The police chief on Block Island says he’s received reports about poor and aggressive treatment of people from other states who are staying in their island summer homes during the coronavirus crisis.“Let us not devolve into a modern-day episode of ’Lord of the Flies,’ ” New Shoreham Police Chief Vincent T. Carlone wrote in a […]

NEWPORT – Lilly Bestoso, a senior at Rogers High School, was born on Sept. 11, 2001, and now she and her classmates are completing their high school careers while at home during another crisis facing the nation."They’re the most important times of my life so far, being born and graduating," she said. "Now we might […]

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TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly higher after China reported strong manufacturing data, extending an overnight rally on Wall Street.France's CAC 40 added 1.5% in early trading to 4,443.47. Germany's DAX gained 2.5% to 10,063.41, while Britain's FTSE 100 jumped 2.2% to 5,685.74.U.S. shares were set to drift higher, with Dow futures edging up […]

PROVIDENCE — The outnumbered Republicans in the Rhode Island legislature are pushing for remote meetings of the General Assembly."Now is not the time to eliminate legislative participation,’’ the Republicans argue in a March 29 letter to the state’s leading Democrats: House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, Senate President Dominick Ruggerio and Gov. Gina Raimondo."Rather, Rhode Island will […]