Pennsylvania State

Mountain View, CA

North Carolina State

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Eden, NC

Town Talks

North Carolina is the 28th largest state by area but boasts the seventh-highest number of counties in the country. If you’re searching for an affordable place to call home in North Carolina, you’re in luck. This diverse and picturesque state offers a range of options that won’t break the bank.

North Carolina City Has Been Named the Cheapest Place to Live in The State

Washington, DC

NewsNinja

A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

Maine State

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The Maine Monitor

As Maine works to address its housing crisis, much of the attention is focused on the need for new development. But there’s another issue at hand: the state’s aging housing stock.

A look at Maine’s aging housing stock

Salem, OH

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

Arizona State

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Arizona Luminaria

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced.

Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41,000 Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law

Indiana State

Chicago, IL

CHICAGO — It was Barbie night at Wintrust arena as the Chicago Sky hosted the Indiana Fever for the final game of their 2024 series. To that point, every game had been close and physical, and they were quite the spectacle. Indiana led the season series 2-1 entering the fourth matchup.

Rookie of the Year debate? Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese shut down talk before another battle

Kentucky State

Jefferson County, KY

Louisville, KY

Federal, state and local public health officials have confirmed the first case of the Oropouche virus in Kentucky and Jefferson County in a person who had returned to Louisville after traveling to the Caribbean.

Health officials report first case of Oropouche virus, aka ‘Sloth Fever,’ confirmed in Kentucky

Colorado State

Denver, CO

David Heitz

They're shaped like a potato and tend to bake in hot weather, biologists say. That's why you will find cheeky little pikas in Colorado's mountains. But climate change could cause these critters' numbers to dwindle, according to wildlife experts. Like polar bears, Pikas may predict warmer temperatures, scientists say.

Potato-shaped critter visible now may predict climate change in Colorado

Phoenix, AZ

PHOENIX — Tuesday night, the Phoenix Mercury clinched their spot in the 2024 WNBA playoffs. While Mercury constants Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner and star newcomers Kahleah Copper and Natasha Cloud have been at the forefront of Phoenix’s success this season, the presence of late-season additions Monique Billings and Celeste Taylor has been integral to the Mercury’s current standing as a playoff team.

Phoenix Mercury’s late-season additions lend hands for playoff push

Wyoming State

Cheyenne, WY

WyoFile

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

Atlanta, GA

In the latest episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, The Next’s Wilton Jackson breaks down the Atlanta Dream with host Howard Megdal. With Tina Charles looking like peak-era Tina Charles, Jordin Canada being the engine for the Atlanta Dream GM Dan Padover pictured when he acquired her and both Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray healthy and thriving, the team finds itself effectively tied for the eighth and final playoff spot at 11-21 entering play on Tuesday.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Atlanta Dream in contention

Kansas State

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Missouri State

CJ Coombs

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 1,467 children have been reported missing in the U.S. since January 1, 2024, a drop since the figure of 1,533 previously reported. That drop indicates 66 cases were resolved.

15 missing children in Missouri since June 2024: some cases resolved and more added

Georgia State

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Three earthquakes were recorded in Georgia during August, the strongest a 2.4 magnitude which occured far outside of the area where Georgia earthquakes most often occur. The quakes were recorded and reported by the US Geological Survey, which maintains seismograph stations throughout the US.

Rare SE Georgia Earthquake Recorded in August, State's Farthest South in 10 Years

Wyoming’s U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and Rep. Harriet Hageman handily staved off Republican challengers in Tuesday’s primary election. The Associated Press called the race at 8 p.m.

Barrasso, Hageman handily defeat Republican challengers

Bloomington, IN

It’s September 3, 2016. The Indiana Fever are riding a high after beating the New York Liberty by 21 points two nights earlier, and that Liberty team went on to be the best team in the Eastern Conference in 2016. The Fever are feeling good, and roughly one week later they would punch their ticket to the WNBA playoffs.

How the Indiana Fever packed a rebuild into two seasons

Buffalo, WY

The House Draw Fire burning in northern Wyoming grew to more than 163,000 acres on Thursday — nearly the combined size of Denver and Salt Lake City — threatening structures, prompting evacuation orders and forcing the closure of Interstate 90.

Wildfire burns 163,000 acres in northern Wyoming, forcing evacuations and I-90 closure

Alamogordo Conservative Daily

Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell has been relieved as the senior enlisted for the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command, an Army spokesperson confirmed, marking the third time within a month and the second within a week, that the Army has fired a command sergeant major of a brigade or larger unit as per Task and Purpose.

The Army Fires 3rd Command Sergeant Major in a Month: Command Sgt. Maj. Harold "Ed" Jarrel

Providers of Denver’s traditionally homeless have been finding unhoused migrants in their lines, too, in search of everything from diapers to shampoo. An organization that for decades has provided services to Denver’s unhoused, Haven of Hope, may land a $6 million contract to administer the Denver Asylum Seekers Program for the migrants.

Denver postpones vote on $6M contract for migrant program with homeless services provider

New Jersey State

Cook County, IL

Morristown Minute

NEW JERSEY - New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell are leading a coalition of 19 states in defending Cook County, Illinois' assault weapons ban, which is under challenge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The group filed an amicus brief supporting Cook County's law, arguing that it aligns with Second Amendment protections and public safety needs.

States Fight to Uphold Assault Weapons Ban in Federal Court

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three families who were joined through tragedy grieved differently on Monday – the first anniversary of the afternoon when a shooting rampage targeted Black people at a Jacksonville dollar store.

New lawsuits and a scholarship: Families reflect one year after Dollar General shooting

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Winters-Scott and McPeak are pillars of excellence

WASHINGTON — The unplanned, somber moment strengthened their friendship. Rob Knox is an award-winning professional and a member of the Lincoln (Pa.) Athletics Hall of Fame....

Winters-Scott and McPeak are pillars of excellence

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