the 50s all week long. Expect a few windy day between monday and next saturday. Closed captioning a lucky player in tennesse scored the powerball the jackpot is up to 403 Million Dollars this makes it one of the largest in us history. Another lucky winner in North Carolina scored two Million Dollars in the match five power play. Tonights big winner has yet to be announced. If they chose to take the cash value. Theyll walk away with 243million bucks. Wedged right in between black friday. And cyber monday is Small Business saturday. Today local stores had all sort of deals for the co if you head down to boca park. They have a number of Small Businesses waiting for you. Of course they have the big chains too. But they also offer several smaller shops. Restaurants. Boutiques and even Fitness Centers in their complex. Shopping local and supporting the community is going to keep the dollars in las vas. Supporting local businesses. Staying sustainable and just helping those local mom and pop shops because theres a lot of small vegas and they run their business out here so it keeps the money flowing within our community. Boca park opens early at 7 am. They close at 11 on weekdays and at 2 am friday through sunday. After Fidel Castros death more americans may be interested in visiting cuba but getting there is still a complicated process. What you need to know before you set up a trip. And the battle of the fremont cannon. Has a new home. The rebels season ends on a sour note. Highlights and reaction next in sports. Youre watching fox5 news at 10. Local. Las vegas. Are fun. Playing in a bowl game is exciting. But nothing means more to the unlv faithful and its players than the fremont cannon. The one true treasure in the battle of nevada. Now here is what it looked like before the game and here is what it looked like shortly after todays game. The wolpack. Adding insult to an injury riddled and frustrating season for the rebels. Dragging the cannon onto and then off the field. Spraying painting it blue in the process. A tough thing for fans to watch. The only more excrucitating might have been the game itself. Lets go to sam boyd and see how it shook out. Unr. Starting like they were shot out of a cannon. Ty gangi. With the houdini act. Now ya see me. Now ya dont. Keeps on the read option. 19 yards out. 70 reno. After a unlv three and out. Wolpack with the rock. And today might as well been thanksgiving for hames butler. Because he carved up the rebels defense like holiday turkey. All day. A 33 yard run to make it 170. Unr ran for 158 yards in the first half alone. But the rebels would show some fight. First possession of the second quarter. You can say what you will of the qb play from Kurt Palandech this season. But after this you cannot question. Is wantto gets hit by just about every defender. Refuses to go down. In for six. 177 roadies. Then just before the first half horn. Evan pantels calls bank on his career long 47 yard field goal. Off the upright and in. But they trailed 2710 at the break. Second half was more of the same from unr. Run. After run. After run. Butler scored two more on the the wolpack racked up 318 rushing yards. On 49 carries. And the cherry on top came at the end. Tony sanchez wanting to score some points to end the game. Palandech instead gets picked in the endzone. The rebels get run out of their own stadium. And end their season 4510. Death is a cause for celebration for some. Well take you to the streets of miami to hear why cubanamericans say this has a the local Cuban Community is a wave of emotions tonight after the death of long time cuban leader fidel castro. Fox5s Abby Theodros joins us live from the florida cafe. Were people are celebrating with cocktails all of the people we talked to here are happy about castros death and believe it will be the start of a new castro spent nearly 5 decades ruling cuba after launching a military take over in 1959. Everyone i talked to today told me they fled the former president s regime or know someone who did. Take a listen to my interview with alex de castroverde on his hopes for the country alex de castroverde i hope raul will be following in his footsteps very soon and as a result the cuban people have freedom, freedom of press and the opportunity and have the opportunity to have a better life that we have today and i hope today were one step closer to that. A cause for celebration among cubans we talked to here in las vegas. I havent heard from anyone who is mourning castros death. A lot of celebrations today and hopes that this means something new for cuba Fidel Castros special meaning to one group of cubans those who feared for their lives under his regime. And fled to the u s. Joe roetz met some of them. During celebrations in miami today. Natsot celebrations beyond the waving flags. Natsot the cheers. Natsot the pots and the pans are deep rooted emotions from a painful past, that will never be forgotten. Salma bustamante, celebrating castros death when i woke him up this morning h