STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Huntsville: A felon whose son brought a gun to elementary school and accidentally shot himself has been charged.
ALASKA Juneau: Wildlife officials are working to capture a rogue rodent sighted on rat-free St. Paul Island.
ARIZONA Grand Canyon: People can visit the Grand Canyon and other national parks for free Saturday.
ARKANSAS Jonesboro: Three radio stations were knocked off the air for about eight hours Monday after copper thieves disrupted operations.
CALIFORNIA Raymond: A man and a woman were killed on a rural roadway when they were struck by a pickup while fighting outside of a car.
COLORADO Denver: A woman accused of fraudulently leasing properties and failing to pay rent has been sentenced to six years in prison.
CONNECTICUT Cheshire: Close to 200 UTC Aerospace Systems workers went on strike Monday against United Technologies Corp. over pay and increased health insurance costs.
DELAWARE Lewes: A car driven by a state trooper struck and injured a man in a motorized wheelchair who disobeyed a traffic signal, police say.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The city council may repeal a new law that will raise tipped worker wages to match minimum wage by 2026.
FLORIDA Naples: A one-eyed Florida panther named Uno, 6, died at the Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens.
GEORGIA Stone Mountain: Several birds and a puppy were rescued from a fire at an apartment complex.
HAWAII Honolulu: Hawaii lost 51 full-time doctors over the last year, continuing a statewide shortage.
IDAHO Nampa: Lawyers want a federal judge to block a new law requiring doctors to report extensive personal information to the state about women who’ve had abortions.
ILLINOIS Springfield: Online voters picked Enrico Fermi, who led the construction of the first nuclear reactor and helped develop the atomic bomb, as Illinois’ top scientist in history.
INDIANA French Lick: French Lick Resort plans a $17 million expansion that will add dozens of guestrooms and a sports bar.
IOWA Mason City: Library trustees have rejected a proposal to let the North Central Iowa Genealogical Society keep materials at the library.
KANSAS Topeka: Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, a longtime Republican star in Kansas, endorsed Democrat Laura Kelly for governor.
KENTUCKY La Grange: Oldham County High School principal Angela Newcomb has been arrested on DUI and reckless driving charges.
LOUISIANA New Orleans: Blacks are nearly three times as likely as whites to be arrested on a marijuana possession charge, a report says.
MAINE Lebanon: Forestry officials are expanding an emergency order to try to stop the spread of the treekilling emerald ash borer.
MARYLAND Mongtomery Village: A car jumped a curb, crashed through a fence and landed in a swimming pool during a driving lesson, authorities say.
MASSACHUSETTS Waltham: Graduate students at Brandeis University have ratified their first labor contract with the administration.
MICHIGAN Hudsonville: A larceny charge was dismissed against a woman whose ex-husband filed a complaint after she took a cellphone from her daughter as punishment.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: Duck hunting should be good when the main waterfowl season opens Saturday.
MISSISSIPPI McComb: A man wore a live snake around his neck inside a Waffle House and yelled “Let’s do it!” when confronted by a guard.
MISSOURI Springfield: A former postal carrier was given three months in prison for pocketing money and presents on his route.
MONTANA West Glacier: Glacier National Park officials have reopened the full length of the Going-to-the-Sun Road.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials hope that requiring registration of parties will keep them from getting out of hand.
NEVADA Henderson: Lamping Elementary held a fundraiser at a Las Vegas Chick-Fil-A in hopes of funding a teaching position.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Portsmouth: Frontier Airlines will now offer flights from Portsmouth International Airport to Orlando, Florida.
NEW JERSEY Montgomery: A school bus driver who got lost on the first day of school was fired.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: The state’s first three cases of the flu season have been reported.
NEW YORK New York: Four men who said they were sexually abused as boys by a teacher have reached a $27.5 million settlement with the Diocese of Brooklyn.
NORTH CAROLINA Wake Forest: Authorities arrested a man who they say posted threats on Facebook about killing students at the elementary school next to his home.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The airport is getting $9.8 million in federal funds for runway upgrades.
OHIO Sylvania: Lourdes University will start an undergraduate degree in beer and wine making next year.
OKLAHOMA Tulsa: Oklahoma is seeing a beer shortage as stores prepare to switch to a stronger beer.
OREGON Portland: A judge has rejcted a lawsuit filed in the name of a once-neglected horse, finding that animals don’t have a right to sue.
PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: A former doctor has admitted filling 332 prescriptions for Hydrocodone medications he wrote in relatives’ names.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: After criticism, a Glocester resident removed a campaign sign for the Republican gubernatorial nominee that was hanging upside down from a noose in his yard.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Prosecutor Dan Johnson was indicted Tuesday on 26 charges related to the misspending of public funds on trips to foreign countries.
SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: State regulators have approved an agreement with North-Western Energy to refund roughly $3 million to customers after last year’s federal tax cuts.
TENNESSEE Nashville: Singer Faith Hill will deliver the keynote address at Gov. Bill Haslam’s economic development conference in November.
TEXAS San Antonio: Republican Pete Flores upset Democrat Pete Gallego in a reliably blue state Senate district.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Sixty percent of car seats are installed incorrectly and 20 percent of people never read the instructions, federal data show.
VERMONT Montpelier: Officials hope to finalize a deal to move 228 state inmates housed in Pennsylvania to a privately run prison in Mississippi.
VIRGINIA Richmond: Federal officials will allow work to resume on the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline.
WASHINGTON Seattle: The Alaskan Way Viaduct will close permanently in January, not this fall as expected.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: John Myers is the new lottery director.
WISCONSIN Madison: Sixteen more cases of severe bleeding linked to synthetic marijuana containing rat poison have been reported.
WYOMING Cheyenne: The president and CEO of the Cheyenne Animal Shelter was suspended for 60 days with pay after he used pepper spray on a dog during a training exercise.