The NHL Players’ Association has hired U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh as its executive director.… MORE
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3rd person pleads guilty in romance scam conspiracy
A third person who played a role in an internet romance scam that cheated multiple victims across the country out of a total of about $3.2 million has pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors said.… MORE
Bally's proposes RI adopt online casino gambling
Rhode Island – based gaming giant Bally’s Wednesday proposed introducing online casino gambling on slots and table games.… MORE
Update: It was 'haunting': Ballard recalls mission to Titanic site
The sheer size of the vessel and the shoes were what struck Robert Ballard when he descended to the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in 1986, the year after he and his crew from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution helped find the ocean liner that struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic in 1912.… MORE
Governments target medical debt with COVID relief funds
An increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are using federal pandemic relief funds to pay residents’ burdensome medical debt. … MORE
Providence charge suspect in 2nd homicide of 2023
A man was shot to death before dawn on Sunday at a South Side home that police described as an after-hours drinking establishment, and a suspect was quickly apprehended, and charged with homicide and using a “ghost gun” in the killing.… MORE
Judge affirms placing Massachusetts tribal lands into trust
A federal judge has ruled against a group of Taunton residents who sued the federal government in an effort to prevent the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe from building a casino in the city.… MORE
Perez named new Providence police chief
The acting chief and second-in-command of the Providence Police has been named the department’s 38th chief, and Oscar Perez becomes the first Latino in the job.… MORE
Swan found shot to death on Warwick beach
Rhode Island authorities were conducting a necropsy on a swan found shot to death Wednesday on Gaspee Point Beach in Warwick, and said that if it was found to be an intentional act, the shooting could result in prison time.… MORE
CVS buying spree continues with $10.6B Oak Street deal
CVS Health is plunging deeper into primary care services, buying primary care provider Oak Street Health for approximately $10.6 billion.… MORE
