Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope, exposing about 60% of the U.S. population to some sort of winter weather advisory or warning.… MORE
The company that oversaw the construction of a minor league baseball park in Massachusetts has agreed to pay nearly $2 million to settle allegations that it failed to live up to its pledge of giving a certain portion of the work on the project to women- and minority-owned businesses, the state attorney general’s office said.… MORE
A Rhode Island man found with an arsenal of more than 200 guns at his home along with thousands of rounds of ammunition and a flamethrower has agreed to plead guilty to some federal charges, according to court documents.… MORE
Police identified the victim of Monday night’s homicide inside a West End garage, while announcing the arrest of a suspect by federal marshals in Ohio in the ninth homicide of 2022 in Providence. … MORE
A Rhode Island defense contractor that sold woolen blankets to the Army has agreed to pay nearly $500,000 to settle allegations that it violated a law requiring companies that supply the military to manufacture their products in the U.S. using American labor, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.… MORE
The City of Providence has acquired the former headquarters of the Urban League of Rhode Island, planning to transformer the Prairie Ave. property into “a future community hub” the Upper South Providence neighborhood.… MORE
Workers removed tents set up outside of Rhode Island’s State House on Saturday after a judge sided with Democratic Gov. Dan McKee in a lawsuit over the people who had been camping there to protest a lack of adequate housing. … MORE
Governor Dan McKee on Monday continued to doubt homeless advocates who claim there are some 80 encampments of homeless individuals around Rhode Island, and said that he spent time on Saturday scouring the state looking for campsites without success.… MORE
Boston area commuters celebrated the opening of a major extension of the region’s subway system on Monday. … MORE
A judge blocked plans by the McKee administration to evict homeless campers from around the State House on Friday, as dozens of people rallied in support of the campers.… MORE
