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As robots take over warehousing, workers pushed to adapt

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Robots haven't replaced warehouse workers yet, but they're here — and they need some human supervision. Doing your job side-by-side...
FISHING GROUPS had filed a lawsuit to stop the creation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, and a federal appeals court has upheld an earlier decision by a federal judge to dismiss the case. PBN FILE PHOTO/JOHN LEE

Court upholds creation of national monument in Atlantic Ocean

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former President Barack Obama's designation of a federally protected conservation area in the Atlantic...
MASSACHUSETTS recreational marijuana shops posted more than $20 million in sales in 2019, according to the state. / AP FILE PHOTO/JULIO CORTEZ

Mass. marijuana shops report $420M in sales in 2019

BOSTON (AP) – Recreational marijuana shops in Massachusetts raked in more than $420 million in sales in the first full calendar year of legalization,...
SHOPPERS CARRY bags as they cross a street in San Francisco on Nov. 29. More people turned to online shopping during one of the shortest holiday shopping seasons in years, helping boost total sales. Retail sales in the U.S. rose 3.4% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24 from a year ago, according to early data from Mastercard SpendingPulse. That's down from last year, when total sales grew 5.1%. Online sales rose at a faster pace, up 18.8% from last year. / AP PHOTO/JEFF CHIU

Online purchases make up a larger portion of overall holiday retail...

NEW YORK (AP) – More people did their shopping online this year during one of the shortest holiday shopping seasons in years, helping to...
REP. DAVID N. CICILLINE told Bloomberg News Friday that the antitrust laws and standards in the United States need modernization. / COURTESY DAVID N. CICILLINE

Cicilline leads bipartisan delegation to Middle East

PROVIDENCE (AP) – U.S. Rep. David N. Cicilline is heading up a bipartisan delegation to visit U.S. troops deployed to the Middle East. The Rhode...

High-driving arrests rise in Vermont, but there’s nuance in the numbers

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – In the first year that recreational marijuana was legal in Vermont, the number of drivers arrested by state police for...

Police: Rhode Island man obtained gun 2 days before shooting

WESTERLY (AP) — The man who opened fire at an affordable housing complex, killing one woman and injuring two others, obtained the weapon used...

Community mourns victim of housing complex shooting

WESTERLY (AP) — Friends of a Rhode Island woman gunned down in a shooting at a housing complex that wounded two others remembered her...
A PROPOSAL called the Transportation and Climate Initiative would have an alliance of Northeast and mid-Atlantic states auction pollution allowances to wholesale fuel companies. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Multistate pact could curb transportation carbon emissions

BOSTON (AP) – Carbon emissions from cars, trucks and other means of transportation would drop while gas prices would jump under a multistate draft...
PROVIDENCE and Central Falls have won a challenge to conditions of U.S. Department of Justice that would have tied public safety grants to immigration policy. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

Judge rules in favor of cities in suit over grant conditions

PROVIDENCE (AP) – A federal judge has sided with two Rhode Island cities that challenged the conditions of U.S. Department of Justice public safety...
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