PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Buddy Cianci, the wisecracking politician who led the city of Providence during a turbulent and troubled six terms as mayor, will be laid to rest in an event as big as his personality.
The former mayor will be carried through the streets of the city he loved by horse-drawn carriage on Monday, accompanied by the police department's mounted command. They will escort him to the Roman Catholic cathedral, where the Bishop of Providence will preside over his funeral. He will then be driven slowly through one of his favorite neighborhoods, where residents have been encouraged to wave a final salute as he leaves the city for the last time.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coveted but coy, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is staying painstakingly neutral in the Democratic presidential contest for now, frustrating supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders while awaiting the right moment to lay her considerable chits on the table.
Both candidates would love to win the endorsement of the populist Warren, especially with the primary in next-door New Hampshire on Tuesday. Warren is idolized by an army of liberal voters, crestfallen that she didn't run herself, And her longtime antipathy toward a financial system that she says is rigged against average Americans has become a dominant Democratic theme of 2016.
