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The UFC’s anti-doping program, a year later

In announcing the implementation of a comprehensive year-round drug testing program last year, UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta famously said the situation was going to get worse before it got better.

 
Hundreds rally for, against school choice at Nevada Supreme Court hearing

Hoisting signs and shouting into loudspeakers, about 400 protesters faced off Friday at the downtown Regional Justice Center over a pair of Nevada lawsuits whose future might further roil a national debate on school choice programs.

 
Donald Trump speech beats Hillary Clinton in TV viewership

Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was seen by 29.8 million people on the commercial networks, the Nielsen company said Friday. That fell short of the 32.2 million people who watched Trump speak to the Republicans a week before.

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2 San Diego police officers shot, 1 fatally, during late-night stop

Two San Diego police officers were shot — one fatally — after a late-night stop turned into a gunfight, triggering a massive manhunt that led to the capture of one wounded suspect in a ravine and an hours-long SWAT standoff Friday that ended with officers finding no one inside the home they had surrounded.

 
200 firefighters battle fire threatening homes north of Reno

More than 200 firefighters are battling the largest of a series of lightning-sparked fires north of Reno that are threatening dozens of homes and prompted some voluntary evacuations.

 
Florida reports first local transmission of Zika virus in US

Florida’s governor on Friday reported the first evidence of local Zika virus transmission in the continental United States, saying testing of four residents showed they were likely infected by mosquito bites.

 
6 state employees face charges in Flint water crisis

The Michigan attorney general’s office on Friday charged six state employees with misconduct in office and other crimes stemming from the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint.

 
Hillary Clinton accepts Democratic nomination for president

Hillary Clinton accepted the nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, making history as the first woman from a major party in the U.S. to do so.

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