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In today’s Daily Kickoff, we do a deep dive into the controversial background of Darren Beattie, who this week was named to a ...

At a recent art gala co-chaired by the wife of the president’s pick for secretary of the Navy, many residents of the old-line ...

Two Rhode Island high school seniors were chosen to go on an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. to learn about ...

The secretive state is reopening to the world after five years – here’s what tourists can expect on the strict, five-day itinerary ...

Another Kanitra bill would not only allow local cops to participate in immigration enforcement, but compensate agencies with ...

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced that over $24.7 million in capital funding will go to Queens schools in fiscal ... biggest employer in the United States is the food service ...

We are learning more about some of the 67 victims aboard the American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided ...

As many as 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was ...

It’s a small world. It’s a wide world. Both phrases are used in lyrics, titles and more. A more accurate statement might be: Earth’s circumference (at the equator) is 24,901 ...

with tens of thousands of revelers at the scene and imitators scattered around the United States and beyond. When Phil is deemed to have not seen his shadow, that is said to usher in an early spring.