BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Protesters are calling for greater budget cuts to the police department in Vermont's largest city. They gathered outside of Burlington's City Hall and police department late Wednesday. Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger has proposed a 10% cut to the police department ...
CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (AP) — A Maine music teacher has resigned after school officials learned of allegations of sexual misconduct with a student from another school. The student, who has since graduated, wrote a social media post calling the teacher a "sexual predator" that was later ...
BOSTON (AP) — Rallies, marches and vigils are taking place across Massachusetts on Friday to mark Juneteenth, the traditional commemoration date of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, which has taken on new gravity this year. Labor union groups will lead an automobile caravan ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's Legislature approved Thursday a plan to close a roughly $250 million deficit caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The General Assembly's House and Senate debated and voted on the plan approved earlier this week by their finance committees. The House ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that DNA collected by pepper spraying a man who's accused of murder can be used in court, striking down a Superior Court judge's ruling. In a 4-to-1 decision, the state Supreme Court ordered the Superior Court to allow ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — State officials urged Connecticut residents Thursday to get tested for COVID-19 as more businesses reopen and people return to work, noting there's greater availability of tests and they're free. Plainville state Rep. William Petit, a retired endocrinologist, said he ...
BOSTON (AP) — Boston's first black police commissioner is defending his recent meeting with U.S. Attorney General William Barr after the mayor and at least one city councilor raised objections. Commissioner William Gross said Thursday's meeting at police headquarters was an "opportunity to ...
BOSTON (AP) — Rallies, marches and vigils are taking place across Massachusetts on Friday to mark Juneteenth, the traditional commemoration date of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, which has taken on new gravity this year. Labor union groups will lead an automobile caravan ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The American Red Cross says it will test all blood donations for coronavirus antibodies. Mary Brant, communications manager for the Red Cross Northern New England Region, said the testing is aimed to providing donors "some peace of mind and to know if they have these ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers gave Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont a long list of issues Tuesday that they want reviewed in an upcoming, independent third-party investigation into the preparation and response to the coronavirus inside nursing homes and assisted ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut is currently in good shape for the next round of business re-openings scheduled for this week, given the slowing COVID-19 infection and death rates, Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday. The Democrat said the state's rate of infection, about 2%, is among the "best ...
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut cities are evaluating relocating or storing statues of Christopher Columbus following the defacing of statues in his likeness across the nation. The New London statue at Bank and Blinman streets was moved Sunday to an undisclosed warehouse, the Day ...
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A former Quechee, Vermont, man was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in a scheme to embezzle $1.2 million from payroll clients, federal prosecutors said. Ryan Wall, 42, who now lives in Florida, was indicted by a ...
Here is a look at developments related to ongoing protests in Vermont and around the country over police violence and racial prejudice following the deaths of Minneapolis resident George Floyd and other black Americans. _____ POLICE BUDGET CUT The mayor of Vermont's largest city has ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island lawmakers will consider on Tuesday a plan to close a projected $235 million deficit caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The General Assembly's House and Senate finance committees are slated to hold hearings and likely vote on the Democratic leadership's ...
BOSTON (AP) — Nearly three dozen members and associates of a Boston-based street gang are facing federal charges for a slew of violent crimes, authorities said Tuesday. Fifteen members and associates of the NOB gang were arrested Tuesday by Boston police and federal authorities and six ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island officials on Tuesday reported 14 new coronavirus deaths and 72 new positive cases. That brings the state's virus death toll to 865. The state has has reported more than 16,000 positive cases. Nearly 130 people are hospitalized, according to data ...
Rhode Island has won a $65 million federal grant to fund an overhaul Route 146, the state's congressional delegation said Tuesday. U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Reps. Jim Langevin and David Cicilline said the "Infrastructure for Rebuilding America" grant will pay for the ...
BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard University professor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program. Charles Lieber appeared via videoconference before a federal court magistrate judge in Boston because of the coronavirus pandemic. He didn't speak, other ...
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Here is a look at developments related to ongoing protests throughout New England against police brutality following the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis: VERMONT The vandalism of a Black Lives Matter mural that was painted on the street in front of ...
