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News from across the USAALABAMATuscaloosa: The city is
getting $3 million in federal grant
money to help remove lead contami-
nation from low-income homes.
ALASKAJuneau: A new report by a
nonpartisan watchdog group says the
U.S. Forest Service has lost nearly
$600 million through its manage-
ment of the Tongass National Forest.
Coast Alaska reports Taxpayers for
Common Sense says the Government
Accountability Office’s own 2016
estimates didn’t factor in the cost of
building access roads.
ARIZONAFlagstaff:A Colorado River
tributary is being eyed for power
generation. Pumped Hydro Storage
LLCwants to put up dams on the
Little Colorado River.
ARKANSASLittle Rock: The mayor
on Monday proposed returning local
control to the city’s schools after a
state plan to grant only limited au-
thority sparked fears that the district
could revert to a racially divided,
“separate but equal” system.
CALIFORNIASacramento: Pharma-
cists in the state will be able to dis-
pense HIV prevention pills without a
doctor’s prescription after Gov. Gavin
Newsom signed legislation Monday.
COLORADOAurora: A group of dem-
onstrators against U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement disrupted
a City Council meeting Monday.
CONNECTICUTWindsor: Authorities
exhumed the bodies Monday of two
victims of the 1944 Hartford circus
fire in the hopes of determining
whether one of them is a woman who
is among five people still listed as
missing after the tragedy.
DELAWAREWilmington: Five of the
state’s previous governors and two of
its former chief justices are backing
Gov. John Carney in his attempt to
preserve a law that requires a politi-
cal balance among state court judges.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAWashing-
ton: Lawmakers in the city are eyeing
a tax on sugary drinks containing
“natural common sweeteners.”
FLORIDASt. Petersburg: Scientists
say toxic red tide is back in the wa-
ters off the state’s southwest coast
after fading away earlier this year
following a 15-month bloom.
GEORGIAAtlanta: Oprah Winfrey
says she’s giving $13 million to in-
crease a scholarship endowment at
historically black Morehouse College,
adding to the $12 million she gave to
the all-male school 30 years ago.
HAWAIIKailua-Kona: A county
agency has found nearly 10% of tsu-
nami warning sirens on Hawaii Island
are inoperable.
IDAHOBoise: The city has closed a
day shelter for homeless families and
plans on moving some funding to
Interfaith Sanctuary Shelter, which
will begin offering day-shelter ser-
vices seven days a week this month.
ILLINOISAurora: An overnight fire
has destroyed a historic Masonic
temple that was abandoned more
than a decade ago.
INDIANARensselaer: Thousands of
bagels went from frozen to toasted
Sunday evening after a semi hauling
the breakfast item went up in flames.
IOWAWaterloo: The city has become
the first in the state to approve a
measure banning the city and many
businesses from asking about appli-
cants’ criminal records in early stages
of the hiring process.
KANSASOverland Park: The city
has passed an ordinance banning
discrimination based on sexual
orientation or gender identity.KENTUCKYLouisville: A young
elephant calf born this summer is
closer to having a name. The Louis-
ville Zoo has announced three final-
ists: Fitz, Rocket and Walt. Zoo visi-
tors can drop coins or bills in a ki-
osk to vote in person, or vote online.
LOUISIANABaton Rouge: Gov. John
Bel Edwards is battling to hold onto
the Democrats’ only governorship in
the Deep South, with an onslaught
of national GOP firepower aimed at
ousting him. Republicans see his
2015 victory as a fluke.MAINEPortland: Marijuana enthu-
siasts in the Pine Tree State will
likely be able to purchase their pre-
ferred products in retail stores by
March 2020 after years of waiting.
MARYLANDBaltimore: A City
Council committee has modified a
proposed ban of plastic bags to
focus on particularly thin plastic.MASSACHUSETTSBoston: The
city’s Museum of Fine Arts has been
scrambling to make amends since
black students were mistreated on a
class trip in May. In addition to
banning two patrons and launching
an internal investigation and an
independent review, the MFA has
created a new position: senior direc-
tor of inclusion.MICHIGANDetroit: The U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service on Tuesday
removed the Kirtland’s warbler from
the federal list of endangered spe-
cies. The yellow-bellied songbirds
have historically nested in the
state’s northern Lower Peninsula.
MINNESOTAMinneapolis: Presi-
dent Donald Trump’s campaign is
threatening to sue the city for trying
to force it to pay $530,000 in securi-
ty costs for a rally this Thursday.MISSISSIPPIJackson: A federal
court that rejected the state’s 15-
week abortion ban should have let
the state present evidence about
whether a fetus experiences pain,
an attorney for the state argued
Mondayduring a hearing at the 5th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.MISSOURIColumbia: The city has
banned so-called conversion thera-
py for minors, becoming the first in
the state to ban the practice.MONTANAHarlem: The City Coun-
cil has voted to replace Columbus
Day with Indigenous Peoples Day.
