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Rhode Island to get $1.25 billion from virus stimulus plan
Governor Gina Raimondo presents her daily coronavirus briefing in the State House Wednesday, March 25. 2020. Pool photo by Kris Craig / The Providence Journal WPRO News and The Associated Press Rhode ...
Mar 25, 2020
Ocean State Job Lot donates $250K to help virus response
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island-based retailer Ocean State Job Lot has donated $250,000 to buy protective equipment and cleaning supplies in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The supplies wil...
Mar 24, 2020
Tokyo Olympics postponed, U.S. closes in on relief package
By DAVID RISING and CIARN GILES, The Associated Press MADRID (AP) - The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday postponed this summer's Tokyo Games for a year as coronavirus deaths mounted around t...
Mar 24, 2020
Rhode Island gas prices plummeting; down 11 cents in a week
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The average cost of a gallon of gasoline in Rhode Island has plummeted 11 cents in the past week, with some gas stations selling for lower than $2 per gallon, AAA Northeast sai...
Mar 23, 2020
Raimondo: Primary postponed; plane travelers must self-quarantine
Gov. Gina Raimondo is seen briefing Rhode Islanders on the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic on a video screen set up at the State House March 23, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News ...
Mar 23, 2020
Massachusetts Gov. Baker orders non-essential businesses closed over virus
photo via Wikimedia Commons BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker ordered all nonessential businesses to close by Tuesday afternoon and remain closed until at least April 7 in an effort to sl...
Mar 23, 2020
Honeywell in Smithfield to ramp up face mask production
Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island factory is ramping up production of specialized face masks in response to the federal fight against th...
Mar 23, 2020
$10 toilet paper? Coronavirus gouging complaints surge in US
One store advertised hand sanitizer at $60 a bottle. Another was accused of hawking it at $1 a squirt. Chain stores were accused of selling $26 thermometers and face masks at the "everyday low price" ...
Mar 19, 2020
How long will Americans be fighting the coronavirus?
By CHRISTINA LARSON and MICHELLE R. SMITH, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In a matter of days, millions of Americans have seen their lives upended by measures to curb the spread of the new cor...
Mar 19, 2020
RI sees 10 new virus cases overnight
Gov. Gina Raimondo (left) and Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott brief reporters on coronavirus developments, aided by an interpreter for the hearing impaired on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Pho...
Mar 18, 2020
