STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Birmingham: Authorities say a toddler found on the street in bloodstained clothes led police to a home where an adult male and female were found dead. The child was uninjured.

ALASKA Anchorage: A crewman has gone missing from cruise ship Amsterdam.

ARIZONA Green Valley: The Green Valley Hospital has changed its name to the Santa Cruz Valley Hospital and laid off about 60 employees.

ARKANSAS Marvell: The home of musician Levon Helm has been added to the state Register of Historic Places.

CALIFORNIA Colton: A burro that was shot in the head with an arrow has been released back into the wild.

COLORADO Greeley: A Colorado resident has been hospitalized with the most serious form of the West Nile Virus, the first human case this year in the state.

CONNECTICUT Bridgeport: The Beardsley Zoo is eliminating plastic straws and boxes.

DELAWARE Dover: Dover City Councilman David Anderson acknowledges he paid singer Kaya Jones, formerly of the The Pussycat Dolls, to record an endorsement for his candidacy for state representative. But he says the money was for the video.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History is preparing for the debut of its David H. Koch Hall of Fossils in June 2019, featuring the return of the Tyrannosaurus rex.

FLORIDA Duck Key: Hawks Cay Resort plans to reopen in time for the Labor Day weekend, nearly a year after Hurricane Irma wiped out a portion of the Florida Keys.

GEORGIA Villa Rica: Daniel Casey Ward was arrested after police say he followed a woman around Walmart, trying to film up her skirt.

HAWAII Oahu: Work on roads and the drainage system will take place at the Makapuu lighthouse trail.

IDAHO Nampa: The Idaho Press and parent company Adams Publishing Group have purchased the Boise Weekly.

ILLINOIS Springfield: Under a new law, children must ride in rear-facing child-restraint seats in cars until age 2.

INDIANA Indianapolis: Purchasers of products online from out-of-state sellers will be charged the state’s 7 percent sales tax starting Oct 1.

IOWA Knoxville: Persicaria perfoliata – or mile-a-minute weed – has reached the state. Experts say it can grow six inches a day.

KANSAS Lawrence: Two people were rescued from a submerged car in the Kansas River.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: Kentucky is poised to receive more than $158 million for construction projects at its military bases.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: The Audubon Aquarium of the Americas is planning an exhibit that will allow visitors to touch sharks and stingrays.

MAINE Freeport: The Desert of Maine, a popular tourist attraction, is up for sale for $725,000.

MARYLAND Annapolis: House Speaker Michael Busch will introduce a constitutional amendment next year to protect abortion rights in the state.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The city plans to phase in body cameras for its police department.

MICHIGAN Traverse City: The archive of late filmmaker Jonathan Demme is being donated to the University of Michigan Library.

MINNESOTA St. Paul: Minnesota’s Standard & Poor’s bond rating has been upgraded to AAA.

MISSISSIPPI Biloxi: Tourism on the Mississippi Gulf Coast has increased by 6.3 percent between 2015 and 2017, a survey revealed.

MISSOURI St. Louis: St. Louis County has been awarded $2 million to help treat inmates struggling with opioid addiction.

MONTANA Deer Lodge: The Montana State Prison is cutting visitation days down to just Saturdays and Sundays.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: Residents who use the ACA could see a 3.7 percent rate increase next year.

NEVADA Carson City: The Nevada Arts Council has awarded $50,000 in grants to state artists and writers.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Hopkinton: A lightning strike caused a fire at Hopkinton Town Library.

NEW JERSEY Sewell: A woman won $287,945, the largest online slots jackpot offered by Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Online Casino.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: The graduation rate at the University of New Mexico has more than doubled in the past eight years.

NEW YORK Elmira: A terminal still under construction at the Elmira Corning Regional Airport has opened to the public.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Tickets have gone on sale for the State Fair, which runs Oct. 11-21.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The “Trump Unity Bridge” visited the city on a nationwide tour.

OHIO Cincinnati: A judge won’t stop the city from tearing down another homeless encampment.

OKLAHOMA Tulsa: Records show that energy companies were the biggest donors to a state campaign against medical marijuana.

OREGON Portland: Tracey Gloy seeks $640,000 in a lawsuit against Safeway, claiming a champagne bottle wasn’t bagged well enough and smashed her foot. .

PENNSYLVANIA Scranton: Officials say a $196,459 at the police estimate headquarters to fix sidewalks is much higher than expected.

RHODE ISLAND Newport: “Judge Judy” Scheindlin and her husband have purchased a $9 million mansion in town.

SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston: At least five technical colleges have dropped textbook requirements for classes.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Six members of Sioux Falls Fire Rescue have been deployed to help fight a wildfire in Colorado.

TENNESSEE Knoxville: Glenn Jacobs, known by WWE fans as Kane, won the race to be mayor of Knox County.

TEXAS Dallas: Temple Shalom has donated its original pews to First Fellowship Baptist Church after a burst pipe caused flooding in the church.

UTAH Salt Lake City: Public schools will be required to have published plans for reuniting students with parents during emergencies.

VERMONT Colchester: George Ellwood received a medal of valor for helping rescue a man in a wheelchair from a burning building.

VIRGINIA Norfolk: Astronaut Drew Feustel spoke from the International Space Station to students at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility via video link.

WASHINGTON Olympia: Firearm use has been temporarily banned on state lands due to wildfire concerns.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Crews plan to tackle a mold problem at Capital High School less than three weeks before classes start.

WISCONSIN Madison: Jonathan Luskin, 25, has gone missing while vacationing in Slovenia. He was last heard from June 22.

WYOMING Laramie: University of Wyoming officials say the school will run out of dorm space by 2019 if it keeps growing.