50 ★ States
ALABAMA Birmingham: The Birmingham Zoo said that Parker, a 4-year-old male red panda, was found dead Sunday morning.
ALASKA Juneau: Recall Dunleavy, a group attempting to remove Gov. Mike Dunleavy from office, said it had gathered 21,678 signatures of registered voters, 30% of the 71,252 needed to force a special election.
ARIZONA Nogales: U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a man near Nogales who had been previously deported, authorities said. Noel Montes-Lopez, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in September 2010. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to be removed from the country in June 2019, authorities said.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: The Arkansas Department of Human Services is requesting double-digit pay increases for direct-care workers at state institutions for the developmentally disabled in hopes of retaining the employees.
CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: Muchneeded rain fell across Southern California on Tuesday but in lighter amounts than originally forecast for the region, which has experienced a dry winter.
COLORADO Denver: Colorado’s mountain snow measured higher than usual for this time of year, boosting confidence water for crops, cattle and residents will be adequate.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: A woman accused of starting an apartment building fire that left a man dead and dozens of residents injured sparked the blaze by throwing a flaming bottle of hand sanitizer at her girlfriend during an argument, police said.
DELAWARE Dover: The state’s congressional delegation is asking the secretary of the Air Force to visit Dover Air Force Base to address concerns about elevated levels of chemical contaminants in wells near the military installation.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington: The D.C. government recently removed rubber mats from playgrounds at district schools and parks after finding high levels of potentially toxic lead, WUSA-TV reported.
FLORIDA Cape Canaveral: A SpaceX cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, delivering the company’s 20th batch of gear and treats.
GEORGIA Atlanta: House Speaker David Ralston is backing a legislative proposal to set the state’s personal income tax at a flat rate of 5.375%. IDAHO Boise: The state moved closer to banning transgender girls and women from competing on sports teams sponsored by public schools, colleges and universities despite warnings that the measure could be unconstitutional.
ILLINOIS Chicago: A sheriff’s office investigating the vaccination practices of a deceased Chicago-area pediatrician said that tests have revealed several of the doctor’s former patients lack immunity to diseases against which they or their parents believed they had been vaccinated.
INDIANA Muncie: City Hall was evacuated Tuesday morning after a white powder was observed in one of the building’s elevators and on the second and third floors.
IOWA Des Moines: The City Council plans to work on defining racial profiling and collecting data before enacting an ordinance banning it. KANSAS Gypsum: An 84-year-old man died when his golf cart rolled on top of him after it went into a ditch.
KENTUCKY Hazard: A food drive to help organizations feed the hungry in Appalachia is planned for April 3. LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: A Louisiana couple accused of swiping more than $1,000 worth of beer from the shelves of Target stores was arrested on theft charges Sunday. MAINE Augusta: Maine’s apple growers are suffering because of the nation’s trade disputes and need help from the federal government, lawmakers from the state have told the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. MARYLAND Annapolis: Sports betting would be allowed at Maryland’s six casinos, horse racing tracks and potentially at a Washington Redskins stadium, under a measure the state Senate approved Tuesday. MASSACHUSETTS Boston: More than 120 personal care attendants, who are paid by Massachusetts to assist people with disabilities, were registered sex offenders, and thousands had criminal records, according to a state watchdog agency. MICHIGAN Rogers City: Wreckage from a freighter that sank in Lake Huron in 1905 has moved toward Michigan’s shoreline because of high water levels and waves, officials said.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: An aerial survey of Minnesota’s moose population showed that moose numbers have remained relatively stable for the ninth consecutive year, the Department of Natural Resources said.
MISSISSIPPI Hattiesburg: A body found Friday in Hattiesburg is believed to be that of a man for whom police were looking after shots allegedly were fired from a nearby home in February.
MISSOURI Springfield: A spokesman with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office said the office would soon file suit against the “Jim Bakker Show” operation near Branson“to stop (Bakker) from selling that coronavirus ‘cure.’ ” MONTANA Helena: Gov. Steve Bullock said he will run against Republican Sen. Steve Daines, giving Democrats a boost in their effort to retake the Senate in November. NEBRASKA North Platte: Crews and vehicles from 14 departments and a crop-dusting plane kept a brush fire from destroying any structures or injuring anyone in Lincoln County. NEVADA Reno: Eldorado Resorts is selling the Montbleu Resort Casino and Spa in Lake Tahoe as it continues to trim part of its portfolio in preparation for its acquisition of Caesars Entertainment.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Exeter: Firefighters fought brush fires in several New Hampshire towns Monday, including one fire that came within feet of a home.
NEW JERSEY Red Bank: “Sopranos” stars Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa and Vincent Pastore will reunite at Patrizia’s in Red Bank on April 2 at an event to benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: University of New Mexico’s Board of Regents unanimously approved a tuition spike next fall in a budget meeting Monday morning.
NEW YORK New York City: Police said two men in surgical masks stole nearly $260,000 at gunpoint from three workers at Aqueduct Racetrack.
NORTH CAROLINA Jacksonville: Eric Whitfield, who won a school board primary, has been fired from his job and asked to withdraw from the race because of a racial slur he posted on social media.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: A pharmacist has pleaded guilty to federal exploitation and cyberstalking charges.
OHIO Columbus: Attorney General Dave Yost said he has rejected the wording on a petition seeking to have voters decide in November whether to legalize recreational marijuana in the state.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Gov. Kevin Stitt’s administration cannot divert gambling revenue from tribal casinos into a trust while a legal dispute between the governor and the tribes is pending in federal court, Oklahoma’s attorney general said.
OREGON Portland: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced eight new agreements with parties responsible for cleaning up the Portland Harbor Superfund Site on the Willamette River.
PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: About $5.5 million that poured in from donors after the 2018 synagogue attack that killed 11 worshippers is being distributed according to a plan outlined Monday by Jewish groups.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: A bill proposed in the state House last month plans to bring a resolution to the issue surrounding where private rights end and public access begins on the Rhode Island coasts.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Tom Turnipseed, 83, a lawyer who called himself “a reformed racist” after turning away from his segregationist past and toward civil rights, died on Friday, his wife said.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Although Sioux Falls got a fraction of typical snow during February, there’s still an elevated risk of flooding.
TENNESSEE Nashville: All 56 of Tennessee’s state parks will offer free spring hikes guided by a ranger on March 21, officials said Monday.
TEXAS Corpus Christi: The U.S. Department of Transportation said the Port of Corpus Christi will get nearly $18 million in federal funds to revamp the Avery Point Terminal.
UTAH Salt Lake City: A near-total abortion ban advancing at the Legislature on Monday could mean criminal charges for women who end their pregnancies.
VERMONT Highgate: Vermont’s maple syrup season got underway officially Monday when Republican Gov. Phil Scott tapped a tree at Gagne Maple in Highgate.
VIRGINIA Norfolk: A 96-year-old war hero looked on as military officials commissioned the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams in honor of the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Battle of Iwo Jima.
WASHINGTON Olympia: The Legislature approved a measure that would make Washington the 20th state not to tax feminine hygiene products.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Several West Virginia slopes will offer free lift tickets to skiers and snowboarders as the season comes to a close.
WISCONSIN Madison: Farmers are adjusting to growing crops in wet and cold conditions after last year’s weather challenges.
WYOMING Casper: Information on missing or murdered indigenous people could improve under legislation that would better manage missing persons reports and potentially coordinate work among multiple jurisdictions.