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A discarded cigarette butt has led to the arrest of a 41-year-old Woonsocket man accused of raping two women in separate attacks in Hopkinton and North Stonington, Connecticut, 21 years ago. Robert Czerwein was ordered held without bail Wednesday after his arraignment on two counts of first-degree sexual assault in 4th Division District Court fo...

Two-thirds of Americans are worried about climate change, but many don’t realize how they can play a significant role in climate action — at least, not yet. Deadly wildfires regularly scorch California. Last winter, much of the Rockies received record-low snow, signaling water woes for millions. Then a spring heat wave hit the West, decimating w...

TAMPA — Investment firm CEO James Fishback’s time in the Florida political spotlight ended Tuesday night when he finished a distant third with 10% of the vote in the race for the Republican nomination for governor. “He didn’t do great, but as someone who was considered somewhat of a fringe candidate, and sort of dismissed by the mainstream Repub...

Jefferson County Clerk David Yates said his office will take legal action to get judicial guidance on how to handle the reassignment of dozens of voters on the Jefferson-Oldham County line. Yates, a Democrat, plans to file a Petition for a Declaration of Rights, a Wednesday morning press release said. With that action, the Franklin County Circui...

New Jersey officials have deleted 5,100 registered voters from state voter rolls and directed another 1,650 to county election officials for review, one month after Gov. Mikie Sherrill revealed that thousands of noncitizens may have registered to vote after interactions with the Motor Vehicle Commission. Sherrill announced the moves Wednesday, s...