half asleep and he goes he died . i said yes. he said vamanos. lets go. Salma bustamante brought her 89 yearold father nemesio to versailles to be part of the hundreds who like him, escaped the castro regime. Salma bustamante, celebrating castros death this is myself. My mother who passed away in march. This is the day they arrived in miami in 1963. Grabbed his family of four and got out of cuba. Salma bustamante, celebrating castros death he had to leave. Because they were after him for his life. They were after him for reporting the truth. The fair truth. So many similar stories like diana byerly who is celebrating the death of a dictator holding her memories high and proud. Diana byerly, celebrating castros death its my mom and dad. They both passed away. But i had to make sure they me they came to the United States with nothing in the 60s. She just wishes they could be in Little Havana to witness history with these crowds. Diana byerly, celebrating castros death they would be joyful like we are, but they would also be so sad to think that not a lot has changed there and there are still people who are suffering. In order to escape a regime that punished so many. Fears that domingo alfonso has carried with him for decades. Domingo alfonso, celebrating castros death this was indescribable. This was evil incarnate that passed away. But with the death of fidel castro a celebration that together. Diana byerly, celebrating castros death fidel castro did one thing right in his life. He died on a saturday, on a day we could all be here and not at work or at school. Fidel castros death is expected to spark more interest among americans to travel to cuba. But the travel is still complicated even though the two nations re established their diplomatic relations last year. If you want to go to cuba. You still need to fall into one of the 12 categories approved by the us government. Those categories include visiting relatives. Educational research. Or traveling to compete as an athlete. Before your trip. Youll need to sign an affidavit. That you fall into one of those categories. Youll also need a visa and travel insurance. At least four us airlines already fly to cuba. With five more joining them in the coming weeks. Police say a woman was struck with a bullet. In a random shooting at a park woman was walking when she heard gunshots and took off running. It happened at coleman park. Near washington and torrey pines. Police say the woman noticed her leg was bleeding. And walked to a friends house to call police. Police say this is being considered a random shooting. Anyone with information should call police. You can leave a tip with crimestoppers at 7023855555. Nye county police are looking for a man they say shot a man in the foot at bar in pahrump. Police identified the man in this surviellence image as Jack Freeland allen. They say hes a suspect in a shooting. That happened at a tavern on gamebird road this morning. He was last seen driving a red pick up truck with two dogs in pahrump. Police ask anyone who knows where he. Is to come forward. Two people are behind bars in nye county. Waiting to be extradited back to idaho. Nye county police say jeremy white was arrested hes accused of killing his fiance. Whose body was found buried in a basement of their home. Police say an idaho falls woman. Who was in whites car when he was arrested. Is also in custody. In more local news. Exotic cars from all over the world are packed into the convention center. For the Motor Trend International auto show the show returned to las vegas this weekend. Car enthusiasts than 350 of the newest vehicles. From more than 20 manufacturers. People even got to test drive some of the cars. The event will last through tomorrow. You can still buy tickets online. The ice rink returns at the cosmopilitan hotel. The rink just opened up at the boulevard pool. Its the fifth year the pool has been transformed into the Winter Wonderland above the strip. There are food and drink specials offered at the ice rink. And weekly movie if youre looking for a new furry friend to spend the Holiday Season with the Animal Foundation is waiving adoption fees. This weekend. The waiver lasts all the way through cyber monday. Its part of the zappos home for the pawlidayz adoption special. Zappos is reimbursing the shelter for those fees. There are more than 120 dogs. And 24 cats that need new homes. Adoption fees normally range between 25 and 250 dollars. Good news for wine lovers new Research Shows a glass a day could be good for your health. But theres also a warning about over indulging. People are going crazy over a new type of burger. But the type of meat inside may make you squirm. Your fox5 weather 24 7 forecast is coming up next youre watching fox5 news at 10. A family in california is happy this thanksgiving after their loved one was found alive. After being abducted, but just as they celebrate, the investigation continues. Tiffany wong has the story. Closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly