Rhode Island’s 2026 race for attorney general is in a state of flux

Robert E. Craven Sr., a North Kingstown Democrat, announced his candidacy last Monday, entering the race with $320,617 in his campaign account. But he immediately faced questions about a pair of domestic violence incidents. Craven told Globe...

Immigration lawyer under federal investigation is temporarily suspended in Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE — An immigration attorney under federal criminal investigation and facing professional discipline was temporarily suspended from practicing law in Rhode Island on Tuesday. Attorney Joseph Molina Flynn is accused by the Rhode Island...

Citizens names commercial-banking head as McCree retires

Citizens Financial Group named Ted Swimmer head of commercial banking Tuesday, effective immediately. Swimmer, who was most recently head of capital markets and advisory for the commercial bank, will succeed Don McCree, who held the role for 10...

Citizens looks within for its next commercial banking head

Key insight: Citizens Financial has a new head of commercial banking, following an announcement that one of its most senior leaders plans to retire next year. What's at stake: The regional bank has spent much of the past decade building out its...

IRS Announces 2025-2026 Per Diem Rates For Taxpayers Who Travel For Business

A per diem rate can be used by an employer to reimburse employees for combined lodging and meal costs, or just for meal costs alone. getty The IRS has released its annual update of special per diem rates for taxpayers to use in substantiating...

SCOTT TURNER: At HUD, Homes and Healthcare Financing Are On The Line During Shutdown

Four million American families depend on the services provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to keep a roof over their heads. With each day the left continues its government shutdown, HUD is prevented from providing...

Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says

Political and media attacks on renewable energy and climate action in Australia in recent months have come “out of the climate obstruction playbook” that has been honed over decades around the world by fossil fuel interests. Prof Christian Downie,...

America’s learning gap isn’t inevitable: Harvard researchers reveal 3 school strategies that actually work

3 Strategies to Close the Achievement Gap in American Education: Insights from Harvard Research (Image: Pexels) The persistent achievement gap in American education is often attributed to factors like socioeconomic status, race and innate ability....

Many in CT worried about political violence after Kirk shooting, poll says

38% of Connecticut residents approve of his handling of his job as president, while 61% disapprove. Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, 72% of Connecticut residents are worried that they or a family member will be victimized by...

BankRI, PCF Development to host free workshop for first-time homebuyers

PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island and Pawtucket Central Falls Development will host a free virtual workshop on Oct. 22 aimed at breaking down the financial side of homeownership during National Financial Planning Month. The session, titled “Building...

BankFive announces new manager for President Ave. branch in Fall River

FALL RIVER – Carla Rollocks has been named the new branch manager of Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank’s President Avenue location, the bank recently announced. Rollocks, who has more than eight years of experience in the banking industry,...

Here's how Rhode Island FC kept its postseason chances alive

PAWTUCKET — Koke Vegas saved the season. Rhode Island FC’s captain and goalkeeper was in an unfavorable spot on a Las Vegas Lights FC breakaway. A surrendered goal would certainly rain on the postcard day at Centreville Bank Stadium and hinder the...

Inside Rhode Island’s first facility for pet ‘aquamation,’ an eco-friendlier alternative to cremation

PROVIDENCE — In the two decades veterinarian Dr. Jane Linden has operated Pets at Peace, offering euthanasia services for pets in the comfort of their own homes, many owners ask her the same question: Will the cremated remains they eventually...

Eastern Bank names Mazen a senior vice president, expands footprint into R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Beata Mazen is Eastern Bank’s new senior vice president and consumer banking strategy manager, the bank recently announced. Mazen, a resident of East Greenwich, brings with her 25 years of experience in sales, customer experience and...

The D Brief: Trump declares war on cartels; Feds storm Chicago apartments; Europe’s ‘drone wall’; Shadow economies; And a bit more.

Weeks after ordering the U.S. military to kill 17 people in boats off Venezuela, the Trump administration justified the much-criticized strikes by telling Congress this week it believes the United States is in a formal “armed conflict” with drug...

‘Diluting political power of American citizens’: Congressman thrashes Census Bureau over 2020 blunders, to make sure they’re not repeated

In 2020, the Census Bureau undercounted the population in five mostly Republican states: Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. And it overcounted in six mostly Democrat states: Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York,...

Democrat Federal Judge In Rhode Island Blocks Trump From Cutting Funds to Sanctuary States

RHODE ISLAND - On Tuesday, September 30, a federal judge out of Rhode Island temporarily blocked the Trump administration from diverting $233 million in homeland security funds away from California and several other states across the country. U.S....

Research reveals which spooky states love Halloween the most

(Photo by olia danilevich via Pexels) By Talker Trick or treat? Those in North Dakota, Delaware and Idaho are most eager to find out as new data shows they’re the biggest Halloween fanatics. A new survey polled 5,000 Americans who celebrate...

Boston police cruiser ablaze: The political fallout from a weekend of urban unrest

A Boston police cruiser going up in flames is not an image befitting a city often described by Mayor Michelle Wu as the safest in America. Unfortunately, that image of urban unrest came out of Boston this weekend, after a large crowd gathered in...

URI Gravity Research group contributes to major black hole discovery, expands astrophysics program

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 6, 2025 – In 1915, Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity predicted that black hole collisions could only be detected from Earth by searching for gravitational waves. In September 2015, about a century after Einstein’s...