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A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a significant step forward Tuesday

Owners of electric vehicles in a number of states will start seeing fees to pay for road repairs in the new year. At least eight states will begin charging new or higher registration fees Wednesday for electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids. The new fees mean that, for the first time, a majority of states will assess special fees on gas-free...

The University of North Carolina announced Wednesday that a torn-down Confederate monument won’t return to campus under a legal agreement that hands over the “Silent Sam” statue to a group of Confederate descendants. The University of North Carolina System said in a news release that a judge approved a settlement giving possession of the monument to the Sons of Confederate...

President Donald Trump does not have to disclose his tax returns to appear as a candidate on California’s primary ballot next spring, a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

A man cited for eating a breakfast sandwich while on a BART platform has sparked controversy after video of the incident posted on social media has gone viral.

The state Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the town of Salisbury improperly limited the days and hours of auto racing at the Lime Rock Park racetrack.

An administrative hearing to decide whether Missouri can revoke the license for the state’s only abortion clinic concluded Thursday with emotional testimony from a clinic official. The hearing in St. Louis before a commissioner with the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission was expected to last five days but wrapped up a day early. A ruling isn’t expected until February at the...

Family and friends of two 17-year-old girls killed in a crash in Brooklyn Monday are trying to come to terms with their loss.

The city of Charlottesville is preparing to appeal its defeat in a lawsuit over two Confederate monuments.

A union for Texas troopers is suing the state over a new policy that limits the size of officers’ waistlines.

Police bodycams have given the public a new view of how officers do their jobs, both well, and poorly.

A Virginia judge has blocked the city of Charlottesville’s effort to remove Confederate statues. The Daily Progress reports the three-day civil trial that ended Friday included a judge’s ruling preventing the removal of statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

Three couples planning to get married in Virginia have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state requirement that they disclose their race on their marriage application.

A Connecticut state employee whose guns were seized after he allegedly made threatening comments to co-workers has been fired.

The case of a suburban Chicago teenager who killed himself after being confronted at his high school about whether he made a video of himself having sex with a classmate raised uncomfortable questions about how aggressively school officials should question kids suspected of wrongdoing and whether they should wait until a parent arrives.

A longtime Avon resident inspired a movement to keep the town’s history alive.

Former Boy Scouts who say they were molested as children by adult scout leaders filed nine lawsuits Tuesday in New York accusing the organization of failing to protect them.

A group of Republican legislators say it’s “wholly inappropriate” for Connecticut’s Department of Public Health Committee to make vaccination policy recommendations.

Lead paint is still a huge problem in historic New Haven.

Some states and cities have a message for women seeking abortions who live in places where it is becoming increasingly restricted: We’re here for you. New York City and Illinois — spurred by a slew of states that have passed laws recently to limit or ban abortion — are taking action to provide women from out of state with financial...