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Contractor to pay $11 million for dumping contaminated fill at Route 6/10 construction site
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has announced a settlement with a Massachusetts-based contractor that disposed of ...
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‘It’s bigger than me’: First Latino inductees to RI broadcasting Hall of Fame reflect on historic recognition
Two members of the 2025 class of the Rhode Island Radio and Television Hall of Fame are making history this year: Mario ...
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A brain-dead woman’s pregnancy raises questions about Georgia’s abortion law
A Georgia woman declared brain dead is being kept on life support because she is pregnant. It raises complicated legal ...
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Advocates renew call to modernize government transparency in Rhode Island
Supporters of government transparency are renewing their push to modernize Rhode Island’s Access to Public Records Act, or ...
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These students protested the Gaza war. Trump’s deportation threat didn’t silence them
NPR spoke with two international students about their decision to continue speaking out despite the government's aggressive ...
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Providence officially has a new Bishop
Just a few weeks after the Roman Catholic church elected a new pope, the Diocese of Providence finally has a new bishop.
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The pros and cons of PSA tests for prostate cancer for midlife and older men
With Biden's prostate cancer in the news, men may be wondering whether and at what age to be screened. Advice about the value PSA tests has fluctuated. Here's what to know.