Two young figure skaters and their mothers died when an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Washington D.C. Wednesday.

Christine Lane of Barrington was among the victims of a plane crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. She was traveling with her son, 16-year-old Spencer Lane,

BARRINGTON − Devastation spread across the Rhode Island figure-skating community Thursday with word that 16-year-old skater Spencer Lane and his mom, Christine Conrad Lane, 49, were among those who died in Wednesday night's midair collision at Reagan National Airport in Washington,

The group of Democratic attorneys general argued that freezing spending authorized by Congress to conduct an ideological review is unconstitutional.

More than 23 states are seeking a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration over its effort to freeze federal funds.

Despite White House rescinding a funding freeze memo, a US District Court judge said he is “worried about the effect to the people that the states represent and irreparable harm.”