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The governors of Rhode Island and Massachusetts declared states of emergency

The deadline to sell two cash-strapped hospitals in Rhode Island is this Friday. There’s a lot on the line, in terms of jobs and health care

The longtime artistic director reflects on building community, surviving industry shifts and why it’s time to pass the baton

Prepare for 1-2 feet of snow, low visibility and wind gusts up to 60 mph from Sunday into Tuesday

Trying to make sense of another senseless act, this time in Pawtucket

The suspected shooter worked at a shipyard in Bath, Maine, but often traveled to Rhode Island

Michael Black describes lunging at the gunman inside Pawtucket’s Dennis M. Lynch Arena, helping jam the weapon and subdue the shooter as other bystanders rushed in — actions police say “undoubtedly prevented further injury” in a tragedy that left three dead and three critically wounded

At Trinity Repertory Company, two women at life’s crossroads — played by Kortney Adams and Jackie Davis — discover connection, identity and unexpected spark in a sharply observed two-hander directed by Curt Columbus

Heavy metal on bagpipes, art as activism and hip-hop strings? Yes, please.

Three decades after being elected to Congress, Rhode Island’s senior U.S. senator is running again, in part to oppose President Trump