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BRISTOL — The farm animals have temporarily departed Coggeshall Farm, a living history museum next to Colt State Park, but the nonprofit is still open.The animals — native sheep, dunghill chickens and two Spanish goats — were all relocated, according to Coggeshall's board president, Stephen Lake. The sheep went to a farm in Vermont, where the owners plan to use them as therapy animals for their autistic son. The chickens went to two Bristol residents, and the [...]

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A 16-year-old Massachusetts boy charged with fatally stabbing his 17-year-old cousin during a dispute that started as an argument over a pillow and blanket has been held without bail. Michael Holloway, whose name was made public because is charged as an adult, pleaded not guilty to murder at his arraignment Tuesday. Police say Holloway stabbed William Wheeler in the abdomen in a Fall River apartment on Feb. 13. A witness [...]

The products are now available at Hope and Classical high schools, as well as DelSesto and Nathanael Greene middle schools, through a pilot program designed to reduce student absences due to menstruation.

SALT LAKE CITY — Gwyneth Paltrow said Wednesday in a court filing that a man who accused her in a lawsuit of crashing into him at a Utah ski resort was actually the culprit in the collision and is trying to exploit her celebrity and wealth.Paltrow was skiing with her children and friends in 2016 during a family vacation on a beginner run named "Bandana" at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, when Terry Sanderson smashed into her from behind [...]

SOUTH KINGSTOWN — University of Rhode Island students are being asked to wear purple Friday in memory of Dominique Franco, a nursing student who died in her sorority room over the weekend."This Friday will mark the first day of class [Franco] will not be with us, and I will have an empty seat next to me" nursing student Tyler Fritz wrote on Facebook. "I want to keep everything full of life, just like her, and what better way to do it than to wear her favorite color. [...]

BOSTON (AP) — The inside of a tank was Clarence Smoyer's home, and the crew was his family.In that sense, the 95-year-old veteran returned home Wednesday for the first time since World War II. One of the last surviving WWII tank gunners, Smoyer was surprised with a ride through the streets of Boston in a Sherman tank.Smoyer fought with the U.S. Army's 3rd Armored Division, nicknamed the Spearhead Division. In 1945, he defeated a German Panther tank near the cathedral in [...]

Medical Transportation Management came under fire at House hearing on Feb. 7.

The city’s administration and Department of Public Property have been directed to vacate a city-owned building on Ernest Street within 14 days because of deplorable conditions there.

Attempts to undo decisions by three members of the Narragansett Town Council that derailed a plan to renovate the former Belmont supermarket for a new library were defeated by 3-2 votes Tuesday night.