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The orchestra was warming up. I noticed the trombone player right away. He was a slender man with a balding crown. As the concert began, I couldn't help watching him....

STONINGTON — Need a dairy-free frozen option or struggle with fruit and nut allergies? Unable to wait to sit for dinner?...

KINGSTON — Though just 37 miles wide and 48 miles long, Rhode Island boasts 400 miles of shoreline. And University of Rhode Island graduate student Erica Meier knows most all...

A Biden administration proposal to forbid outright bans on transgender athletes sparked outrage from conservative leaders while also angering trans rights activists who note schools could still prevent some athletes...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A New Hampshire group wants to be the first to bring offshore fish farming to the waters off New England by raising salmon and trout in open-ocean...

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STONINGTON — Members of the State Bond Commission have tentatively approved a $250,000 grant to aid with renovations of the North Pier at Stonington Town Dock....

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WESTERLY — Attorney Robert Craven, the town's new prosecution solicitor, is seeking an annual stipend of $30,000 for his work in Westerly, a sum that's $11,000 more than currently budgeted....

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would give judges the authority to order adults with a severe mental illness into mandatory outpatient care, after being released from a health...

A Boston city councilor has proposed barring city liquor stores from selling the single-serve bottles that hold 100 milliliters or less of booze - both as a way to address...

Massachusetts gambling regulators have denied a request to allow legal betting on this year's Boston Marathon, citing concerns by the race's organizers. All four members of the Massachusetts Gambling Commission...

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Connecticut's governor is taking heat for calling the city of Houston "butt ugly" after returning from the Final Four. Gov. Ned Lamont traveled to Texas and was on hand Monday...

A Connecticut prison guard got his job back after being fired for posting what the state determined was an anti-Muslim meme on Facebook. An arbitrator was appointed after the prison...

The Boston Red Sox aim to end a three-game slide with a win against the Detroit Tigers....

Boston comes into a matchup against Toronto after winning five games in a row at home. Friday's game will be the fourth meeting this season between the two teams. The Celtics won the previous matchup 97-93. Boston is 10-5 against......

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed a bill into law that makes it illegal for an adult to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent. The law is the first of its kind in the U.S. and creates......

Masters chairman Fred Ridley is hopeful of a Masters just like any other. Ridley says the interaction with LIV players at the champions dinner made it feel like everything was normal in the golf world. But it's been all the......

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is going to the northern Michigan community of Midland for a county GOP event Thursday before heading to speak at Hillsdale College. Michigan is a battleground state transformed by Democratic majorities. The visit will put the......

The road to the NBA Finals now goes through Milwaukee. The road out of the Western Conference goes through Denver, for the first time ever. And the rest of the top half of the Eastern Conference playoff bracket is now......

A United States federal court has denied an appeal by former Peruvin President Alejandro Toledo Manrique to stop his extradition to his native country to face corruption charges. Toledo filed for a stay on his extradition pending a legal challenge......

Bob Lee, a technology executive who created Cash App and was currently chief product officer of MobileCoin, has been fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco. The San Francisco Police Department has disclosed little about the stabbing. The department say...

Are robot waiters the future? It's a question the restaurant industry is increasingly trying to answer. Many think the waist-high machines are the solution to the industry's labor shortages. They can greet guests, lead them to their tables, delive...

Indiana, Idaho governors sign bans on gender-affirming care...

Police in one Connecticut town didn't have to go far to arrest a suspected intoxicated driver. The 30-year-old man managed to crash his car into the department's entrance sign Monday...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has "no doubt" that Russia has wrongfully detained an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal who was arrested last week on...

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STONINGTON — A 39-year-old Pawcatuck resident has been identified as the man killed in a crash along Interstate 95 South on Tuesday morning....

WESTERLY — A Westerly High School teacher has been suspended without pay and is facing a criminal charge after police said he used text messaging to retaliate against two paraprofessionals...

Chariho School Committee members were able to flip the script this year and gain approval of their proposed budget on the first try....

WESTERLY — Legal work that Town Council President Edward Morrone did for the Watch Hill Fire District before joining the council is facing scrutiny from supporters of public access to...

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WESTERLY — The Board of Finance's initial draft of the 2023-24 budget for Westerly proposes a 2.21% increase in total spending....

STONINGTON — A Pawcatuck man died Tuesday morning in a car crash along I-95 South just past the Exit 91 offramp....

WESTERLY — Developer Patrick Lemp said he's invested considerable time and money to try and turn the empty former Staples lot at Routes 1 and 78 into a needed business...

RICHMOND — Voters in all three towns came out in support of the Chariho Regional School District's 2023-24 budget, which ups spending by 1.74% in the coming school year....

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — People still sorting through the wreckage of their homes after deadly weather hit over the weekend braced for another wave of strong storms, including tornadoes, that began rolling into parts of the Midwest and South......

A stone-faced Donald Trump has been confronted with a 34-count felony indictment accusing him in a scheme to bury negative information during his first presidential campaign. The arraignment Tuesday in a Manhattan courtroom, though largely procedural in n...

A stone-faced Donald Trump has been confronted with a 34-count felony indictment accusing him in a scheme to bury negative information during his first presidential campaign. The arraignment Tuesday in...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters were deciding the outcome of the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history on Tuesday in a heated contest that will likely determine the fate of abortion access, the future of Republican-drawn legislative map...

Trump's day in court as criminal defendant: What to know...

Chicago's mayoral race is tight after voters voted to choose the next leader of the heavily Democratic city. Tuesday's runoff pitted former Chicago schools CEO Paul Vallas against progressive Brandon Johnson. Vallas is a moderate Democrat endorsed...

PROVIDENCE — The owner of a North Kingstown-based trucking company and his two corporations have pleaded guilty to collaborating alongside trucking and diesel vehicle sales and service companies across the...

STONINGTON — There are no vape products at Wild Side Market in Pawcatuck, but if owners and husband-wife team Steven Reis and Ginger Costa are able to make their dreams...

UConn's NCAA champion basketball team arrived back on campus Tuesday to more than 7,000 cheering fans inside Gampel Pavilion, the team's home arena. Coach Dan Hurley called his team's victory a "big deal" in a state that has no profess...

Washington state officials have purchased a three-year supply of a leading abortion medication in anticipation of a court ruling that could limit its availability. Gov. Jay Inslee announced Tuesday that he ordered the Department of Corrections to buy 30,0...