PROVIDENCE, R.I. Tax credits. Lower cost of living. Restaurants and beaches. And don’t forget Roger Williams and his experiment in protecting everyone’s liberty of conscience. One of Colonial America’s most important freethinkers has a new role as a marketing tool for the place he settled 380 years ago. Rhode Island started out as a refuge […]

PLYMOUTH, Mass. Federal regulators have returned to the state’s only nuclear power plant for three weeks of inspections. About 20 inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission arrived earlier this week at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth. Officials said the inspection will cover several areas including what they describe as the “safety culture” at […]

JAY, Vt. A ski resort whose owner and president were accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of massive fraud months ago is set to open for the season on Saturday with what a federal receiver overseeing it says is a $6.5 million shortfall. In a court filing last week, the receiver said the Jay […]

WASHINGTON Donald Trump, that most unconventional of presidential candidates, last spring pledged that he would act perfectly presidential when the time was right. “I will be so presidential that you’ll call me and you’ll say, ‘Donald, you have to stop that, it’s too much,’” he promised during a March television interview. Less than two months […]

WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton’s aides and supporters are urging dispirited Democrats to channel their frustrations about the election results into political causes — just not into efforts to recount ballots in three battleground states. The former Democratic presidential candidate and her close aides see the recount drive largely as a waste of resources, according to people […]

WASHINGTON Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi faces a challenge to her job as frustrated House Democrats meet to select a new slate of leaders. Pelosi is likely to be re-elected easily today despite disenchantment among some in the Democratic caucus she has led since 2002. Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan is challenging her for the job, […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio A Somali-born student who carried out a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University stewed over the treatment of Muslims while apparently staying under the radar of federal law enforcement, underscoring the difficulty authorities face in identifying and stopping lone wolves bent on violence. Abdul Razak Ali Artan was not known to FBI counterterrorism […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. One of two inmates who sawed their way out of a California jail and vanished last week was recaptured late Tuesday, authorities said. The search continued for the other one. The Santa Clara County Sheriff ’s Office said Laron Campbell was taken back into custody and was being transported back to Santa […]

GATLINBURG, Tenn. In the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, a Tennessee tourist mecca emerged from the smoke, charred and vacant after a swift-moving wildfire. Many buildings were burned to their foundations. Hotel fire alarms echoed through empty streets lined with burned-out cars. The fire picked its spots as it tore through the Gatlinburg area […]