STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Athens: A woman says a man broke into her house, made himself scrambled eggs, took a bath and washed his clothes. ALASKA Toksook Bay: This Yupik village on the Bering Sea will be the first counted for the 2020 Census. ARIZONA Naco: Cochise County will offer hepatitis A and B and tetanus vaccines this month to residents of this town affected by a sewage spill. ARKANSAS Van Buren: A county court has approved imposing a higher fee on cities for housing their inmates – $40 each per day – even though officials cannot justify the increase. CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: The state is moving closer to allowing marijuana deliveries in communities that have banned retail sales. COLORADO Denver: The Trump administration is canceling plans to sell drilling rights on public land where the greater sage grouse lives. CONNECTICUT Waterbury: A teenager who says she was mocked for not standing during the Pledge of Allegiance filed a federal suit against her teacher and the school board. DELAWARE Lewes: The Beebe Medical Center says its new $2.1 million robot has performed more than 50 surgeries since it was introduced. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Police say an elementary school music teacher attacked a woman and dropped her off outside a fast-food restaurant. FLORIDA Lehigh Acres: Authorities say a man was found dead with his head stuck in a car window. GEORGIA Macon: Prosecutors issued seven warrants in a prostitution case linked to Fort Valley State University. HAWAII Hilo: Big Island officials rejected a proposal that would have sought tax relief for commercial properties in Pahoa and Volcano. IDAHO Boise: An environmental group and state officials have reached a tentative settlement over toxic discharge from an abandoned mine. ILLINOIS Springfield: The remains of homes burned down during race riots in 1908 will be excavated, and artifacts uncovered will be curated. INDIANA Indianapolis: The Indiana National Guard says a server with info on Guard personnel was the target of a ransomware attack. IOWA Des Moines: Officials at Blank Park Zoo say the attraction's youngest giraffe, Lizzy, died just weeks before her second birthday. KANSAS Kansas City: More than 70 religious leaders and community activists are asking political candidates to stop vilifying immigrants. KENTUCKY Frankfort: The Salato Wildlife Education Center plans to display a two-headed copperhead. LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Louisiana's Avery Island, birthplace of Tabasco, is newly listed on the National Register of Historic Places. MAINE Portland: A college student says a Dunkin Donuts worker refused her family service for speaking Somali and called the police. MARYLAND Silver Spring: Maryland transit officials say they won't prohibit 24/7 work on the Purple Line, despite residents' complaints. MASSACHUSETTS Boston: A police officer is suing Armslist.com, the online marketplace where the gun used to shoot him was sold. MICHIGAN Marquette: Marquette County has accepted a $60,000 federal grant to keep an eye on routes to the U.S. border. MINNESOTA St. Paul: Minnesota's attorney general is going after three insulin makers, claiming they are gouging diabetics with price hikes. MISSISSIPPI Brandon: Officials are shutting down boating in the Pelahatchie Bay area of Ross Barnett Reservoir, stepping up the fight against invasive giant salvinia. MISSOURI Kansas City: A study says the roughly 250-mile trip from Kansas City to St. Louis could be slashed to a half-hour, but the Hyperloop wouldn't come cheap. MONTANA Valier: Wildlife officials tranquilized and relocated a 900pound grizzly that wandered onto the Birch Creek Hutterite Colony. NEBRASKA Potter: A superintendent says kangaroo meat was mixed with beef in chili served to students. NEVADA Las Vegas: An investigation into a fighter jet crash in southern Nevada determined the pilot lost consciousness beforehand. NEW HAMPSHIRE Ossipee: The Nature Conservancy has opened a handicapped-accessible trail in the Ossipee Pine Barrens path. NEW JERSEY Bridgeton: The Department of Justice is reviewing how the Cumberland County Jail handles inmates' mental health issues after several suicides. NEW MEXICO Las Cruces: Police say a man suspected of stabbing his ex's boyfriend was arrested after church parishioners held him down. NEW YORK Albany: Environmental officials are conducting a black bear survey to set population levels. NORTH CAROLINA Greenville: Police are treating a pit bull puppy as a hero after he dug up a loaded .38caliber revolver. NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The North Dakota Department of Health says the number of drug overdose deaths increased slightly last year. OHIO Columbus: The late Martin Luther King Jr.'s son has dedicated a new Columbus Metropolitan Library branch named for his father. OKLAHOMA Norman: Misdemeanor charges have been filed against an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper accused of using state records to harass women. OREGON Portland: A federal court has ruled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must come up with a plan to protect salmon from warm water temperatures. PENNSYLVANIA Somerset: Police have charged a second preschool worker over accusations about sleep aid melatonin in children's lunches. RHODE ISLAND Providence: State health officials approved a petition that will allow parents to use medical marijuana to treat autistic children. SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville: A police report says a student caught with a knife told authorities she used it to snort cocaine before class. SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen: The South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired has started construction on a new $13 million school to replace its existing facility. TENNESSEE Arlington: Authorities say a home for the elderly kept an off-the-books resident in “storage.” TEXAS Fort Worth: The mother of a teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck has been released on bond. UTAH Gunnison: A mother said in a lawsuit that school officials brushed aside an alleged sexual assault of her son as “boys being boys.” VERMONT Bennington: Police say about 20 headstones were vandalized at Bennington Village Cemetery. VIRGINIA Charlottesville: The new president of the University of Virginia has promised free tuition for students in families earning less than $80,000 a year. WASHINGTON Seattle: A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the National Rifle Association against the city's new gun-storage law. WEST VIRGINIA Beckley: State parks are offering a discount to veterans and military personnel next month. WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Police say a 10-year-old girl accidentally shot and wounded a 12-year-old boy. WYOMING Yellowstone National Park: The number of people visiting Yellowstone in September increased 13 percent from a year ago.