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Some families affected by school bus strike to start getting checks next week

The Providence School Department says it has started approving reimbursement requests from parents with children with special needs, and will started mailing out checks next week.
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Blackstone Valley

Teen accused of having gun, ammo on school grounds arraigned

A 14-year old student at Woonsocket High School was ordered held pending the results of a probable cause hearing next week after police say he was found with a gun and ammunition on school grounds.
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Up and Down Temperature Trend Continues

After many sub-freezing temperatures this morning, temperatures make a run at 60 this afternoon.
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SE Mass
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Police: Employee stole $3,400 in lottery tickets from Wareham store

The alleged theft took place at the Cumberland Farms on Depot Street, according to police.
Read More » 2 hours ago
South County
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Misquamicut Beach pavilion fire under investigation

Video from the Misquamicut Business Association shows plumes of black smoke coming from the roof of the building.
Read More » 2 hours ago
Pinpoint Traffic

Lane shifts, closures this weekend on I-195 in East Providence

RIDOT said at least two of three existing lanes will remain open in each direction during the day and one lane will be open in each direction overnight.
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Eyewitness News Investigates

Councilman Aponte seeks to ban sex offenders from ‘child safety zones'

Offenders would be subject to fines of up to $500 for violating the ordinance.

After complaint over fine, Mattiello cut contractor board's budget

The speaker denied it was a punitive move to slash the budget for the state board that polices contractors.

Craig Price's attempted murder trial delayed for 6th time

Price, 44, was set to go on trial on Oct. 22, but it was pushed back a month to Nov. 26, according to Carol Hingson, a spokesperson for the district attorney in Live Oak, Florida.

Council President Salvatore under fire for clash with female colleagues

Salvatore allegedly had an argument with two female colleagues over a policy proposal.

Medical marijuana approved in RI for children, adults with autism

The decision includes a number of stipulations for providers.

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Finding a symbol of survival, Cranston man searches for its owner 3 hours ago

"I saw the seal," Joe Fernandes recalled. "I opened the cover and there it was. This is something special."
Street Stories
If elected, Trillo vows to make 'serious changes' to pensions 4 hours ago

Trillo, who admittedly said he once supported then-treasurer Gina Raimondo’s pension reform law, said Friday that he would award pensioners a 3 percent cost of living adjustment (COLA) increase and continue an investigation into Raimondo’s changes to the state’s pension system.
Politics
Hefty hauls: 2 wanted for $7,600 in handbag thefts 7 hours ago

Several police departments are looking to identify a pair of suspects in series handbag heists.
SE Mass
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Barrington's Nayatt Road to be repaved next week 7 hours ago

Drivers can expect detours as well as a rough ride on the busy road at various times in the coming weeks, and throughout the next year.
East Bay
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Caravan migrants break Guatemala border fence, rush Mexico 7 hours ago

"We are going to the United States!" he shouted euphorically. "Nobody is going to stop us!"
US and World
Attorney General: Beware of World Series ticket deals that are too good to be true 7 hours ago

The Rhode Island Attorney General's office and its Consumer Protection Unit said Friday that Red Sox fans will want to be careful when looking for tickets.
Red Sox
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Mass. state trooper stabbed in head, neck during pursuit 4 hours ago

Authorities say the teenager was then shot in the torso by the 47-year-old trooper and both were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The trooper was conscious and alert.
Massachusetts

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Cutting a helpful path through RI and the rest of the country
Warwick police give little girl escort to bus stop
On the move to reconnect the mind and body
Experience of helping Florence victims makes volunteer ready to give more
Town of Lincoln donates ambulance to Haitian community

Eyewitness Sports

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Back in Beantown: Red Sox return home after ALCS win
Attorney General: Beware of World Series ticket deals that are too good to be true
Red Sox ALCS championship gear flying off shelves
Red Sox sail into World Series, set for ace Sale's return
Hendricken's Truss officially honored as All-American

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Finding a symbol of survival, Cranston man searches for its owner

"I saw the seal," Joe Fernandes recalled. "I opened the cover and there it was. This is something special."

Mega Millions jackpot hits $1B, thanks to worsening odds

Lottery officials changed the odds in recent years to lessen the chance of winning a jackpot, which in turn increased the opportunity for top prizes to reach stratospheric levels.

12-pound lunar meteorite sells for more than $600,000

A 12-pound (5.5 kilogram) chunk of the moon that fell to the Earth as a lunar meteorite has been sold at auction for more than $600,000.

Kleenex to rebrand 'mansize' tissues after gender complaints

Kimberly-Clark told Britain's Daily Telegraph that it in "no way suggests" that being both soft and strong was "an exclusively masculine trait, nor do we believe that the Mansize branding suggests or endorses gender inequality."

East Greenwich boy fighting back against rare disease

A little boy fighting a rare disease is making improvements and regaining the use of some of his limbs at Hasbro Children's Hospital after suddenly losing control of his body in September.

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Portsmouth corn maze vandalized

The corn maze at Escobar's Highland Farm was vandalized Friday night, according to a posting on the attraction's Facebook page.

PHOTOS: Mexico Beach, Fla. after Hurricane Michael: 'It's like a bomb went off'

"It's like a bomb went off," Mexico Beach City Clerk Adrian Welle described to WMBB 13 during Saturday's MyPanhandle.com live special report of Hurricane Michael coverage,

Fall 2018: Corn mazes across RI, Mass.

Looking for a corn maze to go to this fall? Meteorologist T.J. Del Santo has you covered. He visited several corn mazes across the area and flew Sky Drone 12 over them to show you what they look like from above.