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ROVIDENCE — Molly Andrade of Middletown has been crowned Miss Rhode Island. The Miss Rhode Island 2019 and Miss Rhode Island’s Outstanding Teen competition took place over the weekend in Providence. Andrade competed in the Miss Rhode Island competition in 2018. She won the 2018 Miss Rhode Island Miracle Maker Award and the Highest Ad Sales Award, earning her two tickets to the final competition night of the Miss America 2019 competition. [...]

GLOCESTER — A recreation center at Camp Ponagansett was destroyed Sunday night in a fire, according to Chepachet Fire Deputy Chief Dennis Huestis.About six crews from surrounding towns responded to the campground at around 11:15 p.m., he said.The recreation center was fully involved, and firefighters battled the blaze for about an hour, he said. After getting the fire under control, firefighters spent three to four more hours on scene cleaning up.A nearby [...]

People are putting nature in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday.But it's not too late to fix the problem, according to the United Nations' first comprehensive report on biodiversity."We have reconfigured dramatically life on the planet," report co-chairman Eduardo Brondizio of Indiana University said at a press conference.Species loss is accelerating to a [...]

WINDSOR, England — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, gave birth to a healthy baby boy early Monday morning, a beaming Prince Harry announced to the world, declaring he's "incredibly proud" of his wife.The baby weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and was born at 5:26 a.m. Harry said the child was a little bit overdue and that had given the royal couple more time to contemplate names.Harry said he was ecstatic about the birth of their first child and promised that more [...]

With sponsors such as the NRA and the IGT gaming company, state legislators have traveled to Taiwan, Hawaii, Greece and Colombia as well as destinations throughout the U.S.

PROVIDENCE — A Providence man has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison after admitting to trafficking cocaine from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island.U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith also ordered Eliot Figueroa-Rosario, 45, to serve three years' supervised release following his term of incarceration, and to forfeit $32,500 seized by law enforcement, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Aaron L. Weisman.According to the [...]

PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Republican Party has filed a conflict-of-interest complaint against Sen. Valarie Lawson, the paid vice president of the National Education Association of Rhode Island,  for sponsoring, advocating and voting for legislation to lock in the financial terms of expired teacher and municipal employee contracts until agreement is reached on a new [...]

WARWICK — Citing an existing policy, the school system is warning parents that children whose families owe lunch money will have “a choice” of a “sun butter and jelly sandwich” for lunch until their balance is paid in full or a payment plan is established.The policy takes effect May 13, according to a post on Facebook.“This policy actually comes out of a serious debt that we’re incurring by people who are not paying for their [...]

WOONSOCKET — Mount Saint Charles Academy is opening a $3.7-million residence hall this fall to capture what the president says is a growing interest by parents in specialized sports programs for their children.Mount Saint Charles is a private, Catholic school for girls and boys in grades 6 through 12. The dormitory is scheduled to open with 70 students. Tuition, including room and board, is $39,475 a year for such students. Day school tuition is currently $9,100 for middle [...]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gas prices remain on the rise in Rhode Island, but there are signs that the large weekly increases of the last few weeks may be slowing down.AAA Northeast reports Monday that self-serve, regular is selling for an average of $2.86 per gallon, 3 cents higher than a week ago.The current price is 3 cents per gallon lower than the national average, and a penny higher than the year-ago price in Rhode Island.AAA found gas selling for as low as $2. [...]