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New money for Washington Bridge, RIPTA and pensions in RI budget bill. No bank tax cut
The Providence Journal via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoPreviewing some of the major themes in the year's big tax-and-spending bill, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi said it will prioritize "education at every level and supporting children."
Today in History: The Johnstown Flood kills more than 2000
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoOn May 31, 1889, some 2,200 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, perished when the South Fork Dam...
How owners keep the lights on at England’s stately country piles
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe incident with a wedding guest and dead pheasant was the clincher, explains Ronnie, the house...
Is there any point in trying to make sense of Mad Max’s timeline?
The A.V. Club· 6 days agoDuring the press tour for Mad Max: Fury Road, filmmaker George Miller was asked repeatedly how the...
Victorian Society buildings at risk list includes amusement park
BBC News· 4 days agoAn amusement park, a gothic coastal villa, one of the world's first tennis pavilions and a former...
1 dead after severe Texas storms collapse structures at work site
Houston Chronicle· 5 days agoThe announcement came after firefighters from Magnolia, The Woodlands, Conroe...Images posted by...
Taxpayers on hook for massive court losses over Badlands. How will Las Vegas pay?
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 3 days agoIn the summer of 2022, Seaman brought a proposed $64 million settlement with Lowie’s group to the...
How Black Lives Became The Hidden Cost of Clean Energy
Capital B via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe story of “John Doe 1” of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is tucked in a lawsuit filed five...
D-Day: Secret scientists and engineers behind Normandy landings
BBC News· 2 days agoJack Darbyshire and Hugh Iorys Hughes are hardly household names. Jack Darbyshire grew up in the...
Steven Hill: Do high housing costs threaten the American dream?
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 1 day agoHomeownership has long been a cornerstone of the American dream. I have 12 nieces and nephews, and...