Sources: NBC New York
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
Arkansas becomes the first U.S. state to ban transitional care for transgender minors after the Legislature overrides Governor Asa Hutchinson's veto of the bill. 2021-04-6
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a case brought by New Jersey challenging the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which prohibited state-sponsored sports betting outside of four grandfathered states, holds that PASPA is unconstitutional, opening the door for all states to authorize sports betting. 2018-05-14
Same-sex marriage is legalized in the U.S. state of New Mexico. 2013-12-19
The Senate in the U.S. state of Minnesota passes a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. Governor Mark Dayton says he intends to sign it into law. 2013-05-13
In the U.S. state of Ohio, Thomas Lane receives three life sentences for the child murders at Chardon High School that he committed in February 2012 as a 17-year-old. 2013-03-19
The New Jersey state Senate passes a bill to legalize marriage for same-sex couples by a vote of 24-16. 2012-02-13
Same-sex marriage in the U.S. state of California, due to resume on Wednesday, is blocked by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals until it is decided whether a ban is constitutional. 2010-08-17
Federal Judge Vaughn R. Walker, after deciding for the plaintiffs in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, mandates that same-sex marriage in the U.S. state of California should resume on August 18. 2010-08-12
The Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger files a motion calling for same-sex marriages to resume in the U.S. state immediately. 2010-08-6