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James Burrows, director of classic TV comedies including "Cheers" and "Friends," dies at 85
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (997+ words) His family confirmed his death in a statement to People, saying he "passed away peacefully today surrounded by his family." No location or cause of death was provided. Burrows spent his career behind the camera specializing in situation comedies. Few…...
Everything is right: Center for Black history opens in Newport home where enslaved people once lived
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (730+ words) NEWPORT, R. I. (WPRI) " The oldest home in Newport, where people who were enslaved once lived, will now serve a new purpose: teaching people about Black history. The Newport Historical Society held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Edward W. Kane and Martha J. Wallace…...
Closings, Content & Confidence with Jenny Palm on @Me
6+ hour, 6+ min ago (240+ words) EAST PROVIDENCE, R. I. (WPRI) " In this edition of@Me with Victoria B, a new show on the WPRI 12+ app, Host Victoria Blanchard sits down with Rhode Island real estate expert and content creator Jenny Palmfor a candid conversation about building a…...
Friction between Trump and Republican senators is growing before the pivotal midterm elections
8+ hour, 13+ min ago (834+ words) This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades," Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. , said in a post on X. The open tensions are an almost complete reversal from a year ago when Senate Republicans worked closely with Trump on a complicated…...
Who is Andy Burnham, the lawmaker who could replace Keir Starmer
13+ hour, 43+ min ago (715+ words) The 56-year-old politician presents himself as an amiable northern everyman who prefers T-shirts to a suit and tie and spends spare time playing soccer or spinning 1990s tunes during DJ battles. He's also an experienced politician whose career has taken him…...
Police shooting of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy ignites tension between police and Black residents
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (810+ words) We are treating items on a shelf as more valuable than a child," Bernice King, the daughter of civil right icon Martin Luther King, Jr. , said in a statement posted to Instagram on Wednesday. That is not just bad policing;…...
Canada's Carney isn't having a bilateral meeting with Trump at G7 but says it's not a snub
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (555+ words) Canadian leaders typically get a bilateral meeting with American presidents at summits of the world's leading industrialized democracies, but Carney dismissed any notion of a snub. "I wouldn't take a big message from that," Carney said. "I had seven or…...
A chilling Romanian exhibition replays videotaped secret police interrogations from 1989
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (785+ words) Held at the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest, the exhibition is called "A. REST 1989." The Securitate Video Archive uses video footage to reconstruct how detentions and interrogations worked under the Securitate, the sprawling network of spies that enforced Nicolae…...
Trump ramps up Education Department's dismantling with changes on special education and civil rights
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (643+ words) The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of civil rights in education, while the Department of Health and Human Services will oversee special education, administration officials announced. The two agencies involved " the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services…...
Senate GOP seeks to speed up DNI confirmation process, Thune says
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (256+ words) (DC Bureau) " Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) says reauthorizing a counterterrorism tool is a top priority this week. He believes a swift confirmation of Jay Clayton as the next director of national intelligence is one way to secure…...