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Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 19-25
By The Associated Press Aug. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 19
1909 — The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Twelve-thousand spectators watch Austrian engineer Louis Schwitzer win a five...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2021 11:43 AM EDT
Aug. 20
1921 — Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Mary Browne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. women’s national tennis title at the Germantown...
Judge orders shop owner to pay $850 for violating mask rule
Jun. 24, 2021 08:49 AM EDT
NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont judge upheld an $850 fine for a businessman who violated the state's emergency mask mandate when he refused to wear a mask in his...
What a relief: Rhode Island transit hub bathrooms reopening
Jun. 23, 2021 11:48 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — To the relief of many, Rhode Island reopened public restrooms Wednesday at the Kennedy Plaza transit hub in Providence, which had been...
Rhode Island scales back COVID-19 testing strategy
Jun. 14, 2021 12:09 PM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — With more than half the state's population fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, and the number of new confirmed cases falling,...
Salve Regina to require students, employees to get vaccines
Jun. 09, 2021 11:12 AM EDT
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Salve Regina University is the latest college in Rhode Island to announce that it will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19...
Veterans home gets $2M boost to protect residents from virus
May. 21, 2021 10:37 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Veterans Home is getting nearly $2 million in federal funding to help protect veterans from the coronavirus and ensure...
Vermont business owner seeks new trial over mask mandate
Apr. 14, 2021 10:06 AM EDT
NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont business owner is seeking a new trial in his fight against the state's mask mandate during the pandemic.
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Gov. McKee visits 2 new regional vaccination sites
Apr. 07, 2021 09:54 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Opening regional vaccination sites is critical to helping make sure that everyone in Rhode Island who wants a coronavirus shot, but who...
Vermont estimates vaccines have saved 78 lives from COVID-19
Mar. 31, 2021 02:31 PM EDT
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont officials estimate the COVID-19 vaccination program in the state has saved 78 lives since the vaccines arrived late last year.
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Rhode Island Foundation grants $550K in pandemic relief
Mar. 24, 2021 10:12 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded an additional $550,000 in grants from its COVID-19 Response Fund to nonprofits that are helping...
Vermont advisory group recommends inmates get vaccination
Mar. 18, 2021 10:27 AM EDT
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A committee of more than two dozen health care providers and advocates is calling for the immediate vaccination of the state’s prison...
McKee: All Rhode Island adults vaccine eligible on April 19
Mar. 18, 2021 09:21 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — All Rhode Island residents ages 16 and older will be eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine starting April 19, Gov. Daniel McKee said...
The Latest: Australia seeks vaccine aid for Papua New Guinea
By The Associated Press Mar. 18, 2021 05:34 AM EDT
Vermont prison reports 21 new COVID cases in inmates, staff
Mar. 15, 2021 08:21 AM EDT
NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — The outbreak of COVID-19 at the Vermont prison in Newport is continuing with 21 new cases, the Department of Corrections reported on Monday...
9 new inmate cases of COVID-19, 1 staff at Vermont prison
Mar. 11, 2021 11:47 AM EST
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Ten new cases of COVID-19 have been reported at the state prison in Newport, the Department of Corrections said Thursday.
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Vermont business owner challenging COVID-19 mask mandate
Mar. 10, 2021 10:02 AM EST
NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont business owner is in court arguing the state’s mandate that people wear masks in his store to prevent the spread of the virus...
Vermont prison outbreak grows to 128 inmates, 10 staff
By Lisa Rathke Mar. 04, 2021 02:23 PM EST
Vermont's largest coronavirus outbreak in a prison has grown to 128 inmates and 10 staff members at the the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport,...
Vermont has its largest prison outbreak; 100 inmate, 8 staff
Mar. 03, 2021 08:27 AM EST
NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — An outbreak of COVID-19 at the Vermont state prison in Newport has grown to 100 inmates and eight staff members, making it the largest...
