STATE HOUSE, BOSTON Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of more than $5 million in University of Massachusetts funding "presents challenges" for the state's five-campus system, its administration says, and university officials hope legislators will overturn the cut.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A mysterious blast on a Rhode Island beach likely was caused by the combustion of hydrogen gas buildup because of a corroded copper cable under the sand, investigators announced Friday.