Rhode Island news

• Census Officials Say Rhode Island Rehearsal Is Going Well. Not Everyone Agrees.

  28-04-2018 15:44
  The sole dry run for the 2020 census is happening in Providence, where a publicity blitz has already been canceled for lack of funds.
  
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• Cities and States Mount Court Challenge to Census Question on Citizenship

  04-04-2018 00:22
  Opponents say the question will deter immigrants from participating in the 2020 tally, thwarting the Constitution’s mandate to conduct an accurate count.
  
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• Brown Will Cover Tuition for Acting and Directing M.F.A. Program

  26-02-2018 20:11
  The university announced it will provide scholarships in order to promote diversity in its theater program.
  
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• Four Northeast States Pledge to Share Gun Safety Data

  23-02-2018 00:38
  New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island will exchange information, like the names of people who have been deemed mentally unfit to own a gun.
  
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• $1.4 Million Homes in Rhode Island, Colorado and Arizona

  21-02-2018 15:01
  A Tudor-style house in Providence, a condominium in a renovated church in Denver and a 1930 Spanish colonial in Tucson.
  
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• What You Get for $1.4 Million

  21-02-2018 15:00
  A Tudor-style house in Providence, a condominium in a renovated church in Denver and a 1930 Spanish colonial in Tucson.
  
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• ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Swirls Northward on East Coast, Bringing Snow and Bitter Cold

  04-01-2018 19:47
  The storm, which dropped sleet or snow as far south as Florida, was expected to produce blizzard conditions as it moved up the Eastern Seaboard.
  
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• ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Swirls Northward, Bringing Snow and Bitter Cold

  04-01-2018 11:19
  The storm, which dropped sleet or snow as far south as Florida, was expected to produce blizzard conditions as it moved up the Eastern Seaboard.
  
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• ‘Bomb Cyclone’: Snow and Bitter Cold Blast the Northeast

  04-01-2018 10:50
  On Thursday, emergency officials reckoned with a storm that shut down schools for more than a million children, flooded roadways, filled homeless shelters and forced the cancellations of thousands of flights.
  
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• ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Pummels Northeast, Whipping the East Coast With Snow and Bitter Cold

  04-01-2018 10:50
  Strong winds from a powerful winter storm were blowing snow at a sharp angle in New York, Boston and beyond, cloaking much of the region in a white haze after dumping ice and sleet in the South.
  
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• Scott Pruitt, E.P.A. Chief, Says Agency Scientists Are Free to Discuss Their Work

  06-12-2017 19:04
  Mr. Pruitt was responding to concerns over the agency’s decision to bar two scientists and a consultant from presenting their research at a conference in October.
  
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• What You Get for $1.5 Million

  15-11-2017 15:01
  An 18th-century farmhouse outside Newport, a houseboat in Sausalito and a modern home in Atlanta.
  
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• $1.5 Million Homes in Rhode Island, California and Georgia

  15-11-2017 15:01
  An 18th-century farmhouse outside Newport, a houseboat in Sausalito and a modern home in Atlanta.
  
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• Building a Buzzy Hive of Invention and Collaboration

  07-11-2017 18:33
  Academic, business and government officials in Providence, R.I., hope to build on a collaborative development project to create a thriving innovation district.
  
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• E.P.A. Cancels Talk on Climate Change by Agency Scientists

  22-10-2017 20:39
  Organizers of a Monday conference on the Narragansett Bay were told three E.P.A. scientists would not be allowed to present their work.
  
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• Oberlin

  03-10-2017 19:42
  In downtown Providence, the chef Benjamin Sukle prepares the seafood of Rhode Island with reverence.
  
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• A Providence Chef Has Connections at the Docks

  03-10-2017 19:42
  At Oberlin, Benjamin Sukle explores Rhode Island’s coast with nose-to-fin cooking of the freshest fish.
  
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• The 10 Best Places to Swim in the World, According to Me

  19-08-2017 21:11
  A lot of my life has been about me in the water, in pools, ponds, reservoirs, rivers, oceans and bays.
  
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• Newport Jazz Festival Begins a New Era, With History as a Guide

  07-08-2017 21:48
  In his first year overseeing this event, the bassist Christian McBride brought in kindred sounds and a slightly younger crowd.
  
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• Michel Feaster of Usermind on How to Unlock Employee Potential

  04-08-2017 14:00
  The chief executive of the customer-engagement software firm says that most people do not have a clear sense of their strengths and their weaknesses.
  
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• Opioid Users Are Filling Jails. Why Don’t Jails Treat Them?

  04-08-2017 12:00
  Getting methadone in jail gave a Connecticut heroin user a firmer foothold in recovery. But less than 1 percent of jails and prisons allow it.
  
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• New York Congregation Owns Oldest Synagogue in the U.S., 180 Miles Away, Court Rules

  03-08-2017 23:34
  After a group of Jews fled during the American Revolution, a complicated series of agreements left ownership of a historic synagogue building in question.
  
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• $2.4 Million Homes in Florida, Rhode Island and Colorado

  26-07-2017 16:01
  A beachfront townhouse on Siesta Key, a shingled home near the bay in Bristol and a Tudor-style house in a leafy Denver enclave.
  
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• $2.4 Million Homes in Colorado, Rhode Island and Florida

  26-07-2017 16:01
  A beachfront townhouse on Siesta Key, a shingled home near the bay in Bristol and a Tudor-style house in a leafy Denver enclave.
  
