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Governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small-business owners, the unemployed, renters and others whose livelihoo...

One of the most important priorities ahead for President-elect Joe Biden will be the ability to hit the ground running. After four years of...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismissed with prejudice a Republican lawsuit seeking to invalidate more than 2.5 million votes cast by mail...

In three years the transportation fund will be broke and all signs point to the situation only getting worse as driving trends change.

Jesse Helms helped to redefine political patterns in the state and paved the way for the attack politics so common today.

Bars in Rhode Island must closed for two weeks starting Monday. Gyms, casinos, movie theaters and bowling alleys will also go dark. But not...

Black Friday online sales hit a new record this year as pandemic-wary Americans filled virtual carts instead of real ones

A missing puppy whose owner was killed by a hit-and-run driver while they were out walking last week has been returned

What cannot be totally controlled is the successful compliance of individuals, meaning not just those defying the social distancing rules bu...

People dressed as Santas and elves participated in the Santa Paddle & Toy Drive on Saturday, paddling up the Mystic River.

Arrests by state and local police departments across the region.

The National Coast Guard Museum Association asked the state to start construction of the $20 million pedestrian bridge this fall, before it...

Fire Chief Thomas Curcio said Kino Laundry will probably be closed for a while following significant damage from a dryer fire that broke out...

The Town of Groton has updated its open space plan for the first time in 30 years.

Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos

Safe Futures provides free and confidential trauma informed, client focused programs and services for those impacted by domestic violence, s...

The city's Planning and Zoning Commission has granted conditional approval to plans for a pedestrian bridge over Water Street to the waterfr...

This year, people who have spent Decembers embodying the spirit of Ol’ St. Nick are having to adjust the way they spread cheer to the realit...

Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to challenge the election results in a cas...

As daily COVID-19 deaths climb to levels not seen since early in the pandemic, nine states have hit one more grim marker: more than 1 in eve...

The Walt Disney Co. is announcing plans to lay off 4,000 more employees largely due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

The coronavirus testing numbers that have guided much of the nation’s response to the pandemic are likely to be erratic over the next week o...

A panel of U.S. advisers will meet next week to recommend who should be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine

The older of two dogs held under a destruction order at the Norwich dog pound since October of 2013 was euthanized after suffering from canc...