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Modern Diner in Pawtucket is up for sale

Modern Diner in Pawtucket is now for sale after serving up breakfast in a 1940s Sterling Streamliner for more than 40 years.
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Newly filed bill aims to ban ICE agents from covering their faces in Massachusetts

Attleboro Rep. Jim Hawkins says he created bill because of rising complaints of ICE agents covering their face while detaining people for immigration-related issues.
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Man charged in Rhode Island College assault appears to be suspect in wild DC...

A man accused of riding off on a Washington, D.C., police bike while handcuffed, then running up to a restaurant rooftop, appeared last week in a Rhode Island courtroom where his lawyer said he had a different name, that of a man accused of assaulting a Rhode Island College worker earlier this year.
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Boy dies after swimming at Dartmouth beach

A 9-year-old Pawtucket boy has died after suffering a medical emergency at Jones Beach in Dartmouth.
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McKee vetoes bills that aimed to give credits for unused vehicle registration fees

Of the 513 bills the General Assembly sent to Gov. Dan McKee this year, only two pairs have been blocked at the governor’s desk — both aimed at giving Rhode Island drivers partial credits for fees on canceled vehicle registrations. McKee vetoed the two sets of bills opposed by the Rhode Island Division of Motor […]
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16 arrested for DUI over 4th of July weekend in RI

Last year, 48 people were arrested for DUI over the same weekend.
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Hot and humid today, unsettled week ahead

Today is shaping up to be a hot and humid one – we’re talking high temperatures in the mid 80s, but when you add in the tropical moisture we have in place, it’ll feel more like the 90s. This will also give way to a few isolated showers/storms later on this afternoon. Not everyone will see them and they won’t be...
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A Quiet Morning — or not — in Rhode Island

Garlic mustard is an invasive plant, and it is best to root it out. In its defense, in early spring it puts forth a cluster of delicate blossoms, and its edible leaves can be crushed into pesto. Similarly, the multi-flora rose is a murderous siren as the vine entwines trees...
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A Providence 2-bedroom apartment costs half my income. Policymakers seem to live in another...

I’m a 31-year-old single professional, born and raised in Providence. Having spent more than half of my life shifting through foster care, I now work full-time for the State of Rhode Island and have over a decade of human and public service experience. And yet, despite my steady income and deep roots in this...
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State police reassign key investigator in Karen Read case

Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik, a key investigator in the Karen Read case​, has been transferred to another Massachusetts State Police role.

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