LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. got permission from California’s athletic commission to return to the boxing ring next month because their fight would be strictly an exhibition of their once-unparalleled skills.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence rallied supporters at Reno-Tahoe International Airport, stressing reports of a partial economic recovery as he tried to drum up support in Nevada in the finals days before the election.

Shea Theodore finally solved Thatcher Demko with 6:08 remaining in the third period and Vegas edged Vancouver Canucks 3-0 in Game 7 of their second-round series.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Local officials have decided the famed Mustang Ranch brothel outside Reno, Nevada, is eligible to apply for small business grants as part of money governments received under a federal coronavirus relief package.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s unemployment system and laid-off workers suing over delayed or erroneously denied claims asked a Reno judge Friday to delay a court hearing schedule for next week to allow the parties to enter into mediation.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Church officials in Nevada say they’re following their counterparts in Louisiana and adding a Roman Catholic priest who was suspended in 2018 to a list of clergy members credibly accused of sexual abuse.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The first female sportsman ever appointed to the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commission has now become its first chairwoman.

Board members elected Tiffany Tripp East to the post at its August monthly meeting. East has been a member of the panel since 2017.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — After decreasing earlier in the week, state health officials say number of new coronavirus cases in Nevada totaled 849 on Friday, including at least 13 new deaths.

Bars and taverns in the Las Vegas and Reno-Sparks areas will remain closed for at least two more weeks.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada prison official says 17 inmates from the state being held at a private prison in Arizona have tested positive for a second time for the new coronavirus.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s governor has signed into law two law enforcement-related measures passed by lawmakers in light of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, who died after an officer pressed a knee to his neck.