STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Birmingham: Police opened a homicide investigation after a body was found in the trunk of a car near the back of an apartment complex parking lot.

ALASKA Juneau: The state is expected to receive federal help in combatting drug trafficking.

ARIZONA Clints Well: Seven communities were evacuated as a precaution because of a wildfire that threatened about 500 homes.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: A school district has been ordered to take back a 15-year-old student accused of posting a photo of him holding a gun.

CALIFORNIA Sacramento: The owner of a trucking school pleaded guilty to conspiring to get driver’s licenses for students who failed or didn’t take driving tests.

COLORADO Denver: State officials revoked a radioactive materials license for a company proposing to build a mill to process 500 tons a day of uranium and vanadium.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: Some state lawmakers aren’t giving up on a measure that could lead to highway tolls in Connecticut.

DELAWARE Seaford: The state police have arrested a woman for a fifth driving under the influence offense after she allegedly flipped her truck.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A man received two life sentences for raping and sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint aboard a train in 2016.

FLORIDA Naples: An outbreak of red tide is killing fish along the Gulf coast in Collier and Lee counties.

GEORGIA Dublin: The Laurens County School Board has approved a policy allowing select staff to carry guns on school property.

HAWAII Hilo: Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim, 78, has returned to work after suffering what doctors believe were two heart attacks last week.

IDAHO Boise: The city has agreed to pay five homeowners $275,000 to settle a lawsuit filed after a hillside started sliding and destroyed their homes.

ILLINOIS Naperville: A public art group plans to celebrate Illinois’ bicentennial with a life-size statue of a laughing Abraham Lincoln in the Chicago suburb’s Central Park.

INDIANA Michigan City: The Washington Park Zoo set an attendance record after more than 100,000 people visited last year.

IOWA Des Moines: Lawmakers are considering a measure to expand Iowa’s medical marijuana program to more patients.

KANSAS Topeka: Women inmates at the Topeka Correctional Facility are training service dogs to assist disabled people.

KENTUCKY Owensboro: A man is accused of causing the death of his 3-month-old son.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward will deliver the keynote address May 19 for Tulane University’s commencement ceremonies.

MAINE Portland: The city is expecting a record-breaking year with 118 cruise ships.

MARYLAND Greenbelt: An executive order will remove all unhealthy choices from vending machines in Baltimore County government buildings.

MASSACHUSETTS Holyoke: The state will invest $200,000 in two Holyoke container farms.

MICHIGAN Flint: A pregnant woman died after a weekend auto crash, but doctors saved her baby.

MINNESOTA Stockton: Six machines will soon be installed to monitor water quality on three branches of the Whitewater River.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: A $30,000 donation to the Civil Rights Museum will help pay admission costs for students, the poor and the elderly.

MISSOURI Columbia: A University of Missouri medical school program pairs first-year medical students with adults 65 or older to help reverse stereotypes about age.

MONTANA Missoula: Flooding from snowmelt and rain has made residents in a neighborhood have to pump water out of their basements.

NEBRASKA York: One person died after a dust storm triggered a 29vehicle accident along Interstate 80.

NEVADA Las Vegas: Nevada State College President Bart Patterson has apologized after he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: A former judge who wrote fake evaluations of himself faces a complaint of attempting to defraud the state judicial retirement plan.

NEW JERSEY Ridgewood: A black bear spotted sleeping in a tree near a home has gone uncaptured.

NEW MEXICO Taos: The Carson National Forest will soon be implementing fire restrictions due to increasingly dry conditions.

NEW YORK New York: A veterinarian accused of implanting liquid heroin in puppies for a Colombian drug trafficking ring is in custody.

NORTH CAROLINA Durham: Duke University says two lemurs were born recently at its facility dedicated to the study and care of the endangered mammals.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Paddlefish snagging season has started.

OHIO Toledo: Officials have voted to make Toledo more butterfly-friendly by removing milkweed as a noxious weed under the municipal code.

OKLAHOMA Tulsa: The highway patrol has led seven vehicle chases over the last year resulting in eight deaths, the Tulsa World reports.

OREGON La Grande: Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill that allocates $9 million for a new field house at Eastern Oregon University.

PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: The Roman Catholic diocese of Pittsburgh plans to reduce its 188 parishes over six counties to just 57.

RHODE ISLAND Newport: City officials are saying some short-term rental companies aren’t detailing which properties are paying taxes.

SOUTH CAROLINA Myrtle Beach: Officials have reminded people that they can face stiff penalties if they disturb the sea turtles.

SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: Authorities say the cold April could hurt pheasants and prairie grouse by delaying the start of nesting.

TENNESSEE Ridgely: Excel Boat Company is investing $9 million in a manufacturing facility in the city.

TEXAS Weatherford: A mother whose two toddlers died in a hot car last May has been sentenced to two 20-year prison terms to be served simultaneously.

UTAH Farmington: Vista Outdoor, one of the nation’s top ammunition makers, will stop producing guns.

VERMONT Barre: Indecision over a potential name is stopping a renovated baseball field from reopening.

VIRGINIA Woodbridge: A pedestrian has been seriously injured by a commuter train.

WASHINGTON Cle Elum: Two separate rollover crashes involving elk resulted in the closing of Interstate 90 eastbound lanes for four hours.

WEST VIRGINIA Clarksburg: A judge approved a $1.75 million settlement of a lawsuit filed in a teenager’s drowning.

WISCONSIN Madison: Budget cuts have reduced the number of county agriculture agents in a key area of the state. WYOMING Jackson: Engineers have determined that the risk of flooding due to a landslide in western Wyoming isn’t as high as feared.