At least 21 people were killed, and many more injured following a bombing at a crowded shopping mall in Nigeria's capital city.
The General Assembly has passed and sent to the governor for his consideration legislation to increase the fines for littering in Rhode Island.
Two bills supported by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee to address the recent increase in drug overdose deaths in the region have been signed into law, and a third was passed by the Assembly and awaits the governor’s action.
Concerns about unrest in Iraq have had an impact nationwide on the price of oil and gasoline over the past week, and Rhode Island is no exception as prices locally are up three cents in the last seven days, according to AAA Southern New England.
With the passage of their House bill, lawmakers authorized legislation designating the first-ever “child safe zones” in Rhode Island, which aim to shield children from sexual predators.
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