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CENTRAL FALLS — The Learning Community charter school is establishing a graduate school of education, the first time that such a program has been awarded to a public school. Aspiring teachers will be immersed in the classroom for most of their training, taking academic classes at night and during the summer, making the program unique.

The New England Saltwater Fishing Show opened Friday and continues through Sunday at the Rhode Island Convention Center. With 445 booths and 350 companies displaying their wares, it is the largest saltwater fishing show in the Northeast, according to the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association, which sponsors the event.

The Rhode Island congressional delegation on Friday called for the swift publication of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump."The Attorney General should expedite making the full report public, consistent with the national security interests of the United States," said Sen. Jack Reed. "The American people have a right to see the evidence and draw their own [...]

A lawyer for Robert Kraft says Florida authorities acted illegally both in videotaping the Patriots owner in a Jupiter, Fla., day spa and in making a traffic stop to confirm his identity."There was no human trafficking and law enforcement knows it," William Burck told ESPN Friday night. "The video and the traffic stop were illegal and law enforcement just doesn't want to admit it. The state attorney needs to step up and do the right thing and investigate how the evidence in this case [...]

Former Republican congressional candidate H. Russell Taub pleaded guilty to fraud and breaking campaign finance law as part of an illegal political action committee, the U.S. Justice Department and FBI announced Thursday.Investigators last month charged Taub, 30, of Cranston, with spending more than $1 million in political donations on personal expenses including travel, meals, clothes, cigars, strip-club visits and escorts. Taub, who unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Rep. [...]

SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Police say they seized marijuana, LSD, MDMA and psilocybin mushrooms from the home of a 48-year-old South Kingstown man.According to a news release from Detective Sgt. Trevor Richmond, police obtained a search warrant for John J. Othote's home, at 4145B Tower Hill Rd., after receiving a tip that he was selling drugs.Detectives arrived at 8 a.m. Thursday and arrested Othote, who was in his bedroom, on a Family Court warrant for failure to pay child [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook left millions of user passwords readable by its employees for years, the company acknowledged Thursday after a security researcher exposed the lapse.By storing passwords in readable plain text, Facebook violated fundamental computer-security practices. Those call for organizations and websites to save [...]

Richard G. Tiberi, 76, his Decatur Social Club on Federal Hill have been known for criminal activity for more than half a century. His latest conviction stems from a scheme to sell goods that had been shoplifted from CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid and Stop & Shop.

A soft-pretzel eating contest sponsored by The Malted Barley, a craft beer bar and restaurant on Westminster Street, will be a new event this year at PVDFest, the city’s free, annual four-day arts and culture extravaganza, slated for June 6-9.

The median sales price remain unchanged from the same month a year ago, but the number of sales fell, and houses lingered on the market a week longer before selling, according to numbers from the Rhode Island Association of Realtors.