‘Please take me to Alexandria Hospital’: Black man pleaded with officers before dying in...
The mother of a 32-year-old man who died in an Alexandria, Virginia, patrol car outside the city jail has filed a federal lawsuit alleging officers did not take him to a hospital after he repeatedly asked to go. Mother alleges officers drove past hospital as son asked for help Sandra Jones filed the complaint October...
These Mass. towns have suggested hours for Halloween trick-or-treating
Dozens of Massachusetts towns have shared recommended hours for trick-or-treating ahead of Halloween.
Two historical sculptures find a new home after sitting in storage for over a...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A few pieces of Savannah’s educational and architectural history found a new home at Savannah Technical College. The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System said they found two small-scale sculptures created by Savannah sculptor John Walz sitting in the attic of the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System’s Central Office Building at 208 Bull Street. Officials said the sculptures had been stored there since 1901.
NYPD searching for suspect who withdrew $109K from elderly woman’s bank account
A 91-year-old woman went to the Williamsburg Citibank branch, only to find $109,000 withdrawn fraudulently, according to NYPD.
S.F.’s castle-like restaurant with ‘breathtaking’ views is finally back. Here’s a first look inside
One of San Francisco’s most distinctive landmarks, the 102-year-old Julius’ Castle, finally has a reopening date.
RI awards $12.7M to cities, towns for housing opportunities
The state has divided $12.7 million worth of awards between 11 cities and towns in an effort to support housing production and boost homeownership opportunities, Gov. Dan McKee announced Thursday.
Virginia lost nearly 500K acres of forestland from 1990–2017, report finds
A new nationwide report on permanent deforestation shows that Virginia was one of 11 states responsible for 70% of all forest loss from 1990 to 2017. Christopher Williams, the report’s lead author, said new pressures from agriculture and development appear to be accelerating deforestation — researchers counted 10 million acres lost over the 28-year period in the 48 contiguous states.
Scammers are posing as RI tax officials and spoofing the state’s real phone numbers
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WICKFORD, RHODE ISLAND – FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
Festival of Lights in Historic Wickford Village Celebrates 41st year. Celebrate the holidays as Wickford Village kicks off the season with its 41st annual Festival of Lights Celebration Thursday, December 3 – Sunday, December 6, 2026. The festival begins on Thursday, December 3rd with the official lighting of the...
Car found burning on I-95 with smoking meat inside may be connected to Philly...
Firefighters extinguished the flames and then found piles of smoking meat inside. More cases of meat had been thrown over the side of the highway, landing on the train tracks below.