the bus driver responsible for crash in tennessee that killed six. May have had a before the crash. Students and administrators apparently raised concerns about johnthony walkers driving. Weeks before the crash. Records released by the School District reveal letters from students. Saying walker drove so fast. They thought the bus would flip over. Investigators are looking into whether fatigue was a factor in the crash. Because walker had taken on a second job. Family and friends are mourning one of the crash nineyearold. Cordayja jones funeral was held at a church in chattanooga the ceremony was filled with music. Her family says she loved to sing. And would normally be up on stage with the choir. moriah stanley, childrens pastor she was the most genuine child you could ever meet. You know when people say, that oh man they leave everyone smiling . And they just say it . For cordayja they really meant that. Cordayja was one of the six children killed in now fox5 weather 24 7 with les krifaton we have a weather system over las vegas that will produce potential pulses of rain or drizzle over overnight saturday and into sunday. We also have a wind advisory that will last until noon. Some areas can expect gusts up to 40mph. The system is also dragging in much cooler temperatures. Sundays high is forecast to be about 10 degrees cooler than saturday. Our daytime highs will stay in the 50s all week long. Expect a few windy day between monday and next saturday. Closed captioning will resume shortly also dragging in much cooler temperatures. Sundays high is forecast to be about 10 degrees cooler than saturday. Our daytime highs will stay in the 50s all week long. Expect a few windy day between monday and next saturday. Closed captioning black friday sales continue but amazon is already unveiling some deals for cyber monday. The online retailer will roll out more than 75 thousand sales starting monday. Youll find deals throughout the week on everything from toys to video games to books. Electronics tend to be big sellers on cyber monday. But amazon says so far this Holiday Season. Been the mermaid tail blanket. Macys says shoppers reported issues while looking for black friday deals on their website. Visitors say they were sent to a macys webpage that had heavier traffic than normal. Then they were given a countdown for when they could return to the main page. Mobile users who tried to log in also had problems. The retailer says it is looking into the glitch. Macys was looking to black friday as a way to turn cus on to its Online Options after closing 100 of its stores this year. With the busy Holiday Shopping season officers around the country are cracking down on shoplifters and looking out for career criminals. Police in minnesota say shoplifters often walk in with old tattered bags that are lined with foil. To trick sensor machines. Police are keeping a close look out for these people. By stationing more officers around malls this Holiday Season. Shoplifters use the stolen goods. To fund bigger crimes like Gang Activity and human trafficking. Machtemes says thats why its so important to take such a stance on these habitual shoplifters because its really funding terrible crimes across the metro and this is just one way to stop that. Police say shoppers can do their part by notifying store employees if they see anything suspicious. Holiday light displays are going up around th country this weekend. But in wisconsin the light show is not only entertaining the communityits also helping the most needy. A rotary club has been hosting this Winter Wonderland at a zoo since 2006. Volunteers help string up nearly one million lights for the event. It not only entertains. But also helps raise money and collect food donations for families in need. The Fundraising Efforts help twentynine different food pantries in wisconsin. So important for our children to see us that we do this, that we come to something and enjoy it as a family to get the family time, but also do something for the community and give back. Last year the event raised nearly 40 thousand dollars. This year, organizers hope to collect enough donations to keep shelves stocked at pantries around the state until at least july. We hope you will take a drive through a holiday spectacular here in town. Glittering lights is back at the las vegas motor speedway. And the lights are twinkling the holiday tradition benefits the childrens speedway charity. Glittering lights runs through january 7th. It opens daily at 5 30 pm. During the week it will cost 20 dollars per car. But on fridays and the weekends its 30 dollars. Those who donate to goodwill receive a discount. Having a couple of glasses of wine could be good for your health. But any more than that could have the opposite effect. Thats according to a review of studies published in bmc medicine. The review found had one or two alcoholic drinks a day reduced their risk of a stroke. By eight percent. But people who drank more than that had a higher risk of