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The newly elected party chair outlines his strategy for expanding state GOP ranks and weighs in on energy costs, immigration enforcement and election integrity
For $10, the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ cats will quite literally do their business on a pink paper heart bearing your chosen name
From bedazzled books to captivating hearts, The Little Bubblegum Bookshop is marketing to readers’ true desires
Principal of Newport’s Rogers High School placed on leave after alleged assault incident by students
The shooting at Brown University leaves the state reeling, and the suspect’s body was found at a storage facility in New Hampshire
Artist Heidi Whitman channels Moby-Dick to explore vengeance, gun violence and modern American unrest
With schools closed across the region next week, here’s a roundup of family-friendly events to keep kids curious — and parents sane — all week long
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