BOSTON (WLNE)- Massachusetts State House leaders announced a plan Thursday to provide Bay Staters with inflation rebates. In a joint statement, Senate President Karen Spilka, House Speaker Ronald Mariano and several other top legislators announced a plan to provide one-time…
BOSTON (WLNE) -- Following President Joe Biden's call for suspending the federal and state gas taxes, Gov. Charlie Baker has called on the state legislature once again to suspend the state gas tax. In a joint statement, Baker and Lt.…
MANSFIELD, Mass. (WLNE) -- A Mansfield woman charged with murder in connection to the death her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, was indicted Thursday. Massachusetts State Police arrested Karen A. Read, 41, in February after her boyfriend of two years,…
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate approved a bill Thursday that would allow immigrants in the country illegally to obtain state driver’s licenses, moving the proposed change one step closer to becoming law. If passed into law, Massachusetts would join…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- At just 14 months old, Warwick toddler Theodore Bruhn has already had more surgeries than some see in a lifetime. After being…
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) - Crossroads Rhode Island has begun its renovation of the Rhode Island Family Shelter. Once finished, the shelter will provide stable and affordable housing. The apartments on Beach Avenue in Warwick are a part of Crossroads' model…
BOSTON, Mass. (WLNE)- A Mansfield woman charged with manslaughter was arraigned in court Wednesday morning, in connection to the death her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, who was found…
BOSTON (AP) — A bill that would permanently write into Massachusetts law early voting options that were temporarily adopted during the height of the coronavirus pandemic was approved overwhelmingly Wednesday by the Massachusetts Senate. The bill would also enact same-day…
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Kathy Hochul was set to become the first female governor of New York at the stroke of midnight, taking control of a state government desperate to get back to business after months of distractions over sexual harassment…
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an encouraging burst of hiring, America’s employers added 850,000 jobs in June, well above the average of the previous three months and a sign that companies may be having an easier time finding enough workers to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would remove from the Capitol a bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. chief justice best known for an infamous pro-slavery decision, as well as statues of Jefferson Davis…
New coronavirus cases across the United States have tumbled to rates not seen in more than 11 months, sparking optimism that vaccination campaigns are stemming both severe COVID-19 cases and the spread of the virus. As cases, hospitalizations and deaths…
BOSTON (AP) — The owner of seafood restaurants on Cape Cod has eliminated lunch service and delayed the opening of some locations because his summertime influx of foreign workers hasn’t arrived yet. More than a thousand miles away, a Jamaican…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The coughing among the western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in January was the first warning sign. Soon the fears were confirmed: A troop of gorillas became the first apes known to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are jamming their agenda forward with a sense of urgency, an unapologetically partisan approach based on the calculation that it’s better to advance the giant COVID-19 rescue package and other…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Testing wristbands are in. Mask-wearing is mandatory. Desks are socially distanced. The clearest sign that there’s a new boss at the White House is the deference being paid to coronavirus public health guidelines. It’s a striking contrast…
BOSTON (AP) — Organizers of the Boston Marathon — postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic — have launched a virtual Athletes’ Village to reproduce at least some of the camaraderie of the real thing. The Boston Athletic Association says…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - If you're eager to get vaccinated and help doctors with their research in the fight against Covid-19, you may be able to volunteer in a trial testing a new…
This Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, photo shows a line of empty chairs bearing the names of workers who have lost their jobs during the pandemic, outside Crumbs restaurant in Danville, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke) NEW YORK (AP) — Clay Reynolds…
PROVIDENCE, R.I (WLNE) - Over the next two days, approximately 3,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine will arrive at Lifespan hospitals as part of the state's Phase 1 distribution plan. Following the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — One leading candidate for agriculture secretary hails from Cleveland, has the backing of progressives and has worked for years to boost food stamp programs. Another is a former senator from farm-state North Dakota who has championed production…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ron Klain has checked all the boxes of a classic Washington striver: Georgetown, Harvard Law, Supreme Court clerk and Capitol Hill staffer, White House adviser and, along the way, of course, lobbyist and lawyer. Now Klain is…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus vaccine inching toward approval in the U.S. is desperately anticipated by weary Americans longing for a path back to normal life. But criminals are waiting, too, ready to use that desperation to their advantage, federal investigators say.…
