PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Public Transit Authority CEO Scott Avedisian submitted a letter of resignation to Gov. Dan McKee on Thursday just two weeks after he was accused in a hit-and-run in a McDonald’s drive-thru in Warwick. The announcement came the same day as the RIPTA board of …...Read More

Children age 4 and under in Florida were undercounted by almost 10% during the 2020 census, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau said the estimated error was the largest undercount of young children by any U.S. state. More than 112,000 children age 4 or …...Read More

After being one of many schools that dropped testing requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard is making national headlines by reinstating them for new applicants in the next admissions cycle. According to the Harvard Crimson, this return to the old standard will begin with the Class of 2029, "a surprise …...Read More

New York's overdue state budget has hit another speed bump as lawmakers continue debate over a sweeping proposal to incentivize new housing construction. The plan, which would likely tout tax breaks for developers, as well as protections for workers and tenants, has been met with pushback from suburban lawmakers. "I …...Read More

Mali's military junta has suspended all political activity indefinitely, in a move following last year's decision to halt elections. Global leaders have expressed concern over the military's apparent reluctance to relinquish its control of Bamako. "The transition government has already made a decision not to hold an election in February, …...Read More

The June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman brought what's dubbed the "Trial of the Century" that culminated with O.J. Simpson's acquittal of the murders. The announcement Thursday that Simpson is dead has brought renewed attention to the closely watched trial and the fascinating …...Read More

Kato Kaelin remembered Nicole Brown Simpson as a "beacon of light" while discussing O.J. Simpson, who died Wednesday of cancer at the age of 76. Kaelin was living in a guest house at O.J.'s Rockingham Estate the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were stabbed to death outside her …...Read More

FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans exhorted President Biden to "ensure the expedient release" of U.S. citizens being held hostage by Hamas terrorists and voice Israel's "inviolable right to self-defense." "We write today to express our full support for the State of Israel in its fight against Hamas. …...Read More

Michael J. Fox says being a Hollywood star in his prime required some grit. Fox spoke candidly when asked if fame in the 1980s was "harder" to achieve than modern fame, admitting to People magazine, "You had to be talented. That helped." "We used to bust our a--, our acting …...Read More

Akebono Taro, the first ever foreign-born sumo wrestler to be named a grand champion, has died of heart failure, his family confirmed Thursday. He was 54. Akebono, who was born Chad George Ha'aheo Rowan in Hawaii in 1969, died this month in Japan. "It is with sadness that we announce …...Read More