State by state:

News from around the nation

ALABAMA Montgomery: The state is nearing a deadline to explain how it plans to overhaul mental health care in Alabama prisons. A federal judge has set Sept. 7 for a status conference after ruling in June that current psychiatric care of inmates is “horrendously inadequate.”

ALASKA Anchorage: A magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit part of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain this week, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no reports of injuries or damage. ARIZONA

Phoenix: A Tempe woman was sentenced to 30 days in jail and three years of probation for cruelty to animals. Maricopa County prosecutors say two of the six pets that Tiffany Fajardo was paid to care for died while the owners were out of town and the other four needed medical care. ARKANSAS Hot

Springs: Facebook will donate virtual reality kits to every public high school in Arkansas. Gov. Asa Hutchinson says the state and the social media giant are expanding their TechStart Partnership that seeks to generate interest in computer science careers. CALIFORNIA

Action: Authorities say members of the Golden Valley High School volleyball team had to evacuate their school bus when it erupted in flames on the trip back home from a game, KABC-TV reports. Four patients were examined by paramedics. COLORADO Vail:

Vail Valley is on pace to set another lodging revenue record this summer, The Vail Daily reports. A study finds overall occupancy flat or slightly down compared to last year, but revenue increased as a result of higher rates driven by demand. CONNECTICUT

New Haven: The foundation that runs the Connecticut Tennis Center has begun marketing the 13,500-seat stadium as an ideal site for small conventions and business meetings. DELAWARE

Newark: State Police are looking for an armed man who robbed a truck driver at the Delaware House Service Area on Aug. 5. The suspect fled on foot. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:

Security video shows two District of Columbia police officers dancing and questioning the sexuality of a burglary victim. WRC-TV reports that an internal investigation is ongoing into the officers’ conduct. FLORIDA

Stuart: A child was bitten by a shark last weekend in Florida, The Palm Beach Post reports. The incident occurred off Bathtub Reef Beach, about 45 miles north of West Palm Beach. GEORGIA

Atlanta: The stadium that served for years as Turner Field for Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves after a stint as Centennial Olympic Stadium now has a new name as a college football home: Georgia State Stadium. HAWAII Honolulu:

Hawaii’s largest health care companies are joining forces to help the state’s growing homeless population with medical care, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports. IDAHO

Sandpoint: A response plan is in place in the event of an oil spill on Lake Pend Oreille and the Clark Fork River, The Bonner County Daily Bee reports. The plan identifies at-risk resources such as water intakes and wetlands. ILLINOIS

Chicago: School officials say Chicago’s police torture scandal from the 1970s to the early 1990s will be part of the curriculum for 8th and 10th graders. Two years ago, millions of dollars in reparations were paid

to black victims who were coerced into confessing to crimes they didn’t commit. INDIANA

Whiting: The city’s park director resigned after pleading guilty to a federal misdemeanor of helping an out-of-state man involved in dogfighting. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that Martin Jakubowski admitted providing two pit bulltype dogs and housing for dogs at city animal shelters. IOWA

Des Moines: A former prison nurse says Iowa’s corrections agency discriminated against him because he’s transgender. His lawsuit filed in Polk County is the first transgender rights case since the Iowa Civil Rights Act was amended in 2007 to include gender identity and sexual orientation. KANSAS

Lawrence: A Kansas farmer hopes to attract visitors to his sunflower plot over the Labor Day weekend, The Lawrence Journal-World reports. George Hunsinger’s six-acre plot has gray mammoth sunflowers growing up to 12 feet tall, and Peredovik sunflowers growing up to 6 feet tall. KENTUCKY

Frankfort: An independent consulting group says Kentucky lawmakers should take away some cost-of-living raises awarded to state retirees over the past 20 years. LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge: A man who confronted burglars attempting to break into his wife’s vehicle in East Baton Rouge Parish was shot, The Advocate reports. Authorities say two suspects ran from the scene. MAINE

Camden: Police are searching for a man who tried to break into an armored truck while wearing a yellow hazmat suit and a tight black mask, WABI-TV reports. Authorities say the man fled into nearby woods. MARYLAND

Hyattsville: U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan have signed an agreement to build a 16-mile light rail project in the traffic-congested Maryland suburbs of Washington. MASSACHUSETTS

Springfield: Peter Pan Bus Lines says it’s

ending its partnership with Greyhound. The Springfield-based company says the change, effective Sept. 27, will enable more express service. MICHIGAN

Mackinac Island: Some tourism businesses on Mackinac Island say they’re facing a severe worker shortage because of a drop in federal visas. The island has depended on foreign workers to fill summer jobs for decades. MINNESOTA

Mankato: A heart transplant recipient gave a teddy bear with a recording of her heartbeat to the family of her organ donor. Alyssa Sandeen received Kate Leekley’s heart in a transplant after Leekley died in a 2013 car crash, the Mankato Free Press reports. MISSISSIPPI

Lucedale: Two people are accused of tattooing without a license in Mississippi’s George County, WLOX-TV reports. Authorities say investigators responding to complaints of illegal tattoos also found stolen property and illegal drugs. MISSOURI

St. Louis: At least 580 Missouri state government employees have taken advantage of paid parental leave since Gov. Eric Greitens signed an order that provides the benefit, St. Louis Public Radio reports. MONTANA