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• Chris Froome Nearing Fourth Tour de France Title

  21-07-2017 07:11
  
  After the final day of climbing in the Alps, Froome leads Romain Bardet by 23 seconds ahead of Sunday’s finish.
  
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• Health Reform, Both Real and Conservative

  11-07-2017 10:21
  
  Bipartisan health reform is possible. I visited Rhode Island to see it in action.
  
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• Newport Festival — for Art, Not Music — Draws George Condo and More

  27-06-2017 21:51
  
  Dodie Kazanjian, a Newport, R.I., native who covers the art world for Vogue, has invited four artists to create works in three historic institutions.
  
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• How a Joke About Flying Squirrels Led to an Ailing Woman’s Cure

  22-06-2017 11:40
  
  The patient’s back was killing her, and she felt weak all over. At her hospital bed, her son made a joke to ease her pain. Suddenly, he had a thought.
  
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• Helping Students Avoid the ‘Trap’ of College Costs

  07-06-2017 12:43
  Initiatives in Rhode Island and Maryland aimed at easing students’ debt load have the potential to be models for other programs nationwide.
  
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• A Mobster, a Family and the Crime That Won’t Let Them Go

  01-06-2017 05:01
  He was once a feared member of the New England underworld, a specialist in robbing armored cars. Now he was 80 and years out of prison. But could his life of crime ever be behind him?
  
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• An ‘Awesome’ View at America’s First Offshore Wind Farm

  22-05-2017 12:00
  
  Take a ride out to Block Island Wind Farm and follow an engineer to the top of a wind turbine in this 360° video. Built by Deepwater Wind, the project tests the viability of large-scale wind farming along the New England coast.
  
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• Tired of Mother’s Day Brunch? Try a Tea

  28-04-2017 23:33
  A number of hotels in the United States are charting a new course for the holiday: a variety of teas, sandwiches and chocolate.
  
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• $1.2 Million Homes in Arizona, Rhode Island and California

  26-04-2017 16:01
  A hilltop retreat in Tucson; an 1854 mansion in Providence; and a minimalist bungalow in Los Angeles.
  
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• A Hamptons Hotel Taps Into Rhode Island’s Beach Scene

  25-04-2017 22:47
  The owners of Gurney’s Montauk, a luxury resort on the tip of Long Island, N.Y., are hoping to replicate their success in the seaside city of Newport.
  
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• In Newport, a Contest in Which One-Man-One-Vote Was for Losers

  11-04-2017 12:00
  In a Rhode Island city where mansions and the moneyed past are celebrated, questions have arisen over a zealous campaign to win a $25,000 preservation grant.
  
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• After Long Economic Slide, Rhode Island Lures New Business

  14-03-2017 03:34
  It was the last state to emerge from the recession, but now its unemployment rate is down and political interest in its Democratic governor is up.
  
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• Review: Reunited, and It Feels So Awkward in ‘Donald Cried’

  02-03-2017 23:36
  In this comedy directed by Kris Avedisian, frenemies from high school rediscover each other for better and worse when one returns to their hometown.
  
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• Coolest Scene in Snowboarding? The Coast of Rhode Island

  30-12-2016 12:00
  A group of resourceful snowboarders in powder-poor Rhode Island, who call themselves the Yawgoons, are the envy of their peers around the world.
  
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• Carving Snow Into Art

  30-12-2016 12:00
  A group of resourceful snowboarders in powder-poor Rhode Island, who call themselves the Yawgoons, are the envy of their peers around the world.
  
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• Cutting Prison Sentences, and Costs

  24-12-2016 20:40
  To reverse four decades of bad policy, state lawmakers will need to approach reform more aggressively.
  
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• America’s First Offshore Wind Farm Spins to Life

  14-12-2016 11:00
  The Block Island Wind Farm, consisting of five turbines off Rhode Island, sets up the possibility for offshore wind projects elsewhere along the coast.
  
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• A Muslim Police Officer Attacked in Brooklyn

  06-12-2016 19:09
  These hate crimes and incidents of harassment were reported in the last week.
  
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• Newport, a City That Loves Its Mansions, Shudders at Its Newest One

  05-12-2016 02:48
  Residents of the Rhode Island community — home to some of the nation’s grandest estates — are balking at the construction of a home with a futuristic design.
  
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• What You Get for … $2,700,000

  28-09-2016 16:01
  Contemporaries in Arizona and California, and a 1903 shingle-style house in Rhode Island
  
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• $2,700,000 Homes in Arizona, Rhode Island and California

  28-09-2016 16:01
  Contemporaries in Tucson and Tiburon, Calif., and a 1903 shingle-style house in Portsmouth, R.I.
  
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• Old Mills Remade in Pawtucket, R.I., With Art as Their Product

  27-09-2016 21:03
  The Rhode Island city is shedding its industrial image as “the bucket,” and has embraced the arts as a tool for redevelopment.
  
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• Delaware, New Hampshire and Rhode Island Hold Congressional Primaries

  13-09-2016 13:30
  The three contests end a long slog of state races that produced few upsets despite the volatile electorate.
  
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• Who Is Winning in Rhode Island?

  08-09-2016 22:57
  Forecast for Rhode Island's 4 electoral votes in the presidential election.
  
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• Rhode Island - 2016 Election Forecast

  08-09-2016 22:57
  Forecast for Rhode Island's 4 electoral votes in the presidential election.
  
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• ‘Private Hell’: Prep School Sex Abuse Inquiry Paints Grim Picture

  01-09-2016 19:58
  An investigation commissioned by St. George’s School in Rhode Island found that at least 51 students were abused by staff members in the 70s and 80s.
  
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