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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

California reimposes its indoor mask mandate due to fears of the spread of the Omicron variant. The mandate will last until at least January 15.
2021-12-15

Florida reports their first case of the Brazil variant of SARS-CoV-2, making it the fourth state to do so after Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Maryland.
2021-02-19

A Federal District Judge for Eastern Pennsylvania temporarily enjoins the Trump administration from implementing new rules that change the Obamacare contraceptive mandate. California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia and Washington have also sued the federal government over the rules.
2017-12-15

Fifteen states sue the Trump administration over potential violations of the Due Process Clause as a result of actions concerning the rescindment of the DACA program.
2017-09-7

The state of Washington, joined by the states of California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Oregon, asks a federal judge to stop, on constitutional grounds, the revised federal immigration-refugee rules from taking effect on Thursday, March 16. The state of Hawaii has filed a separate, similar request.
2017-03-13

The U.S. states of Minnesota and Rhode Island begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
2013-08-1

Voters in the states of Maine, Maryland, and Washington approve measures that would allow same-sex marriage, while Minnesota votes down an amendment that would define marriage as between one man and one woman.
2012-11-7

The pre-trial hearing of imprisoned U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning takes place at Fort Meade, Maryland.
2012-06-25

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reopens its investigation into the death of film star Natalie Wood after receiving fresh information. Wood drowned off the coast of California in 1981.
2011-11-18