Billings: The Montana Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that Billings owes 27 current and former police officers $2.7 million in back pay and penalties. NEBRASKA

Louisville: Former University of Nebraska Medical Center Chancellor Harold Maurer retired three years ago. Now, at age 80, he’s back at work part-time as a pediatrician, The Omaha World-Herald reports. NEVADA

Elko:

Opening week classes were canceled at the Grammar No. 2 school in Elko after officials determined that a bat stuck in the building had rabies, The Elko Daily Free Press reports. NEW HAMPSHIRE Henniker:

Three months after New England College celebrated its largest graduating class in its 70-year history, the school welcomed its largest incoming class ever. More than 490 new students started classes Monday at the Henniker campus. NEW JERSEY

Passaic: State officials revoked the medical license of Alex Blanco, a former

Passaic mayor now serving a prison term for taking $110,000 in bribes. The state Board of Medical Examiners determined that the podiatrist’s actions constituted a “crime involving moral turpitude.” NEW MEXICO

Farmington: The ousted superintendent for Navajo Head Start says she was illegally dismissed last month, The Daily Times reports. Sharon Singer filed a grievance alleging that her removal violated tribal law. Head of schools Tommy Lewis Jr. says an audit shows financial abuse by Singer. NEW YORK

New York: The head of Metro-North’s biggest union says he’ll ask members to authorize a strike to protest contract disputes with the New York commuter railroad, the Journal News reports. The union represents conductors and engineers on a line used by about 280,000 commuters a day. NORTH CAROLINA

Charlotte: A lawsuit accuses the Charlotte School of Law of defrauding taxpayers out of $285 million by admitting unqualified students, then manipulating records to keep them enrolled, The Charlotte Observer reports. NORTH DAKOTA

Minot: Scandinavian folk art classes will be offered during the annual Norsk Hostfest at the State Fairgrounds in Minot in late September, The Minot Daily News reports. OHIO West

Chester: A fundraising gala is set for Sept. 23 for the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting in Ohio. The VOA’s Bethany Station transmitted news into Europe starting in 1944, and later into South America before it was decommissioned in 1994. OKLAHOMA Wynnewood:

PETA officials say they have safety concerns about 19 tigers that the Greater Wynnewood Animal Park recently acquired from a Florida zoo, The Oklahoman reports. PETA wants them moved to a wildlife refuge in Colorado. OREGON

Eugene: The widow of a man who died a day after a non-cardiac chest pain diagnosis is seeking $10 million in a lawsuit against McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield and other care providers. The suit says Aaron Martineau died from a tear in the wall of a main heart artery. PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia:

A man is suing health insurer Aetna, saying his sister learned he was taking HIV medicine after the company mailed him an enve- lope that allowed her to see information on where to purchase the drugs. RHODE ISLAND

Providence: Mayor Jorge Elorza wants to borrow at least $200 million over the next 10 years to fund repairs at city schools, WPRI-TV reports. City Councilwoman Jo-Ann Ryan says the mayor’s plan would need to be vetted by the City Council, but appears to be responsible. SOUTH CAROLINA

Columbia: The state’s Mothers Against Drunk Driving chapter says South Carolina’s DUI laws are tilted in favor of people who drive under the influence. MADD says the law’s detailed requirements on videotaping traffic stops often leads to pleading DUI cases down to reckless driving. SOUTH DAKOTA

Pierre: A South Dakota game survey determined that the summer drought intensified the state’s declining pheasant population. The survey shows a 45% decline statewide in pheasants per mile, compared to 2016. TENNESSEE Memphis:

The Orpheum Theatre in Memphis has canceled a long-running screening of Gone With the Wind because of racially insensitive content in the classic 1939 film. TEXAS Houston:

Authorities moved nearly 6,000 Texas inmates from six prisons to other institutions this week because of tropical storm Harvey. The rising Brazos River forced many of the transfers. UTAH

Salt Lake City: A state strategy to curb violence and drug trafficking in a Salt Lake City neighborhood near an overcrowded downtown homeless shelter will cost $67 million over two years. The effort includes a stepped-up police presence, drug treatment and job training and placement. VERMONT

Rutland: Officials are reviewing options to protect a water main after discovering that Vermont Railway built a siding over the line. The Rutland Herald reports that new railroad tracks were discovered about two months ago running over a manhole cover. VIRGINIA

Richmond: A federal judge says Virginia prisons must recognize the Nation of Gods and Earths, also known as the Five Percenters, as a religion and allow its followers to congregate. The Nation of Islam offshoot has been considered a black supremacist gang by state prison officials. WASHINGTON Port

Angeles: Authorities hoisted a man by helicopter from the side of a cliff after he fell near Port Angeles on the Olympic Peninsula. The Coast Guard says the man was taken to Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center, where he was in stable condition. WEST VIRGINIA

Charleston: State officials say 13 counties are more than 90 days past due on payments to house inmates at West Virginia’s regional jails. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that the late bills total around $5.5 million. WISCONSIN

Madison: Secretary Cathy Stepp of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is resigning to work for the EPA. Gov. Scott Walker praises Stepp as a strong reformer. But environmentalists say her attempt to scuttle Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine was a move to silence a voice promoting science. WYOMING

Cheyenne: The owner of a Cheyenne building filed a lawsuit against the state over rent payment. Wyoming rented temporary offices while the state Capitol complex is renovated. The building ’s owners say they’re owed $930,000.