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Brown University Health has moved to Respiratory Virus Status Red as doctors urge vaccination amid a severe flu season
Advocates have tried for years to make changes to the Access to Public Records Act, but it was last modernized in 2012
For more than a decade, researchers at the University of Rhode Island have built real-time mapping and modeling tools that help local officials — and residents — better understand, prepare for, and respond to extreme weather driven by climate change
President Trump said he wasn’t ‘afraid of boots on the ground,’ and defended Saturday’s military strikes that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife
The Venezuelan government swiftly accused the United States of launching what it called a ‘grave military aggression’ against the country
Pina reflects on her journey from journalism to advocacy and outlines how faith, organizing and inclusion guide the coalition’s work
Providence has tightened limits on police cooperation with ICE, drawing pushback from the Trump administration and placing Rhode Island at the center of a broader legal fight over immigration enforcement
How ancient Rome, leap years and human psychology turned Jan. 1 into the world’s most popular fresh start
From lunar missions and eclipses to supermoons, auroras and a fading interstellar comet, 2026 promises a busy year in the skies
Bryant, URI and Johnson & Wales reached new heights, the Patriots stunned the NFL, and high school dynasties rolled on in a year full of highs — and hard lessons