CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — These Rhode Island lotteries were drawn Friday:
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Rhode Island Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — The University of Rhode Island is revoking honorary degrees bestowed upon two once-prominent advisers to former President Donald Trump: retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
BOSTON (AP) — 2022 is shaping up to be a banner year for Massachusetts politics, with a crowded race for governor, a wide-open contest for attorney general, a number of spirited district attorney elections, and a handful of thorny ballot questions.
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who authorities say played a role in scheme that used false identities to cheat a bank out of about $800,000 has pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors said.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Just days after the director of Rhode Island's Department of Health announced her resignation, the agency's deputy director announced that he, too, is leaving.
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts State Police trooper was treated at the hospital for minor injuries after his cruiser was struck by a man authorities say was driving drunk.
Editor’s note: With the pandemic’s restrictions greatly reduced or lifted, most businesses and service agencies have returned to regular operations. Here is a list of organizations that still have restricted operations or reduced hours.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — The first Polish Roman Catholic church in New Bedford is set to close this month after 117 years, following years of declining membership and the death of its pastor.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents' consent, the youngest age of any state, under a proposal late Thursday by a state senator.
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Night" game were:
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Night" game were:
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
WESTERLY — The town is receiving 3,600 COVID-19 home test kits that will be distributed to residents in the community beginning Friday as part of a federal effort to curb the latest wave of coronavirus infections.
WESTERLY — Teachers and their supporters took to the podium Wednesday as part of the ongoing struggle to come up with contract terms that are acceptable to both the educators and the School Committee.
STONINGTON — A recommendation sent to the Board of Education for review calls for a $912,675 increase in spending during the 2022-23 school year, a 2.38% hike over the district’s current budget.
Rhode Island's governor submitted a $12.8 billion state budget plan to the General Assembly on Thursday that seeks to address the pandemic, build more affordable housing, invest in schools and help businesses.
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CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's unemployment rate dropped to 4.8% in December, down three-tenths of a percentage point from the November rate but higher than the national rate of 3.9%, the state Department of Labor and Training said Thursday.
A Rhode Island man who authorities say fled the U.S. and faked his death to evade prosecution for rape and financial fraud has been arrested after skipping his court date in Scotland, police said Thursday.
Gov. Ned Lamont won't push for lawmakers to renew executive orders requiring certain state employees and teachers either get vaccinated or tested for COVID-19.
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — A public official in Connecticut was charged with murder Thursday after the body of a man was found inside her home.
A bill introduced in the Rhode Island Legislature called “Equality in Abortion Coverage Act” asks the public to pay for abortions.
Now that the Supreme Court stopped OSHA from doing exactly what it was established to do, protect American workers, and condemned thousands of them to unnecessary deaths from COVID, it is time for journalists to step up and start publishing which companies are requiring COVID vaccination of …
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Rhode Island Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Rhode Island Lottery's "Wild Money" game were:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department dropped charges Thursday against a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor accused of concealing ties to the Chinese government, a further setback to a federal initiative that was set up to prevent economic espionage and theft by Beijing of tr…
WEYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said Thursday it won’t revoke authorization for the natural gas compressor station in Weymouth, even though several members said regulators shouldn’t have approved the project to begin with.
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were:
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Day" game were:
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — These Connecticut lotteries were drawn Thursday:
BOSTON (AP) — The more than 40 inpatient beds at Boston's Tufts Children's Hospital will be converted to much-needed ICU and medical/surgical beds for adults, the hospital's operator announced Thursday.
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Rhode Island Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — These Rhode Island lotteries were drawn Thursday:
A financial payout for more than 1,000 people — mostly men — who say they were sexually assaulted by former University of Michigan sports doctor Robert Anderson is the latest multimillion-dollar settlement involving schools faced with sexual misconduct scandals.
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A former Massachusetts bakery building that made its last pie earlier this month has been sold for more than $4.5 million to a developer planning to build housing and retail space at the site.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Investigators in New Hampshire have solved a nearly 50-year-old murder of a Massachusetts woman, but they can't make an arrest because they say the killer, who was serving a life sentence in another case, died in 2019.
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced Thursday that she's running for governor, transforming the year’s top political contest by stepping into the race as the presumptive front-runner on the Democratic side.
WASHINGTON (AP) — US drops case against MIT professor Gang Chen, who was accused of hiding work he did for the Chinese government.
WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man charged with beating his former wife to death and setting her home on fire has been denied bail for a second time.
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Night" game were:
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Night" game were:
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
WESTERLY — The town planner, members of the Planning Board, and residents are raising concerns about the size and scope of a project planned for the former St. Pius X School property on Elm Street. Some board members, though, said they were glad the plans called for reuse of an old building …
CHARLESTOWN — Questions posed to a second-shift patrolman in October led Charlestown Police Chief Michael Paliotta to the possible misconduct of a now-retired Rhode Island State Police lieutenant who is alleged to have been caught having sex in an unmarked cruiser behind the state garage in …
NEW YORK (AP) — A new study in two states that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination concludes getting the shots is still the safest way to prevent COVID-19.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee on Wednesday proposed spending more than $150 million during the next fiscal year on several initiatives intended to address threats to the state from climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
It’s encouraging to see the candidates for governor paying attention to the work of the Coastal Resources Management Council Study Commission and voicing concern about the CRMC. The future of the CRMC should be an issue discussed in the 2022 gubernatorial race.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two women have been arrested on charges of entering a restricted building, disorderly conduct, and demonstrating related to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, the FBI said.