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Climate + Environment

How should schools respond to climate change?

More than 9 million students had school disrupted by climate change last year. Researchers at Brown University have launched the SustainableED initiative to study what rising temperatures will mean for our education system

February 10, 2026

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Megan Hall

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives brief remarks to employees at Anduril Industries at Quonset Point after his tour of the factory floor Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.

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Politics + Justice

Hegseth touts speed and innovation in tour of Quonset Point facilities

Protestors gather in subfreezing temperatures to ‘unwelcome’ U.S. defense secretary

February 10, 2026

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Christopher Shea

Laura Paton

February 10, 2026

An image distributed by Fall River police taken from body camera footage shows officers wrestling with a suspect, later identified as Nigel Vaughn, with a handgun.

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Politics + Justice

Suspect killed by Fall River Police, two officers injured

Nigel Vaughn was shot by Fall River police early Sunday morning, police said. Two officers were injured but have been released from the hospital

February 9, 2026

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Paul C. Kelly Campos

Images captured by body-camera footage show Providence police responding to the scene of a shooting at Brown University on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Politics + Justice

Police release body camera and 911 calls from Brown University shooting

The records offer granular insights into how the investigation in the shooting unfolded

February 9, 2026

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Ben Berke

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History

Meet the Cranston man who was barber to the mob

From Federal Hill barber chair to Rhode Island mob lore, Vinny “Vinny D” DeQuattro recalls decades of cutting hair for criminals and community leaders alike

February 9, 2026

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Pamela Watts