WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory — even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake” — as he spent…
By David Koenig, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines on Wednesday dropped a threat to furlough more than 1,700 pilots after they ratified a cost-cutting agreement that the airline said was needed to help it cope with a…
Boston Celtics Press Release BOSTON, MA – The Boston Celtics have signed both of their 2020 first round draft selections – forward Aaron Nesmith, and guard Payton Pritchard – to contracts,…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded above 30,000 points for the first time Tuesday as investors were encouraged by the latest progress on developing coronavirus vaccines and news that the transition of power in the U.S. to President-elect Joe Biden will finally begin. Traders…
By Zeke Miller, David Eggert, and Colleen Long, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of fraught delay, the federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election on Monday and gave the green…
University of Rhode Island Press Release KINGSTON, R.I. – In the latest twist to a season that has not yet begun, Rhode Island is now part of the 2020 Empire Classic along with preseason No. 3 Villanova, No. 18 Arizona State…
FILE - This Aug. 28, 2020, file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. The Justice Department has scheduled three more federal executions during the lame-duck period before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, including two just days…
The Boston Celtics have traded center Enes Kanter to the Portland Trail Blazers as part of a three-team trade involving the Memphis Grizzlies, the team…
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2020, file photo speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pauses as she meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Democrats seem certain to nominate Pelosi for two more years as speaker,…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – As teachers across the state continue to speak out asking the Governor to pause in-person learning from Thanksgiving to the New Year, some charter and private schools are already…
President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The Trump administration is expected to cut the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan almost in half to 2,500…
In this Oct. 29, 2020 photo, students at West Brooklyn Community High School listen to questions posed by their principal during a current events-trivia quiz and pizza party in the school's cafeteria in New York. The school recently reopened after…
President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday hailed developments in the race for a vaccine for the resurgent…
BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, who is expected to make few changes to U.S. policy in conflicts with Beijing over trade, technology and security. China, along…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George W. Bush read the ultra-secret daily brief of the nation’s most sensitive intelligence. Clinton was a Democrat and…
By Kate Brumback, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s secretary of state on Wednesday announced an audit of presidential election results that he said would be done with a full hand tally of ballots because the margin is so…
Providence College Press Release PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Hockey East Association announced today details for its Return to Play plan for the 2020-21 season, including composite league schedules, featuring a double round robin format. Hockey East also announced its NESN schedule through…
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Facing fierce Republican refusal to acknowledge his victory, President-elect Joe Biden was fighting to defend the Obama administration’s signature health care law on Tuesday as he began to confront the crises he will inherit in just…
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden is imploring Americans to ``wear a mask'' to help fight the spread of the coronavirus ``no matter who you voted for.'' He said, ``We are Americans, and our country is under threat.''…
A campaign sign supporting Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris stands in front of a vote sign showing former President Barack Obama near the Clark County Election Department in North Las Vegas, Nev.,…
FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens during the vice presidential debate at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Harris made…
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (WLNE) – Maria Rivera will be making history when she is sworn in as the first female and Latina mayor…
By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The battle for control of the Senate tightened Tuesday after Democrats picked up a seat in Colorado, but suffered a setback in Alabama, and Republicans held…
FILE - In this Jan. 23, 1987 file photo, actor Sean Connery holds a rose in his hand as he talks about his new movie "The Name of the Rose" at a news conference in London. Scottish actor Sean Connery,…
