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CONNECTICUT New Britain: Central Connecticut State University is working to rename a social sciences building after Ebenezer Bassett, its first black graduate and the nation’s firstever African-American diplomat in his role as ambassador to Haiti under President Ulysses S. Grant.
DELAWARE Wilmington: For its fifth season, the Riverfront Rink is offering beer for those 21 and older.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washing
ton: A measure that would allow law enforcement to temporarily seize guns from people deemed in crisis is heading to the Washington, D.C., City Council for a vote next week.
FLORIDA Bonita Springs: Actor and comedian Jane Lynch is coming to the Southwest Florida Event Center on Dec. 13 with Kate Flannery, Tim Davis and the Tony Guerrero Quintet in tow, for a blend of jazz and comedy in “A Swingin’ Little Christmas.”
GEORGIA Atlanta: The Foo Fighters will headline a pre-Super Bowl concert in Atlanta on Feb. 2.
HAWAII Honolulu: A 92-year-old Native Hawaiian princess has changed her trust to ensure her wife receives $40 million and all her personal property, court records show.
IDAHO Twin Falls: Residents now are banned from setting traps that are designed to injure or kill an animal.
ILLINOIS Chicago: An opponent to legal marijuana in Illinois says it will allow white corporate exploitation of minority customers. Chicago activist the Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston calls the effort to take over a lucrative illegal market “a gangsta move worthy of Al Capone.”
INDIANA Indianapolis: Get ready next spring to party like it’s 1969. Salman Rushdie will be in town to celebrate writer and native son Kurt Vonnegut at the Athenaeum on April 11. Partygoers are asked to dress like it’s 50 years prior, when Vonnegut published “Slaughterhouse-Five.”
is IOWA thankful Fairfield: to be A alive Canadian after spend- woman ing more than three days stranded in her car when it became stuck in the mud on a rural Iowa road. Terry Harnish, 72, says she survived on kombucha and marzipan.
KANSAS Wichita: A plan to allow residents to keep colonies of feral cats in their yards has been delayed.
KENTUCKY Louisville: A controversial Confederate statue has been vandalized for a fourth time, nearly five months after city officials said they would remove it. The words “No Borders” and “House Homeless” were painted on the 15-foot bronze statue of John B. Castleman.
LOUISIANA Shreveport: The fourth annual Tinsel shopping experience will take place along the Line Avenue corridor from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday.
MAINE Buxton: A Maine-based firm is receiving a $600,000 federal grant to help develop a kelp-based additive for bread.
MARYLAND Darlington: The crest gates of a Susquehanna River dam have been opened to allow it to flow freely into the Chesapeake Bay.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: In a study published last week in the journal Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, scientists declared that flounder in Boston’s once notoriously polluted harbor are now tumor-free. In the late 1980s, more than three-quarters of the species in Boston Harbor were found to have signs of liver disease.
MICHIGAN Lansing: A state House resolution urges food establishments and franchises to stop gender classification of kid’s meal toys.
MINNESOTA St. Cloud: The city will soon welcome a new brewery. Pantown Brewing Company plans to open in “mid- to late-December,” owner Marty Czech says.
MISSISSIPPI Biloxi: Marine officials have opened a brief oyster season for part of the Gulf Coast. The Department of Marine Resources said the western portion of the Mississippi Sound would be open from sunrise Thursday for one week.
MISSOURI Springfield: Angler Larry Rottmann had a bizarre encounter with a herd of terrified deer last week while fishing at Table Rock Lake. From his boat, Rottmann said he heard several loud gunshots ring out from the top of a bluff and saw “a small herd” crash into the lake, where they paddled around before making it out of the water.
MONTANA Billings: An attorney for the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes says the tribe is not accepting a small group of wild bison from Yellowstone National Park because of burdensome conditions proposed by federal officials.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: Five longtime friends from Lincoln have claimed their $1 million Powerball prize. The Nebraska Lottery says Douglas Murray, Felipe Osorio, Eric Cobb, Chris Hinkley and Yevgeniy Koval hit five of the numbers drawn.
NEVADA Tahoe: A hungry cub in a Tahoe school pantry has become the latest cute-bear video to hit social media, prompting officials to warn residents to take precautions.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham: The University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy has a grant to develop a new AmeriCorps program for recent high school graduates to help older adults. Participants who volunteer for one to two years will get reduced tuition at public state colleges or universities.
NEW JERSEY Totowa: Two women whose fathers were sent to jail for organized crime are opening an Italian restaurant and pizza joint aptly named Pizza Nostra.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: A new proposal moving through Congress seeks to designate Route 66 as a National Historic Trail.
NEW YORK New York: A new concourse with 12 gates is opening this weekend at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport.
NORTH CAROLINA Asheville: The Blue Ridge Parkway just north of town is closed to vehicles. The conditions at Craggy Gardens, at elevations above 5,000 feet, resemble a scene from “Frozen.”
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OREGON Salem: Emmy-nominated musician and storyteller John Doan will perform “Christmas Unplugged – Reclaiming the Holiday Spirit” three more times, including two this weekend, before moving from the region.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: The federal government is considering allowing Northeastern fishermen to harvest more skates.
SOUTH CAROLINA Clemson: Clemson University has launched a Hispanic/Latinx alumni association.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Local artist, rapper and photographer Wes Eisenhauer will get to add “spacecraft photographer” to his resume after being chosen by NASA to attend a rocket launch next month.
TENNESSEE Memphis: The cast of “General Hospital” will make special appearances at Graceland during a fan celebration weekend Jan. 18-20.
TEXAS Austin: The holiday spirit has reached the Capitol in the form of a 27-foot Virginia pine Christmas tree.
UTAH St. George: Pop star and Utah native David Archuleta will debut his second Christmas album, “Winter in the Air,” to his Southern Utah fans Monday at the Dixie State University Burns Arena.
VERMONT Burlington: A Vermont woman tried to wriggle out of a citation of indecency in Florida this week by claiming that swimming in the buff was legal in her home state. Tiana Maranville was not entirely correct: While there are no state or local laws in Vermont that prohibit public nudity, there are limitations.
VIRGINIA Chincoteague: They’re not easily placed under a tree, but an atypical holiday gift option has presented itself in the form of four wild pony foals up for auction next month.
WASHINGTON Seattle: Leaders from four Native American tribes in Puget Sound told Canadian energy regulators this week that increased tanker traffic from a proposed pipeline expansion project would harm endangered orcas, natural resources and their cultural way of life.
WEST VIRGINIA Morgantown: West Virginia University’s Hour of Code is open to Morgantown residents ages 4 and older from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Kids can sing carols with the Christkind – a fairylike character from German holiday folklore – and join her in a lantern parade Sunday afternoon at the holiday market outside Fiserv Forum.
WYOMING Cheyenne: Airlines interested in providing air service to rural Wyoming communities have until Dec. 20 to submit proposals to the state for consideration.