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Rubio announces termination of 83% of USAID contracts

WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency...

TEDx Talks return to Providence with two record-breaking speakers

PROVIDENCE – TEDx Talks is returning to Rhode Island this weekend with two record-breaking speakers who are generating more early ticket sales compared to...
THE UNADJUSTED unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area was 4.3% in December, according the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. / AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY 

Unemployment rate in Providence metro area drops to 4.3% in December

PROVIDENCE – The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area was 4.3% in December, a decrease from 4.4% in November and up from...
A GUATEMALAN national has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison and will be deported for his role in a retail theft scheme that defrauded stores in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania of more than $230,000, U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Zachary A. Cunha announced. / COURTESY U.S. DISTRICT COURT

Cranston resident given prison time, deportation order for $280K retail theft

PROVIDENCE – A Guatemalan national has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison and will be deported for his role in a retail theft...

U.S. added a strong 227K jobs in November in bounce-back from...

WASHINGTON (AP) – America's job market rebounded in November, adding 227,000 workers in a solid recovery from October, when the effects of strikes and hurricanes...

Providence announces pair of free parking programs

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Tuesday announced a pair of free parking programs to help residents have easier access to City Hall...

State hires Accenture as AI Task Force consultant for $75K

PROVIDENCE – As Rhode Island's Artificial Intelligent Task Force works to determine best practices related to the growing industry, the state has hired information...

R.I., Mass. gas prices drop closer to $3 per gallon as...

PROVIDENCE – The average weekly price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island dropped 8 cents to $3.06 per gallon this week. That...

Will the Federal Reserve cut interest rates fast enough to deliver...

WASHINGTON (AP) – American consumers and homebuyers, business people and political leaders have been waiting for months for what the Federal Reserve is poised...

Median home price in Bristol County, Mass., up 10.5% in July

PROVIDENCE – The median price of single-family homes sold in Bristol County, Mass., rose to $525,000 in July, a 10.5% jump over the same...
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