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Muted and vacant, Las Vegas struggles to survive shutdown

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

A woman holds a Donald Trump flag at a protest against the closing of businesses and stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Vegas mayor reiterates call for opening amid protest drive

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and KEN RITTER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 6, 2019 file photo Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman points toward protesters during the council meeting where the city council was considering a ban on homeless camping in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye /Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File) **FILE**

Carolyn Goodman, Las Vegas mayor, faces off with CNN’s Anderson Cooper over coronavirus shutdown

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Mayor called reckless for urging Vegas to test reopening

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

Michael Marowski, right, and Josh Drescher hand out free cases of water at the Little Darlings strip club Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Las Vegas. The strip club, which has been closed amid the coronavirus pandemic, gave away water for a second day free to anyone who drove through. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Vegas strip club sues over lack of coronavirus funding aid

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Nevada House members hold fundraising edge over challengers

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

FILE - In this 1932 file photo, boxer Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight champion, poses in New York City. Born on March 31, 1878, Johnson was the first black world heavyweight boxing champion, holding the title from 1908 to 1915. He remains a boxing legend, with his 1910 fight against James J. Jeffries dubbed the &quot;fight of the century&quot;. (AP Photo/File)

Journalist examines boxer Jack Johnson’s fight in New Mexico

By RICK WRIGHT - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 14, 2020, photo, a construction worker walks past beds inside a floor of a Renown parking structure in Reno, Nev., that has been turned into a hospital in preparation for coronavirus patients, if needed. Nevada health officials are moving toward opening several hundred temporary hospital beds within days to handle a potential surge of coronavirus patients, while acknowledging they may be preparing for a wave that never comes. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)

Vegas jail releasing some inmates to prevent virus spread

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 6, 2019 file photo Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman points toward protesters during the council meeting where the city council was considering a ban on homeless camping in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye /Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File) **FILE**

Nevada gearing up for coronavirus, whether wave comes or not

By SCOTT SONNER and KEN RITTER - Associated Press

Members of the Red Rock Search and Rescue help set up a coronavirus isolation and quarantine complex for homeless Monday, April 13, 2020, in Las Vegas. The facility, scheduled to open Monday evening, was built to house homeless with suspected or confirmed cases of coronavirus that don't require hospitalization. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Pop-up homeless virus treatment center opening in Las Vegas

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 10, 2016, file photo released by the Nevada Department of Corrections shows the execution chamber at Ely State Prison in Ely, Nev. A nearly two-year fight over drugs that Nevada obtained for an execution it never carried out has ended with pharmaceutical companies taking their expired products back, the state accepting refunds and no clear decision about how a lethal injection could be carried out in the Silver State. State Attorney General Aaron Ford's office and attorneys for two drug companies involved in the case did not immediately comment Thursday, April 9, 2020, about a terse court order issued Tuesday by a judge in Las Vegas dismissing the case that arose from former death row inmate Scott Raymond Dozier's push to be executed. (Nevada Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Battle over drugs for Nevada execution ends with no decision

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

Hold the rice: Couples scramble to reschedule Vegas weddings

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Trial off again in deadly 2015 Vegas Strip sidewalk crash

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Lawyer Mark Fleming, left, walks with defendant Albert Lopez past defendant Bradley Campos outside the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, following opening statements in a federal racketeering trial for eight Vagos Motorcycle Club members on Aug. 12, 2019, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Prosecutors want charges dropped against Vagos gang members

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

People prepare places to sleep in area marked by painted boxes on the ground of a parking lot at a makeshift camp for the homeless Monday, March 30, 2020, in Las Vegas. Officials opened part of a parking lot as a makeshift homeless shelter after a local shelter closed when a man staying there tested positive for the coronavirus. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Las Vegas marking parking places for homeless encampment

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, NFL vice president Troy Vincent speaks to the media during an owners meetings in Key Biscayne, Fla. Vincent has sent a letter to several prospects inviting them to participate “live” in the NFL draft in three weeks. The Associated Press on TuesdayMarch 31, 2020, obtained the letter sent by the league's football operations chief to prospective early selections in the draft, which will be held remotely on April 23-25 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

NFL team owners vote to expand playoffs to 14 teams

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak discusses measures to help the public with housing stability amid the COVID-19 public health crisis at the Grant Sawyer Building in Las Vegas, Sunday, March 29, 2020. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Nevada virus deaths nearly double in 3 days; travel advisory

By SCOTT SONNER and KEN RITTER - Associated Press

Las Vegas man accused of threatening to kill congresswoman

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 1957, file photo, NFL Commissioner Bert Bell gestures in his office in Philadelphia. His creation, the NFL draft, has become an industry unto itself and the league's third-most popular annual event behind the Super Bowl and opening weekend. (AP Photo/Warren M. Winterbottom, File)

The story of the NFL draft, from extravaganza to unadorned

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press