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The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA's offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at the important weather and climate agency.

St. Clair County State’s Attorney James Gomric has declined to file criminal charges against the Illinois State Police trooper who fatally shot an unarmed woman driving a stolen car in East St. Louis.

A Florida court has ruled that Palm Beach County,Florida must considered so-called "dimpled" ballots in its manual recountfrom the November 7th election. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports that the countyhad stopped counting while it waited for the court's decision on thestandards for counting partially punched ballots. The county canvassingboard rules say at least one corner of a chad must be dislodged for a ballotto count. But Democrats argued to Circuit Court Judge Jorge Labarga (sayGeorge) that the ballots where there is an indentation next to a candidatesname, even if it is not completely punched through, should also count.

The certification vote follows weeks of attempts by President Trump to overturn his opponent's win. Three members voted in favor of certification, and one abstained.

Unions representing teachers, laborers and police officers are spending big bucks to try primarying southern Illinois Republicans.

Most of the 7,500 people who fled an accident in Los Angeles county last year will never be caught. But a proposed statewide hit-and-run system could get some of these drivers off the streets.

A ballot measure in California will ask voters if they OK a new congressional map. In a sign of how rare the proposal is, it specifically cites Texas Republicans' new districts in the measure's title.

Looks like stealth mode is over.The usually quiet Rivian Automotive made some noise in the past week, as the company revealed lots of new information in…

A rural county just north of Peoria is reporting early success getting its teachers vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The alleged gunman in a Labor Day weekend shooting in DeWitt County that killed one person and critically injured another has apparently killed himself, authorities said Tuesday.