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Smoke from the wildfires in Canada reaches the U.S. states of West Virginia, Tennessee, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and New Jersey, with the smoke also reaching the capital, Washington, D.C.
2023-06-28

Facebook agrees to pay US$550 million to settle a class action lawsuit launched in 2015 over its mass harvesting of biometric data in the state of Illinois.
2020-01-29

An Amtrak train carrying Republican lawmakers to a retreat in West Virginia collides with a garbage truck in Crozet, Virginia. At least one person dies and one person is seriously injured. The White House states that there are no serious injuries among members of Congress or their staff.
2018-01-31

West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin declares a state of emergency for 100,000 West Virginia American Water customers in five counties (Boone, Lincoln, Kanawha, Jackson, and Putnam) because of a spill of 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol into the Elk River.
2014-01-9

The United States Supreme Court overturned 8-0 a U.S. appeals court ruling against five big power utility companies, brought by U.S. states, New York City, and Land trusts, attempting to force cuts in United States greenhouse gas emissions regarding global warming. The decision gives deference to reasonable interpretations of the United States Clean Air Act by the Environmental Protection Agency.
2011-06-20

The Supreme Court in the U.S. state of Illinois rules that Rahm Emanuel, former Chief of Staff to President of the United States Barack Obama, is eligible to run for Mayor of Chicago.
2011-01-27

4 people are fatally shot outside a Buffalo restaurant in the U.S. state of New York, with 3 others sustaining injuries.
2010-08-14

Elias Abuelazam, an Arab Israeli arrested in the United States in connection with almost 20 stabbings across three U.S. states, agrees to face charges relating to one of the attacks.
2010-08-13

A court in the U.S. state of Arizona listens to challenges to the state's policy against illegal immigrants.
2010-07-23

The Federal government of the United States files a lawsuit against the U.S. state of Arizona in its bid to overturn its controversial immigration law.
2010-07-6