Shots fired, 1 killed in arrest of Oregon militants

FBI says it arrested six people, including standoff leader Ammon Bundy, during a traffic stop Tuesday.

Leader of armed siege of Oregon refuge arrested; 1 dead

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R.I. District Court Judge Ovalles denies misconduct allegations

In responding, Ovalles asserts that the clerk filed a complaint accusing him of sexual improprieties after he asked that she be disciplined for insubordination in open court.

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Buffalo Bills hire NFL's first full-time female coach

Kathryn Smith will assist special teams coordinator Danny Crossman and his assistant Eric Smith.

Leaky Skylight, Noisy Toilet | Season 12, Episode 6 (2013)

General contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O'Connor replace a leaky skylight. Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey repairs a noisy toilet. And the guys ask "What Is It?" Click here to SUBSCRIBE to the official This Old House YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thisoldhouse How to Change a Toilet Seat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP7KXv2ab-o How to Replace a Leaky Skylight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05d8dWfW8Bs Watch new episodes of Ask This Old House: http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tv/ask-toh/video/0,,,00.html Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisOldHouse Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisoldhouse https://twitter.com/asktoh Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/thisoldhouse/ G+: https://plus.google.com/+thisoldhouse/posts Instagram: http://instagram.com/thisoldhouse Tumblr: http://thisoldhouse.tumblr.com/

Cranston Schools pitch all-day kindergarten in budget proposal

CRANSTON, R.I. — Schools Supt. Jeannine Nota-Masse has proposed a $151.5-million operating budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year that would pay for state-mandated all-day kindergarten and conversion of Hope Highlands Elementary School to a middle school in order to implement the mandate.Allocating classrooms in the elementary schools for kindergarten would create a space crunch that has prompted the School Committee to plan to move the [...]

$200,000 car torched after Confederate monument fight

A contractor originally hired to remove Confederate monuments in New Orleans found his Lamborghini set ablaze days after the city's announcement. CNN affiliate WDSU reports.

'Our history matters': Providence students rally for ethnic studies curriculum

"I'm Nigerian. I'm Muslim. I'm also an American," said Latifat Odetunde, a student from Classical High School. "My story is not in the history books. It's not about what the history books put in. It's what they leave out."

Man won't face hate crime charges for anti-Muslim outburst

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — An Exeter man police say was caught on surveillance video directing an obscenity-laced anti-Muslim tirade at a convenience store clerk on Christmas Eve will not face hate crime charges.Police tell WPRI-TV that the South Kingstown town lawyer has ruled that hate crime laws don't apply to "petty misdemeanors" like Thomas Giese's outburst on Dec. 24. [...]

At the R.I. Assembly: New push for expungement bill

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The drive to remove from public view the names of admitted criminals is starting early this year at the State House.On Tuesday night, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved legislation to remove from court records the names of people who pleaded guilty or no-contest to crimes as part of a no-jail deal in which they received a five-year deferred sentence.Advocates say the legislation only affects "about 100 cases'' of people left high and [...]

'Jeopardy!' ends with three-way tie ... for last place

After all three contestants wagered it all and lost during the "Final Jeopardy!" round, the show was left without a winner.

R.I. advisory panel frowns on emergency medical center proposal

A Texas company that envisions bringing to Rhode Island a chain of freestanding, 24/7 emergency departments — with services nearly comparable to those of traditional hospital EDs — got an unwelcome diagnosis from the first state panel to review its proposal.Despite the strenuous assertion by Neighbors Emergency Center that it had met all of the legal requirements to open one of its medical centers in West Warwick, an advisory panel of the Health Services Council took a [...]

Sarah Palin endorses Trump

Tea party favorite Sarah Palin endorsed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday at an Iowa campaign stop, delivering a raucous speech full of Palin-isms during her return to the presidential campaign trail.

Service pup comforts bride

Man's best friend comes to the aid of an anxious bride.

Iran releases US journalist Rezaian, 3 others in swap

VIENNA (AP) — Iran will release four detained Americans in exchange for seven Iranians held or charged in the United States, U.S. and Iranian officials said Saturday in a major diplomatic breakthrough announced as implementation of a landmark nuclear deal appeared imminent. A fifth American detained in Iran, a student, was released in a move unrelated to the swap, U.S. officials said. [...]

