PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The sound of the school nurse’s office door opening. Light reflecting off a stained-glass window. Tearful outbursts and fear of getting on the school bus. For many survivors of clergy abuse, memories like these linger for decades. A report released this week by the Rhode Island attorney general detailed decades of abuse.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A new investigation into the Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, shows that an estimated 75 priests abused more than 300 children since 1950, with the state’s top law enforcement chief warning Wednesday that the scope of the abuse is likely much bigger.
NEW YORK (AP) – Snowplows cleared the way for ambulances and fire trucks in Rhode Island. New York City workers geared up to dump massive basins of warm water on piles of snow and ice. And in Boston, officials tried to clear sidewalks coated in packed snow that cut off access for people using wheelchairs.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The United States launched airstrikes early Wednesday against Iran after blaming Tehran for the crash of an American attack helicopter, prompting new attacks from Iran and further widening the retaliatory strikes that threaten to derail talks to end to the war.
NEW YORK (AP) – Millions across the northeastern United States on Tuesday contended with treks to school and work as they dug out from a major – in some areas record-breaking – storm that blanketed the region with snow, canceled flights, disrupted transit and downed power lines.
Neighbors, government workers and a powerful railroad snow-clearing machine nicknamed “Darth Vader” have been digging out from a brutal storm that forecasters are calling the strongest in a decade. It dumped more than two feet of snow across much of the northeastern United States, and a record three feet in Warwick, Rhode Island.
A record-setting snowstorm has prompted managers of The Boston Globe to call off printing their daily newspaper for the first time in its 153-year-old history. Snow and winds prevented staff from safely getting to the Globe printing plant to print Tuesday’s paper, the newspaper said in an article on its website.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Wednesday that gives his immigration and deportation agenda a nearly $70 billion boost for the rest of his time in the White House.
NEW YORK (AP) – A powerful winter storm is roiling travel across the northeastern U.S. Heavy snow, strong winds and blizzard warnings have prompted transportation shutdowns, forcing millions of people to stay home. Air traffic is also coming to a standstill in much of the much of the region, with thousands of flight cancellations piling up across major hubs.
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