Former RI governor and US attorney Lincoln Almond dies at 86


              FILE — Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Almond smiles during his sixth State of the State address, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2000, at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. Almond, the former two-term Republican governor of Rhode Island and longtime U.S. attorney in the state died Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, according to an obituary posted at the Avery-Storti Funeral Home and Crematory's website. (AP Photo/Jim Rogash, File)
            
              FILE — Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Almond, center, speaks with U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and Ronald Lambertson, regional director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, right, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1999. Almond, the former two-term Republican governor of Rhode Island and longtime U.S. attorney in the state died Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, according to an obituary posted at the Avery-Storti Funeral Home and Crematory's website. (AP Photo/Peter Ventrone, File)
Former RI governor and US attorney Lincoln Almond dies at 86