CVS Health is plunging deeper into primary care services, buying primary care provider Oak Street Health for approximately $10.6 billion.… MORE
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FACT FOCUS: Egg shortage breeds chicken-feed conspiracies
This is part of AP’s effort to address widely shared misinformation, including work with outside companies and organizations to add factual context to misleading content that is circulating online… MORE
Top Rhode Island officials call for ban on assault weapons
Rhode Island’s Democratic governor and top officials urged the state legislature Tuesday to pass a bill banning assault weapons.… MORE
Man charged with killing mom at sea seeks grand jury minutes
The man charged with killing his mother at sea during a 2016 fishing trip off the coast of New England is asking for minutes from the grand jury proceeding that led to his indictment, seeking to learn what was disclosed about his grandfather’s death three years earlier.… MORE
Whitehouse now chairs Senate Budget Committee
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is the new chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget, one of three Senate committees dealing with federal spending.… MORE
Rhode Island prepares for winter
After the first snowfall of the year Monday dropped up to four inches of snow in parts of Northern Rhode Island, state officials advised motorists about preparations for winter weather, saying motorists should drive accordingly.… MORE
Commuter rail and bus hub opens in Pawtucket
A long-awaited new commuter rail station opened Monday on the Pawtucket – Central Falls border, linking commuter rail service from Boston and RIPTA buses serving Rhode Island.… MORE
Girl asks police to test cookie for DNA proof of Santa
A young Rhode Island girl has finally figured out how to determine if Santa Claus is real — DNA.… MORE
Rhode Island governor releases proposed $13.75B state budget
Rhode Island’s governor submitted a $13.75 billion state budget plan to the General Assembly on Thursday that seeks to invest in schools, provide tax relief to residents and repair roads and bridges.… MORE
Mass. firm charged with illegally dumping contaminated fill
A Massachusetts construction company and a former employee have been charged with illegally dumping thousands of tons of contaminated fill in Providence during a highway construction project, the Rhode Island attorney general’s office said Wednesday.… MORE
