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The Washington Post reported on Friday that a contractor working with the Naval Underseas Warfare Center was hacked by the Chinese.

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The Washington Post reported on Friday that a contractor working with the Naval Underseas Warfare Center was hacked by the Chinese.

The second girl is still at large, police said. Both are juveniles.
Here are recent arrests and citations. Information comes from the police.
Here are recent arrests and citations. Information comes from the police.
The police have identified the man who was electrocuted on Friday while working on a Park Place house.
Kelsey and her sister Chloe came to Pet Refuge because their mom could no longer keep them.
Cranston police believe a man who robbed the 7-Eleven on June 2 came back and robbed it again Saturday shortly after he held up the Mobile.
The specific charge is disorderly conduct, but a parent claimed he was in his car performing a lewd act, according to news sources.
Cranston police are working on two armed robberies that happened Friday night, police said.
The town council has voted not to raise property taxes. For a single-family home, the median tax bill in East Greenwich is $9,573 in FY2019.
Here are the highlights from the past week.
Police said the man died on Saturday afternoon. He had suffered life-threatening injuries and had been transferred to Rhode Island Hospital.
A bloom of blue-green algae has been detected in the pond, the state health department said. The bacteria is toxic to people and pets.
The piping plovers have picked the parking lot at Roger Wheeler State Beach to nest, and the state is trying to protect them from traffic.
The weekend offers visits to a Colonial encampment and a reenactment of the burning of the Gaspee.
The fire was at an industrial site.
The suspect charged $200 on the card at the Providence Stop & Shop, but the card belongs to a Coventry resident.
Smithfield officers made the arrest on Wednesday night after a traffic stop on Douglas Pike.
It's worth up to $10,000 to the person who has information about catalytic converters that were stolen, North Kingstown police said.
The authorities decided to bury the remains of six dead seals, which washed up on Sachuest Beach on Thursday morning.