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Retail sales up a modest 0.2% in June

NEW YORK (AP) – Shoppers slowed their spending in June from May amid continuing economic uncertainty and fading benefits from generous government tax refunds.  Retail...

Nonprofits, brands are navigating the partisan air of the 250th in...

NEW YORK (AP) – The United States' 250th birthday carries ambitions to galvanize Americans behind nationwide community-service drives and patriotic brand launches. Well-known U.S. nonprofits...

Retail sales up 1.7% in March from February driven by a...

NEW YORK (AP) – Shoppers accelerated their spending in March from February, but they spent most of their money at the gas pump.  A spike...
LAB WORK: Kaitlin Dailey, left, a University of Rhode Island assistant professor, monitors technician Victoria Coulter, a 2025 pharmaceutical sciences graduate, on URI’s South Kingstown campus. 
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URI pharmacy enrollment rebounds after decline

When Kerry LaPlante decided to become a pharmacist, the opportunity to play a direct, accessible role in community health care served as a major...

U.S. retail sales rose slightly in September, adding to months of...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Sales at U.S. retailers and restaurants increased modestly in September as resilient consumers moderated their spending after splurging over the summer. Sales rose...

Stores keep prices down in a tough year for turkeys. Other...

CHELSEA, Mich. (AP) – Old Brick Farm, where Larry Doll raises chickens, turkeys and ducks, was fortunate this Thanksgiving season.  Doll's small farm west of Detroit...

Amazon spends $1B to increase pay and lower health care costs...

NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon says it's making a $1 billion investment to raise wages and lower the cost of health care plans for...

Retail sales up 0.6% in August from July even as tariffs...

NEW YORK (AP) – Shoppers increased their spending at a better-than-expected pace in August from July, helped by back-to-school shopping, even as President Donald...

Retail sales up a surprising 0.6% in June after a May...

WASHINGTON (AP) – After an earlier pullback, consumers picked up their spending in June despite anxiety over tariffs and the state of the U.S. economy. Retail sales rose...

R.I. recovers $30M from Purdue Pharma in latest opioid settlement

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has recovered nearly $30 million after all 55 attorneys general representing all eligible states and U.S. territories approved a $7.4...
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