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The small forage fish is vital to both the marine food chain and the region's economy.

Rich Hittinger, first vice president of the Rhode Island Salt]]>
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But one was too old, too mentally unfit for the job, he said.

'The other's me,' Bidden quipped.

The digs against Republican Donald Trump kept coming from the president at the annual Gridiron Club and Foundation Dinner, as Biden deflect]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274174756/biden-jokes-about-his-opponent-age-and-his-own-at-dc-roast Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:05:07 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274174756/biden-jokes-about-his-opponent-age-and-his-own-at-dc-roast <![CDATA[It's March Madness, More People Can Legally Bet on Basketball Games]]> People in North Carolina may have a little more riding on this year's NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, as they will be able to legally bet on the games through their smartphone apps and computers for the first time.

For the sixth straight year, the number of states allowing legal sports betting has expanded since the last rendition of March Madness. A total of 38 states and the District of Columbia ]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274174172/it-march-madness-more-people-can-legally-bet-on-basketball-games Sun, 17 Mar 2024 11:35:14 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274174172/it-march-madness-more-people-can-legally-bet-on-basketball-games <![CDATA[Top 25 roundup: Mississippi State routs No. 5 Tennessee]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274173703/top-25-roundup-mississippi-state-routs-no-5-tennessee Sun, 17 Mar 2024 07:44:50 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274173703/top-25-roundup-mississippi-state-routs-no-5-tennessee <![CDATA[No. 10 Marquette returns to Big East title game by beating Providence]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274173656/no-10-marquette-returns-to-big-east-title-game-by-beating-providence Sun, 17 Mar 2024 07:42:44 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274173656/no-10-marquette-returns-to-big-east-title-game-by-beating-providence <![CDATA[Armaments purchase hit by Biden's 1% defense budget increase]]> WASHINGTON, D.C.: This week, President Joe Biden's overall U.S. defense and national security budget request was released, totaling just one percent higher than in 2023.

This level will cause a slowdown in spending on a wide range of programs and delay efforts to rebuild weapons stocks depleted by the Ukraine and Israel conflicts.

The $895 billion national security budget request is the outcome of a two-yea]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274170527/armaments-purchase-hit-by-biden-1-defense-budget-increase Sat, 16 Mar 2024 16:00:51 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274170527/armaments-purchase-hit-by-biden-1-defense-budget-increase <![CDATA[No. 2 UConn fends off St. John's 95-90 to reach Big East final]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274169732/no-2-uconn-fends-off-st-john-95-90-to-reach-big-east-final Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:06:16 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274169732/no-2-uconn-fends-off-st-john-95-90-to-reach-big-east-final <![CDATA[Trump ordered CIA operation against China report]]> The social media influencing campaign was intended to foster ?paranoia? among top leaders in Beijing, Reuters reported

Former US President Donald Trump authorized a secret CIA influence campaign aimed at smearing the Chinese government and turning public opinion against its leaders, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing ex-officials with knowledge of the operation.

According to the report, t]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274169572/trump-ordered-cia-operation-against-china-report Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:13:09 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274169572/trump-ordered-cia-operation-against-china-report <![CDATA[U.S. records about 20,000 deaths from flu this season: CDC]]> LOS ANGELES, March 15 (Xinhua) -- There have been at least 29 million flu illnesses, 320,000 hospitalizations, and 20,000 deaths from flu so far this season in the United States, according to the latest data released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Seasonal influenza activity remains elevated nationally with increases in some parts of the country.

Thirteen influenza-as]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274167920/us-records-about-20000-deaths-from-flu-this-season-cdc Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:58:07 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274167920/us-records-about-20000-deaths-from-flu-this-season-cdc <![CDATA[Providence seeks resume-building win vs. No. 10 Marquette]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274165331/providence-seeks-resume-building-win-vs-no-10-marquette Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:55:07 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274165331/providence-seeks-resume-building-win-vs-no-10-marquette <![CDATA[Pitt, looking to get off the bubble, takes on No. 4 North Carolina]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274165266/pitt-looking-to-get-off-the-bubble-takes-on-no-4-north-carolina Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:40:07 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274165266/pitt-looking-to-get-off-the-bubble-takes-on-no-4-north-carolina <![CDATA[No. 2 UConn carries dominating run into clash vs. St. John's]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274165238/no-2-uconn-carries-dominating-run-into-clash-vs-st-john Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:05:06 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274165238/no-2-uconn-carries-dominating-run-into-clash-vs-st-john <![CDATA[Top 25 roundup: Friars topple No. 8 Creighton in Big East tourney]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274165079/top-25-roundup-friars-topple-no-8-creighton-in-big-east-tourney Fri, 15 Mar 2024 08:05:07 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274165079/top-25-roundup-friars-topple-no-8-creighton-in-big-east-tourney <![CDATA[No. 10 Marquette tops Villanova in OT, advances to Big East semis]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274164918/no-10-marquette-tops-villanova-in-ot-advances-to-big-east-semis Fri, 15 Mar 2024 04:40:18 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274164918/no-10-marquette-tops-villanova-in-ot-advances-to-big-east-semis <![CDATA[Providence stuns No. 8 Creighton in Big East quarters]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274164825/providence-stuns-no-8-creighton-in-big-east-quarters Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:55:06 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274164825/providence-stuns-no-8-creighton-in-big-east-quarters <![CDATA[Girls are falling in love with wrestling, the nation's fastest-growing high school sport]]> MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Jody Mikhail was a sophomore at Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley High School when a poster for a new girls' wrestling club caught her eye. So Mikhail, a senior now, tried the sport.

"I fell in love with it the first time," she said.

Unlike previous generations, she's hardly alone.

Girls' wrestling has become the fastest-growing high school sport in the country, s]]> http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274154778/girls-are-falling-in-love-with-wrestling-the-nation-fastest-growing-high-school-sport Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:29:57 GMT http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/news/274154778/girls-are-falling-in-love-with-wrestling-the-nation-fastest-growing-high-school-sport