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A 34-year-old Rhode Island man died after the police handcuffed him and laid him on his stomach for about 90 seconds, reports say
Authorities are investigating the death of Joseph Ventre. The Providence Police Department released…
Taylor Ardrey
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'The Gilded Age' star says she felt the 'ghosts in the room' when they were filming scenes in a real historic mansion
"I felt I was going back in time. It was stunning. I had to pinch myself a million times," Louisa J…
Keyaira Boone
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A couple snowed in with 40 of their wedding guests got married in the middle of a blizzard and celebrated with a snowball fight
Sally and Adam Irujo always wanted to get married in January, but never expected their wedding in R…
Maria Noyen
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Rhode Island says COVID-positive staff can return to work at hospitals and nursing homes to solve staffing crisis
A memo from the state matches CDC guidance from December that allows healthcare workers to work whi…
Jake Epstein
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Democrat Seth Magaziner faces off against Republican Allan Fung in Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District election
Fung, former mayor of Cranston, is in a showdown with Rhode Island's general treasurer Seth Magazin…
Hanna Kang
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Unemployment diary: I'm a 55-year-old visitor services manager in Rhode Island who's been out of work since April
"I'd never been unemployed before in my life; I started washing dishes when I was 13. You feel defe…
Amber Gibson
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Nearly 200 Rhode Islanders received tax refund checks signed by Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney in printing error
A technical error replaced the names of the state's treasurer and comptroller with the famous Disne…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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2 men will each pay a $5,000 fine after they launched flares to celebrate a friend's wedding, triggering a $100,000 Coast Guard rescue effort
When two men launched flare guns to celebrate a friend's wedding, it resulted in a $100,000 Coast G…
Associated Press,Monica Humph…
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A 15-month-old toddler died after she was bitten by a family dog in an 'unprovoked attack,' police say
The injured toddler died shortly after arriving at a local children's hospital for treatment in Rho…
Inyoung Choi
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Live Results: Democrat Seth Magaziner faces off against Republican Allan Fung in Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District election
Polls close in the state at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Hanna Kang
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Connecticut and Rhode Island are the only 2 states where coronavirus cases are declining as the virus surges in the US
Meanwhile, at least 36 states have seen a surge in new cases, and the US has reached a record 2,510…
Katie Warren
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A local's ultimate guide to visiting Providence, Rhode Island
A Providence local who's lived in the city for a year shares what to know before you go, the best p…
Liv Pasquarelli
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A Rhode Island man posed as a lawyer to scam inmates, then blew their money on marijuana and gambling while awaiting sentencing for defrauding the government out of PPP funds
Michael C. Moller was sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison on Tuesday for defrauding $699,251 from…
Ashley Collman
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I'm the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. Our city is starting a guaranteed income program to fight back against poverty - and the rest of the US should take notice.
Guaranteed income programs have had promising results across the country. That's why we're starting…
Jorge O. Elorza
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A shocking video captured the moment a waterspout slammed into a small Maryland island, destroying several houses
"We have a random roof in our yard," Rhodes Point resident Tiffanie Woutila told Insider.
Cheryl Teh
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Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says his family's exclusive beach club has 'diversity in membership' amid claims it is all-white
Whitehouse told reporters the exclusive oceanfront club "does in fact have diversity in membership."
Eliza Relman
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Rhode Island just passed a law raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2025
Rhode Island became the ninth state to raise its minimum wage to $15, months after Congress decline…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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A Rhode Island program will pay off up to $25,000 in student loans for teachers of color
The Rhode Island Foundation raised $3.1 million for new teacher recruitment in Providence over the …
Ayelet Sheffey
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The best Airbnbs In Rhode Island
Additionally, private home rentals like those found on Airbnb may be a more comfortable lodging cho…
Hope Chen
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Amid extreme Texas heat, barrels of drinking water left out for migrants by human rights groups have vanished
Nearly 3,000 migrants coming to the US from Mexico have died by drowning, heat stroke, or lack of f…