Rain this morning, clearing by afternoon

PROVIDENCE -- The wet start to the day will gradually taper off by about 2 p.m., the National Weather Service says.The high is expected to reach about 40.Sunday should be partly sunny with a high of 35. Much cooler air [...]

How to Hang a Flat-Screen TV

Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to4dzxaRUlw Electrician Scott Caron hangs a flat-panel TV on the wall and conceals all the wiring. (See below for a shopping list, tools, and steps.) Click here to SUBSCRIBE to the official This Old House YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thisoldhouse Shopping List for Hanging a Flat-Screen TV: - TV wall-mounting bracket - Old-work electrical box, for housing the recessed electrical outlet - Recessed electrical outlet, used to provide power to the TV - Two low-voltage rings with cover plates, for housing the audio-visual cables - Nonmetallic electrical cable, provides power to the recessed electrical outlet - Audio-visual cables, connects the TV to the cable box and DVD player - Electrical tape, used to secure the cables to the fish tape - Cable staples, for fastening the cables to the floor joists in the basement - Infrared (IR) repeater and admitter, allows the TV remote control to operate the cable box and DVD player - Lag screws, for securing the TV wall-mounting bracket to the wall studs Tools List for Hanging a Flat-Screen TV: - Utility knife or drywall saw, for cutting holes in walls - Wire strippers, used to cut and strip wires - Needle-nose pliers, used to break the tab off the electrical box - Fish tape, for fishing wires through walls - Screwdriver - Hammer - Drill/driver Steps for Hanging a Flat-Screen TV: 1. Hold an old-work electrical box against the wall directly above an existing electrical outlet. 2. Trace the outline of the box onto the wall, then use a utility knife (or a drywall saw) to cut a hole through the drywall. 3. Repeat the previous steps to cut a hole for a low-voltage ring that will house the audio-visual cables. 4. Turn off the electrical power to the wall outlet. 5. Remove the cover plate from the outlet and unscrew and pull the outlet from the outlet box. Don't disconnect any wires. 6. Use needle-nose pliers to twist off the tab from the upper corner of the outlet box. 7. Push a length of nonmetallic electrical cable into the outlet box and up the wall to the hole cut earlier in Step 2. 8. Connect one end of the cable to the recessed electrical outlet, and connect the opposite end to the existing electrical outlet. 9. Install a low-voltage ring to the hole cut in Step 3. 10. Use a fish tape to pull audio-visual cables up from the basement and through the low-voltage ring. 11. Pull the ends of the audio-visual cables through a cover plate, then screw the plate to the low-voltage ring. 12. Extend the audio-visual cables from the TV location to the location of the cable box and DVD player. 13. Cut a hole in the wall near the cable-box location and install a second low-voltage ring. 14. Pull the audio-visual cables up from the basement and through the low-voltage ring. 15. Attach an infrared (IR) repeater to the TV. 16. Mount an infrared (IR) admitter to the IR window on the cable box and on the DVD player. 17. Make the audio-visual cable connections to the cable box and DVD player. 18. Screw the TV wall-mounting bracket to the wall studs and to the back of the TV using lag screws. 19. Hang the TV onto the the wall-mounting bracket. 20. Connect the wires to surround-sound speakers, then mount the speakers to the wall. 21. Turn the power back on. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisOldHouse Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisoldhouse https://twitter.com/asktoh Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/thisoldhouse/ G+: https://plus.google.com/+thisoldhouse/posts Instagram: http://instagram.com/thisoldhouse Tumblr: http://thisoldhouse.tumblr.com/

Lawyers for St. George's victims' demand name of lawyer who advised against reporting abuse

MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — As the scope of sexual abuse at St. George's School decades ago widens, lawyers for an alumni-victims group continue pressing the question: Who was the unnamed legal counsel who advised the school not to report a suspected pedophile to authorities in 1988? Lawyers Edward MacLeish and Carmen L. Durso and their clients have publicly accused St. George's of covering up systemic sexual abuse in the 1970s and '80s at [...]

Texts messages led to 'El Chapo'

Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a two-time prison escapee, surely is no stranger to flirting with danger.