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A warm front moves across the region today, which may bring a few showers and perhaps a thunderstorm or two across western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut. South wind 5 to 14 mph with gusts as high as 24 mph.Very humid air invades the region tonight into Monday. The main concern is still Tuesday into early…

Wall Street Journal writer Jennifer Levitz, co-author of “Unacceptable,” talks about the culture of entitlement that spawned the “Operation Varsity Blues” scheme, which led to criminal charges against Rhode Island tennis and hockey legend Gordie Ernst and a number of celebrities. Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

I was scrolling through Facebook when I came across an impressive example of online courage.It was a video testimony — a difficult one — posted by Lindsay Iadeluca, a young reporter for Channel 10.Lindsay is 28, grew up in Rhode Island and has been at the station for three years.She co-anchors WJAR’s 12:30 p.m. lifestyle…

Light and variable wind Saturday, sunny, with a high near 88. Low around 70, although clouds will be increasing as a warm front approaches, then moves through our region bringing increasing humidity and perhaps a few thunderstorms later on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release…

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office doesn’t see real production recovering to its pre-pandemic level until mid-2022. Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

SMITHFIELD — A 24-year-old Burrillville man was hospitalized after a stabbing on Friday afternoon.The incident occurred at 21 Peach Blossom Lane, according to the police. The victim was in stable condition Friday, according to police.The police say the suspect, a 15-year-old boy, fled the scene. Officers were later able to make contact with him later…

Three suspects are in custody after a man was stabbed Thursday night at Gordon and Gallop streets in Providence, the Providence police said.The victim was taken to Rhode Island Hospital in critical condition and went directly into surgery, said Providence police Maj. David Lapatin.Witnesses identified three suspects and a vehicle, according to Lapatin. All three…

Hurricane Isaias, a Category 1 storm expected to slam the Bahamas today, is likely to track up the U.S. East Coast and bring rough seas or more to Southern New England between Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.Local forecasters are keeping an eye on the storm, which is expected to bring 80…

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump repeatedly tests the Republican Party’s limits on issues including race, trade and immigration. Now he has struck a boundary.GOP officials from New Hampshire to Mississippi to Iowa quickly pushed back against Trump’s suggestion on Thursday that it might be necessary to delay the November election — which he…

WASHINGTON – Millions of Americans are unemployed. Schools across the country are only weeks away from reopening. And cases of COVID-19 continue to spike.Pressure is mounting as Congress and the White House enter yet another round of negotiations on what would be a fifth round of emergency stimulus funding to help counter the impacts of…

HOPKINTON – An early morning nude walk on Monday eventually led to a fight with cops and a Hopkinton couple facing numerous charges, authorities said.Police arrested Mariel Kinney, 32, and Kevin Pinto, 30, after the 6:30 a.m. incident on Hayden Rowe Street.”It was kind of wild,” said Police Chief Joseph Bennett. “It wasn’t the typical…

The heat wave extended to five days when the temperature reached 90 degrees at 3:10 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.And the Weather Service expects the heat wave to continue for a sixth day today, with the temperature in Providence expected to reach 91 degrees before it breaks on Friday with a…

After weeks of steady declines, Rhode Island’s coronavirus infections are ticking up again.”We should be very concerned,” said Dr. Jeremiah Schuur, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School.On Tuesday, the state announced 119 new coronavirus infections, the most in two months. The three-day average of new cases was 91,…

A Rhode Island man died after his car went off Route 95 south in West Greenwich, struck several trees, rolled over and caught fire, according to the Rhode Island State Police.The state police were called for the one-car crash just south of exit 6 at 12:07 a.m., according to Lt. Ernest McKenney, control commander for…

The temperature in Providence reached 100 degrees at 1:37 p.m. Tuesday, the first time in eleven years it’s been that hot in Providence, according to the National Weather Service.It’s unlikely to reach 100 again today, but the heat wave should continue, with a high of 92 degrees expected, the Weather Service says.”Hot and humid weather…

Rhode Island College Foundation and the Providence Children’s Museum were both affected by a ransomware attack on an outside vendor that might have exposed personal information.The information might have been compromised when vendor Blackbaud, a software service provider for engagement and fundraising, suffered a ransomware attack, the Providence Children’s museum said in an email.”Please be…

A heat advisory remains in effect as the second heat wave of the month continues with the temperature today expected to reach 96 degrees.The heat advisory, in effect until 8 p.m., includes all of Rhode Island except Block Island.The heat index, a combination of heat and humidity, is expected to reach 99.The record high temperature…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard fired a missile from a helicopter targeting a replica aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state television reported on Tuesday, an exercise aimed at threatening the U.S. amid tensions between Tehran and Washington.The drill, in a waterway through which 20% of all traded oil passes,…

PROVIDENCE – The Republican National Committee has jumped into Rhode Island’s legal fight over witness requirements for the signing of mail ballots during the pandemic.Late Sunday night, lawyers Brandon Bell and Joseph Larisa joined lawyers from Arlington, Va., in filing a request with the U.S. District Court seeking status for both the state and national…

A Minnesota man and woman who wore face masks with swastikas on them in an incident captured on video have been banned from Walmart stores nationwide for at least a year.The video, posted to Facebook on Saturday by Raphaela Mueller, shows a man and woman in a Walmart in Marshall, Minnesota, wearing red face coverings…

While Taylor Swift may not have created the most intensive Easter egg process with the release of “Folklore,” connections can still be made between her eighth album and her personal life. The fandom has exploded in a search for deeper meanings and references to the parts of her life that Swift tries to keep private.Here…

A heat wave begins for most areas with widespread temperatures above 90 and near record highs away from the coast. A warm night is forecast, with temperatures remaining in the low-to-mid 70s with a light westerly breeze.Extreme heat Monday into Tuesday with triple-digit highs possible.A weak cold front will bring a chance of thunderstorms Tuesday…