NEW: Convicted former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia one step closer to freedom. Correia was moved from a federal prison in Kentucky to the residential reentry program, which traditionally means a halfway house. wpri.com/target-12/ex-f…

NEW: Senator Jack Reed is demanding a special investigation into Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected jobs report. "He’s putting our economy at serious risk." @bostonglobe bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/met…

Millions of Americans saving for retirement through 401(k) accounts could have the option of putting their money in higher-risk private equity and cryptocurrency investments. bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/bus… via The Boston Globe

Pryor will earn nearly $239,000 annually, while Bennett will make more than $202,000 annually. bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/met… via The Boston Globe

In Newport, HBO ‘Gilded Age’ star Christine Baranski says today's mega rich need to support the arts Robber barons’ “business methods may have been scurrilous, but they cared about leaving something behind," she told me at the Elms on Thursday evening. bostonglobe.com/2025/08/08/met…

Brown University among dozens of elite schools included in a federal class action lawsuit alleging they conspired to "inflate" the cost of higher education for applicants by enforcing early decision rules that have no legal binding. trib.al/U92mN0F

Health centers called SMART clinics operating inside Providence schools, treating students for illness, injury and mental health, had to shut down after staff was laid off by the outside provider It’s not clear if they will be able to reopen this fall bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/met…

AOL is finally shutting down its dial-up internet service trib.al/s0eK9Op

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As prices soar, is R.I. real estate still a deal for out-of-state home buyers? bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/rea…

By Alexa Gagosz -- Food news site Eater faces major layoffs and uncertain future bostonglobe.com/2025/08/14/bus… via The Boston Globe

‘There is fear everywhere’: How Trump’s immigration crackdown has permeated RI’s smallest city, home to a big Latino population. Myriam Maya, who moved to Central Falls from Colombia 25 yrs ago, said the crackdown frightens people more than the pandemic bostonglobe.com/2025/08/15/met…

"Now, there is fear everywhere." How Trump’s immigration crackdown has permeated Central Falls, R.I.’s smallest city and home to a big Latino population. (W/ Edward Fitzpatrick) bostonglobe.com/2025/08/15/met…