Temperatures in many areas of the Northeast U.S. climbed to the mid-40s Fahrenheit on Sunday, a day after the region suffered through temperatures that plummeted into the negative teens and […]
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Mount Washington experiences record-setting wind chill
BOSTON (AP) — The Arctic air that descended on the Northeast on Saturday brought dangerously cold sub-zero temperatures and wind chills to the region, including a record-setting wind chill of […]
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Hundreds of Salem Witch Trials documents get new home
BOSTON (AP) — Hundreds of court documents from the 1692 Salem Witch Trials are being transferred from the Salem museum where they have been stored for more than four decades to the […]
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Former RI governor and US attorney Lincoln Almond dies at 86
Lincoln Almond, a former two-term Republican governor of Rhode Island and longtime U.S. attorney in the state has died. He was 86. Almond died Monday, according to an obituary posted […]
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Tradition of hiking in the new year reaches all 50 US states
BOSTON (AP) — A simple plan to get more people enjoying the outdoors on New Year’s Day has become a nationwide movement after a hike at a Massachusetts park more […]
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College scandal middleman blames ‘winning at all costs’
The consultant at the center of the nationwide college admissions scandal blamed his “winning at all costs” attitude, which he said was caused in part by suppressed childhood trauma, for […]
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Massachusetts panel explores changes to state seal, motto
BOSTON (AP) — The commission appointed to come up with a new state seal and motto for Massachusetts to replace the current ones that critics decry as racially insensitive to […]
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Silver lining: Northeast drought benefits some businesses
BOSTON (AP) — There is a silver lining to the drought affecting the northeastern U.S. that has frustrated farmers, dried up rivers and reservoirs, and brought water use restrictions and brush fires […]
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5-letter word for fun? Hasbro, NYT create Wordle board game
The company that makes some of the world’s most iconic board games including Scrabble, Monopoly, and Clue is developing a new one based on Wordle, the obsessively popular digital word-guessing […]
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Cranston man who helped torch Providence Police cruiser gets 3 years in jail
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who poured a flammable liquid into a police cruiser during a night of violent unrest in Providence in the summer of 2020, […]
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Workers start union push at Trader Joe’s in Massachusetts
Employees are seeking to unionize at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in western Massachusetts, joining a nationwide surge of labor organizing among retail and food service workers. Organizers at the […]
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Scientists renew efforts to find ship torched by colonists
A new effort is underway to find the remains of a British ship that Rhode Island colonists burned 250 years ago, marine archaeologists and state officials announced Tuesday. The June […]
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Security tight as Boston Marathon returns to Patriots Day
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Marathon returns to the Patriots Day holiday next week for the first time in three years and runners and spectators should be prepared for heavy […]
