STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Birmingham: Tech firm Shipt announced it will keep its headquarters in the city and plans to add 881 jobs.

ALASKA Anchorage: Federal investigators say an ice accumulation likely led to the deadly sinking of a crab boat last year.

ARIZONA Phoenix: FosterEd Arizona, which is dedicated to improving graduation rates for Arizona children in foster care, has received a $500,000 grant.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery collected a record $500.4 million of revenue in the fiscal year that ended June 30.

CALIFORNIA San Bernardino: Poultry in parts of San Bernardino County and Riverside County is under quarantine due to outbreaks of virulent Newcastle disease in backyard birds.

COLORADO Aurora: A police lieutenant caught on video using a racial slur will keep his job despite being fired by the police chief. Chuck DeShazer won his appeal but will be demoted.

CONNECTICUT Bridgeport: An equipment train and a train not carrying commuters were involved in a minor collision. A worker suffered minor injuries.

DELAWARE Fenwick Island: A loggerhead sea turtle, which is federally listed as an endangered and threatened species, has laid eggs in the state for the first time since 2011, a Fenwick Island beach official says.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A water boiling advisory went into effect over the weekend after a problem at a city pumping station.

FLORIDA Waldo: After being No. 1 for almost a quarter of a century, the towns of Waldo and Lawtey are no longer designated “Traffic Traps” by AAA.

GEORGIA Athens: Georgia River Network is offering five selections for the site of next year’s Paddle Georgia. The weeklong canoe/kayak event will be celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2019.

HAWAII Honolulu: An appeals court ruling that Aloha Bed & Breakfast discriminated by denying a room to two women because they’re gay will stand after the state’s high court declined to take up the case.

IDAHO Idaho Falls: Private land owners have donated 80,000 artifacts and specimens that were found inside caves on their land to the Museum of Idaho.

ILLINOIS Lincoln: The historic Gillet House, built in the late 1800s, has been sold for $505,000.

INDIANA Connersville: Kari Woods donated a kidney to 9-year-old Abby Steinard, a girl the mother of five met just months earlier while at Vacation Bible School. The surgery was successful and Abby is off dialysis, according to the doctor.

IOWA Des Moines: MidAmerican Energy Co., the state’s largest power utility, has announced it will begin construction of a wind farm in Grundy County this month.

KANSAS Kansas City: The water park Schlitterbahn plans after Labor Day to tear down a giant water slide on which a 10-year-old boy died in 2016.

KENTUCKY Hickman: RH Resolute Distillery Inc. plans to invest

$9.7 million to locate in a previously unopened distillery and hire 17 workers.

LOUISIANA Livingston: French Settlement Police Chief Harry Brignac has been arrested for allegedly using a village credit card to buy $60 worth of gas for his personal pickup.

MAINE Auburn: The Auburn Police Department is going to start shaming shoplifters by posting mug shots online to deal with an “out-of-control” problem.

MARYLAND Baltimore: Crews have rescued a hiker who said he had been stuck for four days in a ravine in Leakin Park.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Police have seized about $200,000 worth of suspected heroin and cocaine and $60,000 in cash as part of a massive sweep of a drug ring.

MICHIGAN Marquette: NASA has teamed up with Northern Michigan University and installed equipment on a Lake Superior island to measure Earth’s radiation.

MINNESOTA Rochester: A man who had his bicycle – which was valued at $5,000 – stolen at a convenience store recovered the bike after answering an ad on Facebook from someone trying to sell it. Police nabbed the seller but realized he did not take the bike. The thief has not been found.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: More than 185,000 people have toured the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the adjoining Museum of Mississippi History since they opened in December. Officials had predicted getting 180,000 visitors for the entire year.

MISSOURI Coffey: A state audit shows more than $60,000 missing from the town.

MONTANA Missoula: A 5-monthold boy has been released from the hospital after police found the baby buried under sticks and debris for about nine hours in the woods.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled new goals, which include initiatives to improve birth outcomes and reducing turnover among child welfare workers.

NEVADA Reno: A suspected drunken driver was arrested going the wrong way on Interstate 80 after side-swiping two cars, including a Highway Patrol cruiser. The driver eventually exited, lost control and crossed four lanes of traffic before stopping on the sidewalk.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: The U.S. drought monitor said that 45 percent of the state is in a moderate drought, and the rest is abnormally dry.

NEW JERSEY Sandy Hook: Rescue crews saved a humpback whale off the coast that had been entangled in a line for months.

NEW MEXICO Las Cruces: Production is scheduled to begin this month on “The Mule,” a Clint Eastwood-directed film about a Mexican cartel.

NEW YORK New York: The “Bear Extraordinaire” at Baccarat Hotel in Manhattan is the country's most expensive sundae at $1,500. Vanilla beans from Madagascar, three grams of black truffle crumble and edible gold and silver leafing are part of the expensive treat. NORTH CAROLINA Lumberton: The death of 85-year-old Rufus Revels has been ruled a homicide.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says nearly 29,000 American white pelicans have returned to nest in south central North Dakota.

OHIO Columbus: The Libertarian Party of Ohio has regained state recognition for the first time in nearly four years. It submitted more than the 54,964 signatures needed to regain “minor party” status.

OKLAHOMA Norman: The Oklahoma University baseball and softball teams’ “K’s for Kids” promotion raised $25,290 for the OU Children’s Hospital. The funds will go toward the hospital’s therapy dog program.

OREGON Portland: Jason Ouellette, who was accused of sending a threatening email to Oregon Lottery headquarters, has apologized, saying he was upset for losing money at a lottery machine.

PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: Tuition for in-state students at the 14 stateowned universities will rise by 3 percent. RHODE ISLAND East Providence: The manager of Bold Point Park says a ban on people bringing chairs to concerts is due to security risks because “we truly don’t know what’s in the chair.” Chairs can be rented at the park.

SOUTH CAROLINA Beaufort: Mayor Billy Keyserling and the Chamber of Commerce are in a dispute over a shrimp festival. The mayor says the city plans to take over the event; the Chamber of Commerce says they plan to have their own festival.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: The majority of crops in the state are rated in good to excellent condition as summer progresses.

TENNESSEE Chattanooga: The state’s biggest health insurers are cutting premiums for individual plans under the Affordable Care Act’s health care exchange market. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee plans a 10.9 percent reduction next year; Cigna plans a 4.8 percent drop.

TEXAS Houston: Dr. O.H. “Bud” Frazier, a famed heart surgeon whose work was scrutinized in an investigative series by the Houston Chronicle and ProPublica, has sued the publications for defamation.

UTAH Salt Lake City: Police are looking for the owner of a loaded .380caliber pistol found on a baby changing table in a women’s restroom at an aquarium. Authorities say they don’t plan to file charges but want to return the gun to its owner.

VERMONT Burlington: Officials say 3 million gallons of partially treated sewage has spewed into Lake Champlain.

VIRGINIA Bowling Green: A contract between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Caroline County says ICE wants to speed up the opening of a detention facility.

WASHINGTON Tacoma: A group dedicated to fighting white supremacy in the community is behind a new billboard that reads “There are Nazis in our neighborhood.” The group has also removed offensive fliers and protested a local business.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: The West Virginia Division of Forestry has sent a crew of 20 to Michigan to help reduce the risk of wildfires.

WISCONSIN Milwaukee: The city has agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit alleging its police department spent years targeting black and Latino residents without probable cause with its stop-and-frisk policy.

WYOMING Cheyenne: The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has approved a wolf hunting season this fall that allows for hunters to take up to 58 wolves. From staff and wire reports.