NEBRASKATerrytown: City Council
members have decided to put off
indefinitely a proposed ordinance
that would have barred anyone from
feeding geese or other wild critters.NEVADAReno: The state Depart-
ment of Transportation has con-
cerns about a system that uses pro-
pane-powered blasts to trigger con-
trolled avalanches on the Mount
Rose Summit mountain pass, but
it’s making contingency plans.
NEW HAMPSHIREConcord: The
state’s congressional delegation
says New Hampshire will be getting
more than $600,000 in federal
funds to help law enforcement
agencies fight the opioid crisis.NEW JERSEYSeaside Heights: The
New Jersey Historic Trust is provid-
ing a $750,000 grant to help refur-
bish a 109-year-old carousel at the
Casino Pier arcade.
NEW MEXICOAlbuquerque: About
a quarter of Navajo women and
some infants who were part of a
federally funded study on uranium
exposure had high levels of the ra-
dioactive metal in their systems,
decades after mining for Cold War
weaponry ended on their reserva-
tion, a U.S. health official says.
NEW YORKAlbany: Brook trout
have been discovered in a high-
elevation Adirondack Mountains
lake for the first time since Lake
Colden was declared fishless due to
acid rain 32 years ago.NORTH CAROLINAStatesville: The
star of CNBC’s “The Profit” has set-
tled a dispute with the city over a
huge American flag at the reality TV
star’s recreational vehicle store.
NORTH DAKOTABismarck: State
environmental regulators have
signed an agreement with the feder-
al government that permits compa-
nies to self-report infractions in
exchange for exemption from fines.OHIODayton: Books on a young
white supremacist’s awakening and
on Iranian refugees in Sweden are
winners of this year’s Dayton Literary
Peace Prize awards.OKLAHOMATulsa: A committee
overseeing a project to find the re-
mains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa
Race Massacre says more areas
should be investigated. The Oklaho-
ma Archaeological Survey used
ground-penetrating radar to search
Oaklawn Cemetery on Monday.
OREGONSalem: If state lawmakers
again fail to pass a law regulating
greenhouse gas emissions next year,
voters could be called on to do it.
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports
three initiative petitions filed Monday
would require the state to transition
to a carbon-free economy by 2050.PENNSYLVANIAPittsburgh: The
University of Pittsburgh is moving to
block a new election seeking to
unionize graduate student workers.
RHODE ISLANDProvidence: The U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development has awarded $12.4 mil-
lion in the state to protect low-in-
come families from lead-based paint
and home health hazards.SOUTH CAROLINAWalhalla: William
Henry Talley, a police officer killed in
the line of duty in 1928, is finally be-
ing remembered at the National Law
Enforcement Memorial in Washing-
ton, D.C., officials say.
TENNESSEEMemphis: A group of
voters is appealing a judge’s dismiss-
al of a lawsuit challenging the securi-
ty of voting machines in the state’s
largest county and calling for a
switch to a handwritten ballot.TEXASAustin: Texas A&M Univer-
sity officials have decided to ban
e-cigarettes from all campuses.
UTAHSt. George: Zion National Park
visitation set records this summer,
averaging more than a half-million
visitors per month.VERMONTBurlington: The City
Council has passed a resolution that
aims to let noncitizens vote in city
elections.
VIRGINIACharlottesville: The city is
preparing to appeal its defeat in a
lawsuit over two Confederate monu-
ments after a judge ruled last month
that the monuments don’t send a
racially discriminatory message.WASHINGTONSpokane: Gov. Jay
Inslee is seeking ways to reduce the
number of wolves killed by the state.
Inslee sent a letter Tuesday to the
Department of Fish and Wildlife say-
ing the statewide wolf management
plan does not appear to be working in
the Kettle River Range area.
WEST VIRGINIACharleston: The U.S.
Supreme Court says it will leave in
place a court decision that derailed
the impeachment trials of three West
Virginia Supreme Court justices ac-
cused of corruption.WISCONSINMadison: A paralyzed
state lawmaker would be allowed to
call into committee meetings he can’t
attend in person under rule changes
Republicans unveiled Tuesday that
are designed to meet requests the
Democrat made nearly a year ago.WYOMINGCheyenne: A hunting
advocacy group seeks to eliminate
mountain biking and all-terrain vehi-
cles in the Palisades and Shoal Creek
wilderness study areas.
From USA TODAY Network and
wire reportsHIGHLIGHT: SOUTH DAKOTATokata Iron Eyes chants as she and Greta Thunberg lead a march Monday.APRapid City: Two 16-year-old activists, one from Pine Ridge Reservation and one
from Sweden, urged politicians Monday to listen to indigenous people on climate
change. At a rally that drew hundreds, Greta Thunberg spoke against the pro-
posed Keystone XL pipeline through South Dakota, which she said is “not mor-
ally defensible.” “Indigenous peoples have been leading this fight for centuries,”
the Swedish teen said. Tokata Iron Eyes planned the rally and invited Thunberg
to speak at the Pine Ridge and Standing Rock reservations. “We are marching for
our lives, we are marching for climate justice, and we are marching for indige-
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