Justice Department expands legal action against states that have refused its demands for voter data
Read full article: Justice Department expands legal action against states that have refused its demands for voter dataThe U.S. Justice Department is suing six more states in its ongoing campaign to obtain voter data and other election information.
Judge rules feds can't require states to cooperate on immigration to get disaster money
Read full article: Judge rules feds can't require states to cooperate on immigration to get disaster moneyA federal judge has ruled that itโs unconstitutional to require states to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to get funding for disasters.
States and developer sue the Trump administration for halting work on New England offshore wind farm
Read full article: States and developer sue the Trump administration for halting work on New England offshore wind farmRhode Island, Connecticut and the developer of an offshore wind farm that would power 350,000 homes in the two states are suing the Trump administration for stopping the nearly completed project.
Rhode Island prosecutor put on unpaid leave after warning โYouโre gonna regret thisโ during arrest
Read full article: Rhode Island prosecutor put on unpaid leave after warning โYouโre gonna regret thisโ during arrestA Rhode Island state prosecutor was put on unpaid leave for six months after she was captured on police body camera footage warning one of the officers who were arresting her on a trespassing charge that he was โgonna regret it.โ.
High school coach who did naked fat tests found not guilty of child molestation, sexual assault
Read full article: High school coach who did naked fat tests found not guilty of child molestation, sexual assaultA jury has found a former Rhode Island high school basketball coach not guilty of second-degree child molestation and second-degree sexual assault after he spent decades asking hundreds of male student-athletes if they were โshy or not shyโ before asking them to get naked so he could check their body fat.
Second federal judge extends block preventing the Trump administration from freezing funding
Read full article: Second federal judge extends block preventing the Trump administration from freezing fundingAttorneys general in New York and Rhode Island are backing a federal judge's decision to extend a block barring the Trump administration from freezing grants and loans potentially totaling trillions of dollars.
Scientists warn Trump's medical research cuts endanger patients as judge blocks the move for now
Read full article: Scientists warn Trump's medical research cuts endanger patients as judge blocks the move for nowScientists warn the Trump administrationโs drastic cuts for medical research endanger patients, will cost thousands of jobs and threaten Americaโs standing as a world leader in science and innovation.
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Things to Know: Fewer Black Americans are getting vaccinated
Read full article: Things to Know: Fewer Black Americans are getting vaccinatedEspinoza said she never imagined the virus would take the life of her 36-year-old husband, who managed a hospice nurse program. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)Hereโs whatโs happening Saturday with the pandemic in the U.S.:THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY:โ An Associated Press analysis shows that Black people in many parts of the U.S. are lagging behind whites in receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. Statistics released by 17 states and two cities tell the same story: Through Jan. 25, Black people were getting inoculated at levels below their share of the general population. Adโ Hospital systems around the country are coming under fire over accusations that they are playing favorites when it comes to who gets the first crack at COVID-19 vaccines. In the past week, California has recorded an average of 544 daily COVID-19 deaths, and its pandemic death toll has reached 43,000.
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Playing favorites? Hospital boards, donors get COVID shots
Read full article: Playing favorites? Hospital boards, donors get COVID shotsIn Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter Neronha opened an inquiry after reports that two hospital systems offered their board members vaccinations. In Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter Neronha opened an inquiry after reports that two hospital systems offered their board members vaccinations. And in Kansas, members of a hospital board received vaccinations during the first phase of the stateโs rollout, which was intended for people at greater risk for infection. Hospital donors should be banned, she said. Spokesman Matt Lara said workers got shots first, and board members received them because they govern the hospital and its daily operations.

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