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Health

Butler Hospital to Cut Off Striking Workers’ Health Benefits

The open-strike began last Thursday over wages, benefits and workplace safety

May 20, 2025

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Lynn Arditi

Former North Kingstown High School boys basketball coach Aaron Thomas, right, and defense attorney John McDonald as the verdict in Thomas' trial is read on May 19, 2025.

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News + Culture

Jury Finds Former RI High School Basketball Coach Not Guilty of Sex Crimes

A Washington County jury has cleared former high school basketball coach Aaron Thomas of the most serious charges against him but convicted him of two misdemeanors for subjecting his students to “naked fat tests.”

May 20, 2025

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David Wright

PBS KIDS announced a new Sesame Street deal on Monday.

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Arts & Entertainment

How to Get to Sesame Street? Kids Can Now Head to Netflix as Well as PBS

May 19, 2025

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Elizabeth Blair

May 19, 2025

News + Culture

Strike Averted as Submarine Designers in Connecticut Agree to Contract With Electric Boat

May 19, 2025

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AP News

Two North Atlantic right whales photographed by the NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Center aerial survey team in May 2016.

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Climate & Environment

Endangered Right Whales See Alarming Drop in Calf Births, Raising Extinction Fears

Only 11 North Atlantic right whale calves were born this season — far short of the 50 needed for recovery — as entanglements, ship strikes, and changing ocean conditions continue to threaten the species’ survival

May 19, 2025

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Patrick Whittle

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha speaks at an April 1, 2025, press conference on his role co-leading a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for terminating nearly $11 billion in public health grants to the states.

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Politics & Justice

New England AGs to Trump: ‘Bring It On’

At a town hall in Dorchester, AGs from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, and Vermont offer a united front against the Trump administration

May 19, 2025

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Jennifer Smith

Senate Majority Leader Fank Ciccone III, right, listens during a State House press conference held by opponents to a proposed assault-style weapons ban on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. At left is Senate Majority Whip David Tikoian.

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News + Culture

Ciccone Has Been a Licensed Firearms Dealer for Decades. Should He Recuse Himself From Gun Debate?

New Senate majority leader seeks ethics opinion as assault weapons ban vote bill looms

May 19, 2025

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Nancy Lavin

Sakonnet River Bell Buoy 2A bobs near Sakonnet Harbor in Little Compton. It’s one of 38 buoys flagged by the U.S. Coast Guard for potential removal in order to modernize navigational aids.

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Climate & Environment

Coast Guard’s Plan to Remove 38 Rhode Island Buoys Raises Concerns Among Mariners

May 19, 2025

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Christopher Shea

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Health

Rhode Island’s Cap on Hospital Charges Curbed Costs — But at a Price

A Brown University study finds the state’s 2010 cap on hospital price growth saved consumers $1,000 a year in insurance premiums — while costing hospitals $158 million annually and highlighting gaps in self-insured plan oversight

May 19, 2025

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Alexander Castro