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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Public Transit Authority CEO Scott Avedisian submitted a letter of resignation to Gov. Dan McKee on Thursday just two weeks after he was accused in a hit-and-run in a McDonald’s drive-thru in Warwick. The announcement came the same day as the RIPTA board of directors met behind closed doors to discuss Avedisian’s fate. ‘LIFELINE’ …

Fox News host Sean Hannity reflects on O.J. Simpson’s “trial of the century” following his death on “Hannity.” SEAN HANNITY: We begin in Las Vegas, where O.J. Simpson has died from prostate cancer at the age of 76… In 1995, few Americans can forget the time Simpson was acquitted of murder after what was the trial of the decade. A …

An avalanche near the Austrian ski resort of Soelden on Thursday killed three people from the Netherlands who were on a skiing and hiking trip, authorities said. Another person was rescued and taken to a hospital. AMERICAN TEEN AMONG 3 KILLED IN AVALANCHE NEAR POPULAR SWISS RESORT Police said a group of 17 people from the Netherlands, accompanied by four …