STATE-BY-STATE
This is an abbreviated report. Not every state is represented.
ALABAMA Spanish Fort:
The head of Baldwin County schools says he’s “horrified” by a student-linked video suggesting a mass genocide of gays.
ALASKA Juneau:
Prison officials are investigating the overdoses of five women inmates. All survived.
ARIZONA Holbrook:
The Navajo County sheriff is praising the new police dog’s first drug bust — 31 pounds of methamphetamine.
CALIFORNIA San Francisco:
State officials plan a safety review at Oroville Dam after a spillway collapse.
COLORADO Denver:
The family of a man who suffocated during a psychotic episode has reached a $4.6 million settlement with the city.
CONNECTICUT Waterbury:
A man who pleaded guilty to selling heroin to a woman who fatally overdosed was sentenced to 37 months, The Republican-American reports.
DELAWARE Georgetown:
The Sussex County Council has unanimously approved a ban on carrying guns in county government buildings.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
A Washington restaurant is offering a special $5 “Moscow Mueller” drink for every indictment of a Trump associate.
FLORIDA Orlando:
Universal Orlando bought more land for theme park projects, The Orlando Sentinel says.
GEORGIA Marietta: Two teens who attacked a homeless veteran, leaving him paralyzed, are imprisoned. HAWAII Honolulu:
Commercial fishermen are defending state fishing licenses for foreign workers.
IDAHO Lewiston:
Officials plan a wilderness area that bans snowmobiles, Lewiston Tribune reports.
ILLINOIS Chicago:
A 62-foot Norway spruce will become the city’s Christmas tree. Lighting is set for Nov. 17.
INDIANA Indianapolis:
The number of Indiana school districts with top state ratings more than doubled.
KANSAS Wichita:
A man must repay the cost of his court-appointed lawyer after buying a luxury car as his case was pending.
KENTUCKY Louisville:
A man pretending to be a cop was arrested after pulling over a real officer.
LOUISIANA Monroe:
Authorities say a white juvenile is accused of setting fire to a predominantly black church, The News-Star reports.
MARYLAND Baltimore:
State officials plan to work with city leaders on transportation priorities despite the city’s failure to ask for project funds, The Baltimore Sun reports.
MASSACHUSETTS Gloucester:
Someone dumped a 400-pound headless tuna in a wooded area, the Gloucester Daily Times reports.
MICHIGAN Lansing:
The state activated its Emergency Operations Center for a hepatitis A outbreak.
MINNESOTA Lakeville:
Two animal rights groups sued to stop a fur farm from neglecting and killing gray wolves, The Star Tribune reports.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson:
Ex-Mayor Tony Yarber subdued and paddled a man who broke into his truck.
An academically struggling charter school is at risk of closing after its university sponsor withdrew
MISSOURI Kansas City:
oversight, The Kansas City Star reports.
MONTANA Missoula:
Mineral County’s only jail closed because it lacks jailers, The Missoulian says.
NEVADA Battle Mountain:
Mine safety regulators are investigating a fatal accident at a state gold mine.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Hollis:
Someone abandoned nine kittens on the side of a road, WMUR-TV reports.
NEW JERSEY Newark:
A jury convicted a port foreman of taking pay for work he didn’t perform.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque:
Garnett Stokes has been chosen as president of the University of New Mexico.
NEW YORK Albany:
Officials say a woman admitted passing herself off as a lawyer while bilking prisoners.
OHIO Middletown:
The high school football coach quit after two seasons, citing death threats after his teams lost 18 straight games.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City:
Higher court fees have gone into effect in the state, The Oklahoman reports.
PENNSYLVANIA Bloomsburg:
Photos of young men giving beer to an opossum are being criticized as animal abuse, WNEP-TV reports.
RHODE ISLAND Providence:
A judge is expected to appoint a magistrate to ensure timely food stamp benefits.
SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston:
The state Ethics Commission will consider whether a law that limits campaign contributions is being skirted, The Post and Courier reports.
SOUTH DAKOTA Yankton:
A grievance hearing will consider the local animal control officer’s firing, Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan reports.
TENNESSEE Memphis:
A disorderly conduct charge was dropped against a Confederate statue demonstrator.
UTAH Salt Lake City:
A survey shows alcohol use among some Utah high school seniors has increased.
VERMONT St. Johnsbury:
A woman accused of killing her disabled son by pouring vodka in his feeding tube is sentenced to prison, WCAX-TV says.
VIRGINIA Lynchburg:
A pastor critical of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. for backing President Trump says he was removed from the campus, The News & Advance says.
WASHINGTON Bellingham:
A police officer was cleared in the fatal shooting of a dog while working a theft case, The Bellingham Herald says.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston:
Police say a psychiatric patient hijacked an ambulance and hurt two paramedics, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.
WISCONSIN Superior:
University of Wisconsin-Superior officials will drop nine majors, 15 minors and a graduate program due to lack of interest, Wisconsin Public Radio reports.
WYOMING Casper:
A Natrona County High School staffer is on administrative leave after an altercation involving an autistic student, The Casper Star-Tribune and KTWO-AM say.
Compiled from staff, wire reports.