Tag: Justice Department
DOJ sues R.I., 5 other states for refusing its demands for...
BOSTON (AP) – The Justice Department on Tuesday sued six more states, including Rhode Island, in its ongoing campaign to obtain detailed voter data and...
Good news for Revolution Wind. Bad news for Rhode Island union...
Orimartin Lima’s graduation from a weeklong offshore wind safety training program on Oct. 24 was bittersweet.
The completion of the global certification through the Community...
Trump asks Supreme Court for emergency order to keep billions of...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen.
The crux of...
Homeland Security: Brown doctor deported with U.S. visa supported Hezbollah leader
BOSTON (AP) – Homeland Security officials on Monday said that a doctor from Lebanon who was deported over the weekend despite having a U.S....
Supreme Court rejects nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the...
DOJ: Illegal monopoly by Ticketmaster, Live Nation drives up prices for...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on Thursday, accusing them of...
Government funding bill advances as Senate works to beat midnight shutdown...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate is laboring to approve a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a...
JetBlue, Spirit terminate $3.8B merger agreement
JetBlue and Spirit Airlines are ending their proposed $3.8 billion combination after a court ruling blocked their merger.
JetBlue said Monday that even though both...
Yellen says bank situation stabilizing, different from 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen projected calm on Tuesday after recent regional bank collapses but told a gathering of bankers that additional...
Clements to head federal COPS program
PROVIDENCE – The city’s outgoing police chief, Col. Hugh T. Clements Jr., already has a new job.
Clements has been appointed by U.S. Attorney General...
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