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KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Officers deployed tear gas early Monday to disperse hundreds of people who took to the streets following a police shooting in Kenosha that also drew a harsh rebuke from the governor after a video posted on social media appeared to show officers shoot at a Black man’s back seven times as…

Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Possible thunderstorm Sunday night, low around 67.Warm and humid conditions to continue today into early next week according to the National Weather Service. Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

WASHINGTON – The federal government has approved Rhode Island’s application for a grant to pay an extra $300 a week for unemployment benefits.The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is administering the grant program, announced its action Saturday afternoon, about two days after the state submitted its application.TO OUR READERS: This content is being provided […]…

Here is how Rhode Island compares to the other 49 states, statistically, in its response to the coronavirus crisis.32 Rhode Island had the 32nd-most newly identified cases of coronavirus, per capita, among the 50 states, over the last seven days.33 Rhode Island had the 33rd-most deaths from coronavirus, per capita, among the 50 states, over…

Candace Fleming, Chicago-based author of children’s and young adult books, discusses heroes and the historical truths many may not know about Benjamin Franklin, Charles Lindbergh, Eleanor Roosevelt and other prominent Americans this week on Story in the Public Square.Takeaway One: Lindbergh was a pioneering aviator, first to cross the Atlantic in an airplane, but he…

Annual herring runs of that size could enrich the entire ecosystem of the Ten Mile River and the upper reaches of Narragansett Bay. Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday said efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Rhode Island childcare programs since they reopened in June were largely effective.The federal agency found four possible instances of “secondary transmission,” where the coronavirus was spread within a day care facility, out of 666 programs open in June…

The goal of the event is to “turn the bay red.” Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

The employee, a Portsmouth man, stored hundreds of images of child pornography on a Navy-owned computer. Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Several dozen aging U.S. veterans, including some who were in Tokyo Bay as swarms of warplanes buzzed overhead and nations converged to end World War II, will gather on a battleship in Pearl Harbor next month to mark the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender, even if it means the vulnerable…

NARRAGANSETT — “There’s a shark in front of chair 2! All surfers exit the water now!”It wasn’t a scene from Jaws 2020, but an announcement that blared over the loudspeakers at Narragansett Town Beach Wednesday morning, as recorded in a video posted by Facebook user Kerry Sweeney Fournier.Steven Wright, the town’s Parks and Recreation Department…

PROVIDENCE — The newsroom staff and leadership of The Providence Journal are vastly whiter than the community the paper covers and they are disproportionately male, according to a survey conducted by the […] Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

NEW BEDFORD — Ten New Bedford District Court employees have now tested positive for COVID-19 and the facility remains closed to the public, according to trial court spokeswoman Jennifer Donahue.The facility closed for cleaning and disinfecting last Thursday after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 and Donahue said in an email Wednesday that they do…

Admit it. All this talk of Rhode Island calamari has made you hungry.You are craving a hot plate of that spicy squid right now, aren’t you?TO OUR READERS: This content is being provided for free as a public service during the coronavirus outbreak. Sign up for our daily or breaking newsletters […] Top Featured Tags:…

CRANSTON — The city’s two Republican mayoral candidates faced off Wednesday night in a debate, taking some jabs at each other.Councilman Kenneth Hopkins presented himself as the city’s future “education mayor.””I’ve lived on the other side of the fence,” he said. “I know what the schools need and I’m going to bring it to the…

Bus riders upset about plans to move the state’s central transit hub out of Kennedy Plaza will have to take it up with Gov. Gina Raimondo.After hearing more than an hour of testimony slamming the proposal Wednesday, Rhode Island Public Transit Agency Board members said they aren’t compelled to vote on the project, which is…

BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing a Massachusetts storage company of illegally selling the possessions of an Air Force sergeant — including his grandfather’s medals — while he was deployed.Father & Son Moving & Storage broke the law by failing to obtain a court order before auctioning everything in…

PROVIDENCE — A man was shot and killed inside a Branch Avenue smoke shop early Wednesday, police said.The man, whose identity was not immediately released, is the city’s ninth homicide victim, and the fourth in less than two weeks. In the roughly half a year between last October and this spring, there were no homicides…

PROVIDENCE — Police are investigating multiple incidents of gunfire and a gun arrest overnight Monday into Tuesday.No injuries were reported, but the incidents come during a violent stretch in Providence, with three homicides and a broad-daylight shooting that injured a man in the past several days.Maj. David Lapatin said Tuesday that the latest shooting, Monday…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three producers of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” have exited amid allegations of a dysfunctional workplace that harbored misbehavior including sexual misconduct and racially insensitive remarks.Executive producers Ed Glavin and Kevin Leman and co-executive producer Jonathan Norman have “parted ways” with the long-running daytime series, a spokesperson for producer Warner Bros. said…

MARION — The Marion Fire Department rescued a horse and a mule that were submerged in mud over the weekend, police Chief Brian Jackvony reported.On Sunday, Aug. 17, at about 5 p.m., Marion Fire responded to Merrow Farm on Converse Road for a report of a horse and mule stuck in mud, according to a…

NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama delivered a passionate condemnation of President Donald Trump during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, declaring him “in over his head” and warning that the nation’s mounting crises would only get worse if he’s reelected over Joe Biden.”Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country,” she…