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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claiming the mantle of the “law and order” candidate, President Donald Trump is offering himself as the leader best positioned to keep Americans safe, a day after Democratic rival Joe Biden assailed him over the deadly protests that have sprung up on his watch.Trump is diving head-first into the latest eruption in…

CORRECTION: Bob Walsh is executive director of National Education Association Rhode Island. His union was misidentified in the original version of this story.Gov. Gina Raimondo’s decision to give schools more time to reopen fully in person was met with a sigh of relief from several local educators Monday, but the executive director of one of…

After a cool start, the day should warm to about 76 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.The temperature was just 55 degrees shortly before 7 a.m.Expect mostly sunny skies and a light wind.”High pressure over southern New England provides dry and very comfortable weather today, but with much less wind than Sunday,” the Weather…

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) — East Greenwich is working on a plan to boost business on Main Street by closing the street to traffic on Sundays this fall.Under the plan still being developed by the town and the local Chamber of Commerce, the street would become a pedestrian mall from noon until dusk on Sundays…

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — Some Vermont educators are wondering if remote learning could mean the end of snow days, the unexpected days off when weather conditions make it too hard for staff and children to reach school.Bryan Olkowski, the superintendent of the Washington Central Supervisory Union, recently floated the idea at a school board meeting.TO…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul’s dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded respect. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought cool intellectual gravitas to the Marvel superhero whose “Wakanda forever!” salute…

Providence College has placed 17 students on “interim suspension” for violations of the school’s COVID-19 Code of Conduct.PC said Friday that “interim suspension” means the students are not allowed on campus until their disciplinary hearing, probably within 72 hours. They can’t attend classes in person when they begin on Monday, or participate in any campus…

Nonprofit and municipal organizations with projects aimed at building their communities may apply to the 2020 A Community Thrives program, a $2.3-million initiative of the Gannett Foundation. The program is sponsored by The Providence Journal’s parent company, Gannett.The nationwide crowdfunding and grant program is entering its fourth year of supporting organizations that address social issues…

BOSTON – All bets are off when it comes to gambling with public health at casino properties in Massachusetts, after a party inside an Encore Boston Harbor hotel suite attracted more than 100 guests, violating state regulations meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus.”The stakes are too high for anything but full compliance with…

If you’ve been putting off purchasing that new patio dining set, snowblower or mattress, this is the weekend to buy. Massachusetts will have its 14th sales tax holiday Saturday, Aug. 29 and Sunday, Aug. 30, giving shoppers a chance to forgo the 6.25 percent sales tax on purchases priced under $2,500.With businesses still trying to…

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday charged a 17-year-old from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters and the wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a night of unrest following the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake. Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

A man in his 90s has been confirmed to have Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), the third human case of the virus in Massachusetts this year, and officials raised the risk level in three towns.Department of Public Health officials said the man was exposed in Plymouth County and has been diagnosed with EEE infection, a disease…

AUBURN – While the town’s animal control officer was excited to see a 4-foot-long python curled up outside Grove Medical Associates on Monday, the police chief and fire chief’s reactions were much different.Police Chief Andrew J. Sluckis Jr. took to social media and wrote, “Didn’t think I would see a python today at work can’t…

BOSTON (AP) — A team of researchers will livestream their exploration of shipwrecks in Massachusetts waters, including the wreck of a 19th-century steamship that killed 190 people when it sank.The steamship Portland ran between Boston and Portland, Maine, and sank in 1898 during a storm. Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, NOAA and Marine…

CHATHAM — Peter Bishop was bass fishing the rips a half-mile off Monomoy on Saturday in only 5 to 10 feet of water when he saw it.Like many fishermen, he’d seen great whites, including one that breached. But this shark was quicker, more streamlined.And then there was the head, a long straight bar like the…

NEW BEDFORD – Buttonwood Park Zoo is asking for the public’s help to name the baby red panda born in June, zoo officials announced in a news release. The first of this endangered species to be born at the Zoo, the male cub will join his parents in their spacious habitat sometime this fall.Before the…

It was on the market for less than 24 hours. Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

NARRAGANSETT — They didn’t sound like fightin’ words, but the innocuous-seeming agenda line for Monday night’s Town Council work session, “Discussion of potential renovation at the existing Library site and potential action,” came through loud and clear as an act of war.TO OUR READERS: This content is being provided for free as a public service…

’It’s no secret that the bulk of hard drugs that makes its way to Fall River, New Bedford and the Cape emanate from Providence.’ Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As the U.S. marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, many event organizers, mindful that the 19th Amendment originally benefited mostly white women, have been careful to present it as a commemoration, not a celebration.The amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on Aug. 18, 1920, but many women of color…

Town officials have received complaints and feel it’s a dangerous practice, but the Harbor Commission doesn’t agree that fishermen’s access to the bridge should be prohibited. Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — An effort is underway in Northampton to repair and spruce up the gravestones of several former slaves and abolitionists buried in the city.The David Ruggles Center for History and Education is giving the city $3,000 to restore the markers, according to The Daily Hampshire Gazette.One of those getting repaired is that…