USA TODAY International Edition
STATE-BY-STATE
This is an abbreviated report. Not every state is represented.
ALABAMA Mobile: City police say two people were shot inside a vehicle Wednesday night.
ALASKA Juneau: City officials are considering an ordinance to require owners of electric vehicles to obtain a permit to use the city’s charging stations.
ARIZONA Phoenix: Arizona State University is revoking the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism it gave TV host Charlie Rose in 2015. Rose was fired over sexual misconduct allegations.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: A dentist who was acquitted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old female patient has filed a federal lawsuit against the girl, her mother, five Little Rock police officers and an Arkansas State Police investigator.
CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: Among the things Californians had to be thankful for Thursday were temperatures that sent people flocking to beaches. It was a record 91 in Los Angeles.
COLORADO Colorado Springs: Money is being raised to help dozens of seniors being forced out of their apartment complex in the city.
CONNECTICUT New Haven: A tentative settlement has been reached in the ninth and final lawsuit against former Enfield police officer Matthew Worden.
DELAWARE Dover: Police are investigating after a man’s body was found in Silver Lake.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: After public protests, the District is reversing cuts to a discounted taxicab program for paratransit riders, WTOP radio reports.
FLORIDA Jacksonville: A baby giraffe has become the 40th born at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.
GEORGIA Monticello: Walter Rabon Jr., deputy commissioner of the state Department of Natural Resources, is on leave after police say he drove drunk with more than a dozen jars of moonshine in his car.
IDAHO Boise: Businessman Tommy Ahlquist has launched an attack website criticizing his Republican gubernatorial opponents.
ILLINOIS Chicago: At least a dozen Illinois Department of Children and Family Services workers have been attacked or seriously threatened while trying to protect children or investigate mistreatment allegations since 2013, according to a Chicago Tribune analysis.
KANSAS Topeka: Hispanic and black students are still underrepresented on state college campuses, a new report says.
KENTUCKY Frankfort: An investigation into a secret sexual harassment settlement involving four Republican legislators will be delayed because some current and former GOP staffers are refusing to cooperate.
MAINE Portland: Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant has been ousted as president of the Maine Sheriff ’s Association over a sexually explicit photograph of him.
MARYLAND Hagerstown: Police are looking for a man who they say shot and killed a woman two days after he was released from prison. MASSACHUSETTS North Attleborough: Wildlife officials say a coyote that attacked two people before being killed by police had rabies.
MICHIGAN Detroit: Warming centers have been opened to provide overnight temporary relief for the homeless when shelters are full.
MINNESOTA Little Canada: A man is accused of injuring his newborn son by repeatedly punching the crying 4-week-old child in the face.
MONTANA Great Falls: More than a dozen cities and towns enjoyed record high temperatures on Thanksgiving.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: Authorities say a small plane landed safety at the Lincoln Airport last week after a bird smashed through its cockpit windshield.
NEVADA Las Vegas: No cooks set their kitchens on fire while cooking Thanksgiving meals this year, the city’s fire department said Friday.
NEW JERSEY Newark: A Union City tax preparer who filed fraudulent returns for her clients has been sentenced to prison.
NEW YORK New York: Former U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, 79, has died.
NORTH CAROLINA Graham: Alamance County will ask the state to redraw its boundary with Guilford County.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Fewer North Dakotans are reporting sevenfigure incomes due to a slump in agriculture and energy prices, the state’s tax commissioner says.
OHIO Columbus: The state says more than 68,000 students took part in the second full year of a program that allows middle- and high-schoolers to earn free college credit.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: A south Oklahoma animal park will send 19 tigers that are the subject of a lawsuit in Florida to a Colorado sanctuary.
PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: The state Supreme Court has invalidated three vetoes Republican Gov. Corbett made during a legislative adjournment, saying he failed to issue formal public notices.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: Free parking for holiday shoppers will be available in several commercial districts, Mayor Jorge Elorza says.
SOUTH CAROLINA Greer: Republican state Rep. Tommy Stringer says he is leaving the state House after 10 years.
SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: Business groups, federal lawmakers and public officials’ associations are supporting the state’s bid to collect sales taxes from out-of-state internet retailers.
TENNESSEE Nashville: Authorities say Department of Veterans Affairs doctor Choudhury Salekin violated the Hatch Act 15 times during his independent bid to unseat Sen. Lamar Alexander in 2014.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Much of Utah is seeing balmy weather, prompting the Snowbird ski resort to suspend skiing and other winter activities just days after opening the season.
VERMONT Bristol: A burglar used an ax to cut holes into eight barrels of maple syrup, causing about 300 gallons to leak onto the floor of the sugar house where it was being stored.
From staff and wire reports