Unemployment claims in New York declined last week
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in New York dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...
‘Bad episode of the Sopranos’: RI delegation reacts to Trump, Zelenskyy clash
Rhode Island’s congressional delegation expressed universal alarm over President Donald Trump’s treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his brief visit to the Oval ...
‘Conmen Travelers’: British national indicted in construction fraud scheme across New England
A British national from Northern Ireland has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Rhode Island for participating in a ...
RIDE, AG tell schools to not remove DEI policies as Trump admin threatens cuts
In a joint statement Friday, the Rhode Island Department of Education and the Attorney General’s office advised schools not to get rid of their DEI policies and protections for LGBTQ students.
Soccer has long history in RI: Home to first professional African-American soccer players
Oliver is the earliest known African American to play in a senior league soccer match, in 1894; Fred and set a precedent when ...
Postal worker targeted bright envelopes in group’s $95K mail theft scheme in RI, feds say
The sentence came after the 32-year-old from Providence pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a postal employee and conspiracy ...
Trump's firings at US weather agency will put lives at risk, scientists say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists and researchers are warning that the Trump administration's firing of hundreds of workers at ...
The News Letter17h
Prisoner on the run from Northern Irish jail turns up the USA charged with being part of organised crime gang
A man who is on the run from jail in Northern Ireland has turned up in the USA, where he is accused of being part of an ...
Gov. McKee will announce reelection bid with release of video
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee will make his reelection bid official Monday with the release of a three-minute video.
RI officials to schools: Do not cancel DEI programs in response to Trump orders
The Rhode Island attorney general and education commissioner issued guidance Friday in response to President Trump’s ...
'Save RIPTA' legislation introduced as $32.6M funding gap looms. What the bills would do.
Some of the bills are new, while others are reruns, but all seek to fill a $32.6 million budget gap that threatens deep cuts in bus service.