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Macy's and the union representing workers at the Warwick Mall, and in four Massachusetts stores, have reached a tentative contract agreement several days after union membership authorized a strike against the retailer, according to a statement on the union's website."As of May 14, Macy's negotiating teams and the company have reached tentative agreements that the teams feel they can [...]

PROVIDENCE -- The automated vehicle future arrived in Providence at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.Then it halted. Its would-be first passenger was otherwise occupied on the sidewalk outside the train station taking pictures and chatting with people about what it would be like to take the first ride when the vehicle, without him inside, departed.A state worker shouted out to get it to stop. The operator of the vehicle overrode the automated controls and pulled over. Thanks to a [...]

Georgetown University said Wednesday it intends to expel two students after reviewing their applications in the wake of the admissions bribery scandal.The Jesuit university in Washington did not identify the students who face imminent dismissal. The university's actions come two months after federal investigators announced criminal charges against 50 people across the country who were accused of participating in a conspiracy to undermine the admissions process at prominent [...]

PROVIDENCE — Is there life after death for the defeated legislation to protect the legality of abortion in Rhode Island?Maybe.The options are all technical and parliamentary, and they would all allow further action on abortion-rights legislation at the Rhode Island State House this session:-Amend the surviving bill.-Transfer it to a "friendlier" Senate committee.-Attach the key words to another bill.On the day after the [...]

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation announced that the Providence to Newport ferry will resume on May 24, and include weekend stops in Bristol.The new ferry service to Bristol is part of the trip to and from Newport, and runs on weekends from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Special trips will be included for the Bristol Fourth of July Parade and WaterFire in Providence, according to a DOT news release.Ferries between Providence and Newport run seven [...]

President Donald Trump, who won the presidency in part on his image as a successful business mogul, lost $1.17 billion over 10 years on failed business deals, according to tax records obtained by the New York Times. The losses, in the 1980s and 1990s, were greater than those reported by nearly any other American taxpayer during that period, according to Internal Revenue Service data the Times said it had reviewed. In 1990 and 1991, according to the Times report, Trump's [...]

President Donald Trump complains that large corporations, such as Amazon.com, are shirking their tax responsibilities. Yet for at least a decade, Trump paid none or very little in federal income taxes by exploiting some of the same generous tax breaks that the online retail giant and others have used to reduce IRS bills. Trump's businesses generated huge losses, and his hotel and casino properties were eligible for large depreciation write-offs that meant he paid taxes for [...]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Museum authorities at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German death camp in Poland have protested to an online vendor that was selling miniskirts, pillows and other items bearing photos of the camp, where some 1.1 million people were killed during World War II.On Twitter, the museum said that offering such products with images of Auschwitz is "rather disturbing and disrespectful."Spokesman Lukasz Lipinski said Wednesday the museum felt obliged to [...]

PROVIDENCE -- Expect mostly sunny skies and a high near 62 degrees in Providence."High pressure brings dry weather to southern New England today and Thursday, but below normal temperatures especially near the coast," the National Weather Service says.Thursday looks partly sunny with a high near 59 degrees.On Friday, expect showers and a high near 60.For more weather and updates, see [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are planning to turn off their apps to protest what they say are declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dollars from investors.Organizers are planning demonstrations in 10 U.S. cities Wednesday, including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, as well as some European locations like London.As of about 8:15 a.m., an Uber spokesman, Harry Hartfield, said [...]