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The congresswoman from Hawaii, a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, spoke on her foreign policy and her focus on a "New Cold War" and the possibility of nuclear war.

A proposed $9.6-million increase is subject to review by city's School Committee, but the scope of Supt. Philip Thornton's budget request is certain to heighten financial concerns in a district where school officials are still haggling with municipal officials over spending in the current fiscal year.

BOSTON – A project to renovate and expand commuter rail lines to the SouthCoast has cleared important checkpoints by receiving a crucial federal permit and full state funding, officials announced Monday.Department of Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, speaking at a MassDOT board meeting, said the long-discussed South Coast Rail program will now proceed "full speed ahead." State employees have already begun relevant infrastructure work and acquiring land that will go [...]

The companies behind the offshore Revolution Wind project in the waters south of Rhode Island say the $4.5 million in funding will go to education and workforce development in the state.

On the grainy surveillance footage, it looked like the woman driving a white Jeep Wrangler was just looking for the best place to ditch a load of trash. She drove up to a row of dumpsters outside an auto-parts store in Coachella, California, and hopped out with a plastic bag. She looked inside one bin, but she moved on, tossing her bag at the next dumpster, which already overflowed with refuse. It was a simple, seemingly innocuous act of disposal. [...]

PROVIDENCE -- The rain is moving away, and the sun should come out this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service."Low pressure east of Nantucket and Cape Cod before sunrise will exit out to sea today providing a drying trend and sunshine slowly developing this afternoon from west to east," the Weather Service says.Expect a high temperature near 61 in Providence.Another round of showers should move through tonight into early Wednesday morning. The rain should [...]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's state minister of defense said Tuesday that the Easter attack on churches, hotels and other sites was "carried out in retaliation" for the shooting massacre at two New Zealand mosques last month, as the Islamic State group sought to claim responsibility for the attack.The comments by Ruwan Wijewardene came shortly before the Islamic State group asserted it was responsible for the bombings in and outside of Colombo that killed over 320 [...]

A Washington state senator apologized on Monday after drawing nationwide backlash for saying nurses in smaller hospitals "probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day" during their shifts. State Sen. Maureen Walsh, R, made the comment last week while debating a bill that would give nurses uninterrupted meals and breaks at work and protect them from mandatory overtime. Walsh was arguing that hospitals in rural communities should be excluded from the measure [...]

PROVIDENCE — Governor Raimondo is calling on the state Department of Education to commission a "comprehensive review" of the Providence School District, to "identify key causes of the district's challenges and consider pathways for improvement."The move is being made in consultation with Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza and incoming Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, according to a news release from the governor's office.The state Education [...]

Somebody who bought a lottery ticket in North Providence has won $1,000 a day for life, according to the Rhode Island Lottery.It's the first time a top-prize Lucky for Life ticket has been sold in Rhode Island.The ticket was sold at Colbea Enterprises, 1275 Mineral Spring Ave. The ticket matched five numbers and the Lucky Ball. The winning ticket has not yet been claimed.The winner can choose to receive annual payments of $365,000, less taxes, for a minimum of 20 [...]