UNLV will hold a virtual commencement for its winter 2020 graduating class.

UNLV announced Wednesday it will hold two virtual graduation ceremonies for spring and winter 2020 graduates because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the only time California Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence would meet on the debate stage this election cycle, both scored wins and took losses in a conversation featuring many heated exchanges, several dodged questions and an Internet-famous house fly.

The first and only 2020 vice presidential debate took place Wednesday night.

Two of the three members of an NBC News panel of debate experts gave the nod to Sen. Kamala Harris in Wednesday night's debate with Vice President Mike Pence and the third called it a draw.

Mr. Vice President, welcome to Nevada.

We have all seen them before – armed, military-like figures like those showing up at the state capitol building this past spring to protest the pandemic lockdown in the state, or in broadcast coverage of Black Lives Matter protests or counter-protests. Their numbers – both formal and informal – have vacillated over the years, often a bi-product of current day events. Today, these paramilitary organizations are on the rise again. Welcome to the militia movement.

Over the course of a few days in mid-May in Providence, in between homeschooling her 5- and 9-year-olds, grading undergrad research papers, baking bread, revising her first book, and co-chairing Brown University’s Healthy Fall 2020 Task Force over Zoom, Emily Oster sat down in front of her laptop with a steady supply of coffee.

In an address to students on Wednesday, UNLV President Keith Whitfield said the university would not be holding in-person commencement ceremonies for Spring and Winter 2020 graduates due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the school is planning virtual ceremonies for both classes on Dec. 15.