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Lake Hopatcong, a popular summer attraction, is filled with cyanobacteria in quantities never before recorded.
President Trump, upon ordering flags to half staff at federal buildings around the country, denounced what he called "unspeakable" acts of "evil."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that both urban and rural overdose death rates have been rising, but the urban rate shot up more dramatically after 2015.
On Aug. 14, the Child Victims Act takes effect, giving people one year to sue over allegations of sexual abuse, regardless of when they said it occurred.
The law's opponents submitted more than 227,000 signatures on a referendum petition to the Secretary of State's Office on Thursday, far more than the 124,632 needed to get the question on the ballot.
Roy Cooper, a Democrat, signed the order to target the now-discredited misconception that someone's sexuality can be changed by psychological, medical or spiritual interventions.
A memo obtained by The Texas Tribune instructs DPS officers to cite and release suspects in misdemeanor marijuana cases "as appropriate." Officials said the goal is to continue enforcement even though some prosecutors aren't taking new pot cases.
The option is spreading at a time of heightened fear of foreign interference in U.S. elections. It has been used in a few local elections and will be available to some voters in the 2020 presidential caucuses.
Size of the refund checks being sent to South Carolina residents, who paid for a $2 billion nuclear project that was never completed. It's a fraction of what they were charged for the project on their utility bills.
Message on the Instagram for House of Yes, a Brooklyn nightclub that's working with New York City's health department to raise awareness about the mixing of cocaine with the deadly opioid fentanyl.
Illinois state Sen. Thomas E. Cullerton has been indicted by federal authorities on embezzlement charges alleging he pocketed almost $275,000 in salary and benefits from the Teamsters union despite doing little or no work.
NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo was quickly suspended Friday after a departmental judge recommended the veteran cop's firing for the Staten Island chokehold death of Eric Garner five years ago.
The public is willing to raise some taxes, but only ones that create unreliable revenue streams.
States routinely clean up voter lists and cancel registrations either because those voters moved to another state, died or have gone for long periods of time without casting a ballot.
U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols of the District of Columbia agreed with the president's lawyers, who said if they waited to take legal action until after the tax returns were turned over, it would be too late to challenge the state law because the tax documents would have already been made public.
Washington state and Pennsylvania will offer a third gender option on driver's licenses, so people who don't identify as female or male can choose X instead.
In Nevada, the purchase by the 19-year-old was legal. But just across the line in California, where the minimum age for purchasing a rifle is now 21, the weapon is banned and should never have been brought into the state, according to the state’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra.
The Oregon College Savings Plan, a state-sponsored plan designed to help people save for education, just launched its "Kinder Grad" incentive program.
A proposal before Congress would expand a provision that gives small governments and districts access to cheaper financing.
Congress is promising to tackle them this year. Can it succeed where states haven't?
Current statute of limitations for sex crimes in Illinois. As of 2020, victims will no longer face a time limit for charging people with sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault or aggravated sexual abuse.
North Dakota GOP Gov. Doug Burgum, referring to traffic fatalities in America. Since 2000, more than 600,000 have died in car crashes. The National Governors Association is making road funding and safety a priority this year.
At its core, the technology is meant to make voting easier and increase primary turnout, which is historically lower than that of general elections.
New York has shot down President Trump's plan to arm teachers.
The state is investigating Juul's promotional pricing offers and "seeks information as to how and why JUUL selects its targeted marketing groups," according to a press release.
Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohio may need to stop executing people by injection because state officials have been unable to obtain the necessary drugs, according to a DeWine spokesman.
The money is for hiring additional village and tribal officers and to pay for equipment and training.
To help finance the Elliot Twins and future renovation projects, the housing authority will change how it receives much of its federal funding.
The plan relies on states to come up with proposals for safe importation and submit them for federal approval.
As community-based organizations struggle financially, they are experiencing staff turnover that hampers their crucial work.
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