stroke. But if you dont usually drink the lead author of the review. Said nondrinkers shouldnt take up drinking. As a health measure. A restaurant in russia. Is adding a rat burger to their menu. Folks in moscow are raving about a burger made of rodent meat. Its the latest musthave dish in the russian capital. A restaurant put the nutria river rat, on its menu. The chef says the burger is simple. Tasty. And full of nutrients. It was not a good day for the rebels on the field. But it was on the court. Coming up in sports. Vince sapienza brings you all the highlights from the runnin rebels there is a place, like no other. Where a walk down main street, can fill you with wonder. And the smile of a mouse can spark joy. Where magic is spread with every touch, just isnt enough. Runnin rebels recieved their first true test of the season. The result. They came up short against tcu. But its not how many times you fall off the horse. Its how many times you get up that counts. And thats what head coach Marvin Menzies looked for tonight. Unlv in their first set of back to back games this season. Playing host to western kentucky. And how bout this for a response. The runnin rebels jumping out to a 100 lead. Thankso first blood. By calling three ball corner pocket. Then a little bit later. Its green telling wku the best things in life are three. And then to show hes an all around player. Rebels on the run. Green with the finish in tight. But the hilltoppers would battle back with an 80 run of their own. And would actually take a two point lead into the half. But the scarlett and gray would explode for 41 second half points. And the runnin rebels bounce nights loss in a big way. With a 7161 win. Go to the cox pavilion. Lady rebels taking on Tennessee State in the first round of the lady rebel round up tournament. But playing without starter Dylan Gonzalez who tore ligaments in her shoulder last weekend. So. Whos gonna shoulder the load. How bout everyone. Nikki wheatley the drive. Shot no good. Paris strawther the board and the putback. Little later. Tied at five. Brooke johnson leading the break. The give to wheatley. And the lady rebels are rolling. Coach says how bout some defense. Strawther the steal. The handoff to dakota gonzalez. She finished with a season high 18. And for the second Straight Year the lady rebels move to 4 0. But maybe the most impressive part. They have won each game by double digits. Tonight they tag the tigers. 6948. They play ole miss for the tourney title tomorrow at 2 30. And back to the bad at sam boyd. There were a lot of reasons why the rebels were not competitive today. But one of the glaring stats. Is reno was 8of13 of third downs. Punting just twice in the game. Unlv on the other hand. One for 12. The rebels loss meant the visiting team won for the 5th consecutive season in the series. And it marked the first time in history that the famed fremont cannon changed hands ni four straight meetings. Doesnt make a lot of sense and the biggest thing there is we have to fight for consistency, consistency in perofrmance throughout the course of the season, obviously today its gut wrenching, it hurts. Now if you are still wanting more answers from tony sanchez and what went wrong today. Look no further than the rebzone tomorrow night. Tony will talk with fox5 sports director Kevin Bolinger about todays game. And whats next in terms of recruiting. Well also have your runnin rebels week in review. Again tomorrow night right here on fox5 after sports plus. Minnesota in st. Louis. No score in 1st. Jason zucker. Las vegas native. Perfect pass behind the net. Puts wild up 10. The blues would win in the a family in new mexico has taken rooting for the team to a whole new level. They decked out their entire house in the Dallas Cowboys theme. There are cowboys signs and flags all over their front yard. House is a sea of cowboys blue. On a game day. The family wont allow anyone into the house. Without the teams jersey. So what happens if someone who doesnt root for the cowboys comes to visit on a game day . The family rule is that person is kicked out to the porch. Thanks for joining news at ten. Have a great male narrator previously on Hells Kitchen. Devin, are you hostile towards me still . narrator devin was made to feel like an outsider after being nominated for the second time. devin i hate their little clique. Im gonna watch my own back because nobody else will. Welcome to the Hells Kitchen library. narrator the next morning at the ingredient crossword challenge. Go. narrator shaina got the protein she wanted. Chicken. Chicken. Chicken . Chicken, yes, its versatile, but its also [bleep] boring. And the men. Onion . Put the o above the a. You have the narrator at times seemed lucky to get anything at all. The blue team as a whole, theyre dumb as rocks. narrator the teams only cooked with the ingredients they spelled. What are you making . Caramelized onions over steak, worcestershire sauce. That is an awfulsounding dish. But i want him to go home