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.…
Cross Hall and the Blue Room are decorated during the 2020 Christmas preview at the White House, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) WASHINGTON (AP) — First responders and frontline workers being challenged by the deadly coronavirus…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- State legislators are asking the governor to reconsider her decision to close down gyms during the two week pause, pointing to the…
By Nomaan Merchant and Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — In a matter of hours last week, Hurricane Laura tore through the tire shop Layla Winbush’s family started just under a year ago, reducing most of…
By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Washington declined Monday to order the dismissal of the Michael Flynn prosecution, permitting a judge to scrutinize the Justice Department’s request to dismiss its case against President…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- RIDOT says to reduce congestion at the current bus hub, Kennedy Plaza, it wants to spread out buses to locations on the edges of the plaza, near the…
VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires raged through Northern California on Wednesday, threatening thousands of homes and blackening the skies near San Francisco as crews struggled to surround them despite steep terrain and blistering heat. The fires, many caused by lightning…
By Bill Barrow, Alexandra Jaffe, and Will Weissert, Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris delivered an aggressive one-two attack on the character and performance of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as they made their election…
NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan prosecutor trying to get President Donald Trump’s tax returns told a judge Monday that he was justified in demanding them, citing public reports of “extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization.” Trump’s…
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts House on Wednesday made the rare move of passing an order to suspend the Legislature’s own rules and extend the legislative session scheduled to end Friday through January. The move was made as several major…
By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ordered the release from prison of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer on Thursday, saying the government retaliated against him for planning to release a book critical of…
By Lisa Mascaro WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats approved a far-reaching police overhaul Thursday, a vote heavy with emotion and symbolism as a divided Congress struggles to address the global outcry over the deaths of George Floyd and other Black…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats proposed a far-reaching overhaul of police procedures and accountability Monday, a sweeping legislative response to the mass protests denouncing the deaths of black Americans in the hands of law enforcement. The political outlook is deeply uncertain for the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The owner of Queen of Hearts & Modern Love on Westminster Street says she supports the Black Lives Matter movement. So she’s dismayed to see some people…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s open to some states “reopening” before federal social distancing guidelines expire at the end of the month, as he appeared to back off his claim of absolute authority to decide when the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- More than a dozen restaurants in Providence and beyond are taking part in the first-ever Providence Vegan Restaurant Week. It's the brainchild of Karen Krinsky and her husba
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- On the East Side, the mood is more anxious than festive this holiday season, as the search continues for home break-in suspect Tracy Alston, who police say is spreading plen
A lot of folks have a bucket list; a list of things you want to do in your lifetime. For one New England veteran, that list included flying in a World War II bomber just one more time. He got the ...
By Bianca Buono bbuono@abc6.com @BBuonoABC6 State Representative Anastasia Williams is stepping down as board chairwoman of the John Hope Settlement House. "My term was getting ready to expire,...
