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Local publishers of online news would gain an ability to band together to negotiate with dominant online platforms such as Facebook and Google under a legislative proposal introduced Wednesday by U.S. Rep. David N. Cicilline.The proposed "safe harbor" aims to improve the accessibility and quality of online news by giving small publishers a period of four years to collectively negotiate with online giants under a specific set of conditions, according a news release issued by [...]

"Story in the Public Square," a partnership of The Providence Journal and the Pell Center at Salve Regina University, is the first winner of the Newport Historical Society's History Starts Here Award.The award will be presented in a free ceremony at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at the Colony House, Washington Square, Newport. People interested in attending should RSVP at NewportHistory.org or call 401-846-0813 ext. 110."Story in the Public Square," co-hosted by Pell Center [...]

PROVIDENCE — State Education Commissioner Ken Wagner said the embattled Times2 STEM Academy seems to be heading for a charter revocation, which would be a first in Rhode Island.He also urged the Times2 board to appoint a new executive director and a new president of the board of trustees. “When the Council in January authorized a charter renewal for Times2, it made clear that we had significant concerns with the direction of the school and with its leadership, [...]

PROVIDENCE — In a recent Town Council meeting in Tiverton, House Majority Whip John "Jay" Edwards acknowledged he had introduced a controversial bill mandating overtime pay for firefighters at House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello's request without ever trying to find out how much it might cost his hometown.One of the two bills up for a vote by [...]

Subway said it's in the process of reviewing its store fleet, and some owners "will close, relocate or remodel their locations, and that will result in fewer, but more profitable, restaurants."

FOXBORO — A June 8 concert at Gillette Stadium by the Rolling Stones has been postponed, as frontman Mick Jagger has been advised by doctors to delay the band's No Filter tour because he needs medical treatment, according to an announcement from the New England Patriots media operation.The next leg of the tour had been scheduled to kick off April 20 in Miami.Doctors have told Jagger, 75, that he is expected to make a "complete recovery" from the undisclosed medical [...]

A panel reviewing entrepreneur David Dadekian's plan for a central food market at the former Shooters nightclub wrote, "There is no viable capital proposal put forth."

Protestors are calling for the facility to be closed following news that it began housing immigrant detainees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 10, a move Central Falls officials say the city was not informed of in advance.

PAWTUCKET — A 21-year-old fugitive who fled the scene of fatal crash in New Bedford was arrested Saturday at a house in Pawtucket, according to Massachusetts State Police.On Wednesday, James Bennett-Werra, who was wanted on a warrant charging him with vehicular homicide, had fled the junction of Ashley Boulevard and Tallman Street, where he had run a stop sign and crashed a Chevrolet Malibu into a sedan, killing a 68-year-old woman and seriously injuring another person in the [...]

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s potential 2020 presidential bid took a hit Friday after a former Nevada political candidate accused him of behaving inappropriately five years ago.Lucy Flores, a former Nevada state representative and 2014 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, wrote in a New York Magazine article that Biden kissed her without consent at a political rally five years ago.“I felt two hands on my shoulders. I froze,” wrote Flores. [...]