18+ min ago  (631+ words) PROVIDENCE " A federal judge dealt a major blow to Rhode Island's budding cannabis industry, temporarily blocking the state from holding a lottery to issue up to 24 retail licenses this spring. Judge Melissa Du Bose granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday to…...

1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (11+ words) Trump's America First dreams collide with economic reality'The Boston Globe...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (342+ words) A 66-year-old man will formally be sentenced to life without parole on Thursday for the strangling death of a 20-year-old woman in Beverly in 1986, records show. John William Carey faces sentencing in Essex Superior Court for the slaying of Claire…...

19+ hour, 55+ min ago  (276+ words) NEW YORK " Corporate foundations" philanthropic commitments were called into question this past year as tariff-driven uncertainty, rising costs and tax law changes prompted many companies to reconsider their charitable strategies. Nonprofits received a reassuring answer this week, however, from the…...

10+ hour, 15+ min ago  (775+ words) The headlines have been stunning. Together they read like a cops behaving badly roundup " each one more evidence why the state's police watchdog deserves continuing support from the Legislature. Three State Police troopers were arraigned last week on involuntary manslaughter…...

4+ hour, 9+ min ago  (638+ words) PROVIDENCE " When the Founding Fathers wrote the US Constitution, they were careful to separate war powers, giving Congress the authority to initiate war and the president the ability to direct the armed forces. "They didn't want the president growing so…...

45+ min ago  (656+ words) Buried inside "Jerry Maguire" is a much richer, and more realistic romance than the one everyone remembers. And it's a beautiful, understated look at Black love starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Regina King. It's been 30 years since has-been sports agent…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago  (535+ words) Five hundred thousand to $1 million for the prime blocks in the Back Bay " that's not really going to get you much, basically a postage stamp studio, maybe a small one-bedroom," said Adam Geragosian, a senior advisor for Compass. But even…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (809+ words) Hello, it's Jackie Kucinich, the Globe's Washington Bureau Chief. Today, we'll be talking about an issue that President Trump can't easily turn away from " it's right outside the windows of the White House. That massive ballroom that Trump envisioned, and…...

12+ hour, 33+ min ago  (674+ words) KIGALI, Rwanda " The rhythmic sounds of construction muffle the thud of farmers" hoes on a chilly morning in Rwanda's capital, where new efforts aim to protect remaining agricultural land from relentless development in Africa"s most densely populated country. Eighty-four-year-old…...