Across the nation
News from every state.
ALABAMA Birmingham: The Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is adding free vehicle electric-car chargers
ALASKA Kenai: The smartphone app Alaska FishTopia has been designed to connect anglers and guides to a hub of local fishing information.
ARIZONA Lake Havasu City: La Paz County got a $1.1 million surge in jail revenue last fiscal year for housing inmates from other jurisdictions.
ARKANSAS Fayetteville: More than $27 million in bonds will help fund a student success building, a library facility and dining hall renovations at the University of Arkansas.
CALIFORNIA Fresno: The Fresno Unified school district has agreed to pay $825,000 to two families of disabled students who were allegedly tube-fed bleach at school.
COLORADO Rocky Mountain National Park: Campfires have been banned to avoid starting wildfires.
CONNECTICUT Ridgefield: Police say swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti has popped up in various locations in the past 18 months.
DELAWARE Wilmington: Jashown Banner-Hackett, who was shot and paralyzed last year, has received a wheelchair-accessible van.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A roundtable on policing and public safety in wards 7 and 8 will be held Thursday.
FLORIDA Fort Myers: Authorities say a man tried to take a loaded handgun through airport security.
GEORGIA Atlanta: A statewide treeclearing project is drawing complaints.
HAWAII Honolulu: A WalletHub report ranks Hawaii as the worst state to start a business.
ILLINOIS Chicago: The University of Chicago is looking for a buyer for its Yerkes Observatory.
INDIANA Auburn: Money is being raised to restore Auburn’s Eckhart Public Library, which was damaged by arson in July 2017.
IOWA Dubuque: Authorities say Matthew R. Voseberg admitted to setting his apartment on fire.
KANSAS Wichita: A federal judge has rejected a request from Vermin Supreme, a Massachusetts man seeking to join the Republican ballot for Kansas attorney general.
KENTUCKY Lexington: A murder suspect surrendered after he barricaded himself in a motel, forcing its evacuation.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: The state spent nearly $108,000 to respond to claims that a former aide to Gov. John Bel Edwards sexually harassed a woman.
MAINE Falmouth: The Maine Loon Count is taking place July 21.
MARYLAND Linthicum: Alice Sophocleus, the widow of Maryland delegate Ted Sophocleus, has been tapped to serve the rest of his term.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: A Guatemalan asylum seeker has been reunited with her daughter.
MICHIGAN Frenchtown Township: Fermi 2 nuclear power plant has been cut back to 60 percent power as it undergoes repairs.
MINNESOTA Minneapolis: Conservative groups are suing the University of Minnesota, arguing the school violated free speech by moving conservative speaker Ben Shapiro to its St. Paul campus.
MISSISSIPPI Iuka: Brandon Adam Pendergrass, who was already jailed, faces five felony charges for threatening bodily harm on five county supervisors and the judge.
MISSOURI St. Louis: African-American leaders held a second ribboncutting Friday at the Gateway Arch after an event received backlash for featuring only white people.
MONTANA Billings: 911 dispatchers received more than 500 fireworksrelated calls on the Fourth of July.
NEBRASKA Chadron: Fort Robinson State Park and the Wildcat Hills Nature Center will offer hikes this week to view bighorn sheep.
NEVADA Reno: The Washoe County School District has settled a lawsuit with an eighth-grader who said his rights were violated when he was told his pro-gun T-shirt violates the dress code.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Hampton: Commercial fisherman caught a 600pound, 14-foot swordfish.
NEW JERSEY Ledgewood: An animal welfare center rescued 172 cats from a home that had no electricity or running water.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: The federal drought map released last week showed that every square mile of the state is dealing with drought.
A transport plane built to rescue American hostages in Iran in the 1980s will reside at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum.
NORTH CAROLINA Wrightsville
Beach: The water was 89 degrees at Johnnie Mercers Fishing Pier last week.
NORTH DAKOTA Minot: Ward County will use water from the oil field to help control dust.
OHIO Cleveland: Police officer Vu Nguyen, who collapsed during a timed 1.5-mile fitness run in 90degree heat, has died.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The OKC Rattlesnake Museum is open. It’s home to 35 venomous reptiles.
OREGON Portland: Officials say a 14-year-old girl playing with fireworks started a fire that burned a vacant house, a bus, two recreational vehicles, four outbuildings and six boats.
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: A city bus ran a red light, hit two cars and then plowed onto a home’s lawn, killing one man.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: New state dog laws forbid keeping them outside for more than 10 hours during the day and prohibits heavy chains.
SOUTH CAROLINA Spartanburg: Spartanburg County has 12 job openings for 911 dispatchers.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sturgis: The South Dakota Crimes against Children Task Force has increased its staff for the upcoming Sturgis Rally.
TENNESSEE Knoxville: The University of Tennessee has opened a 112year-old time capsule from Estabrook Hall.
TEXAS San Antonio: A man captured on video throwing a drink at a Donald Trump supporter has been arrested.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Investigators are looking into what caused a grass fire near the University of Utah.
VERMONT Brattleboro: The Is It Clean? web page lists results of the bacteria levels of the Connecticut River.
VIRGINIA Richmond: Officials say the state lost 60 percent of its honeybee colonies last winter.
WASHINGTON Mount Vernon: Skagit County officials have new tsunami inundation maps to help plan for potential big waves caused by large earthquakes
WEST VIRGINIA Morgantown: Former Mon Health System CEO Darryl Duncan faces a misdemeanor charge of harassing his successor.
WISCONSIN Milwaukee: A new project will offer residents a horse therapy program with a focus on healing people with trauma.
WYOMING Cheyenne: A Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 and crew has been activated to assist with fighting western wildfires.