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Gov. Dan McKee has ordered flags at all state buildings and facilities to fly at half-staff until Senate President Dominick Ruggerio internment.
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News & Culture
News & Culture
McKee Orders Flags at Half Staff as Tributes Pour in for Rhode Island Senate President’s Death
April 21, 2025
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Christopher Shea
The Rhode Island Senate President’s chair, center, has not been occupied by Sen. Dominick Ruggerio for 13 of the 17 regularly scheduled floor sessions so far this year. He is expected to return to the upper chamber on April 22 after lawmakers' April break.
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Politics
Politics
Ruggerio’s Death Reignites Battle for Top Rhode Island Senate Leadership Spot
April 21, 2025
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Nancy Lavin
Narragansett Town Beach.
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Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
Need Earth Day Optimism? Here Are Some Environmental Do-Gooders in Your Backyard
April 21, 2025
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Alina Hartounian
A specialized "jack up" barge at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind site is used to build a turbine.
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Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
Winds of Uncertainty: How Trump’s Offshore Wind Freeze Is Hitting Coastal Communities
From Martha’s Vineyard to New Bedford to Salem, Massachusetts towns that bet big on offshore wind now face economic and environmental uncertainty as the Trump administration halts new projects and permits
April 21, 2025
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Ben Berke
White smoke billows from a chimney at the Sistine Chapel, signaling that cardinal electors have chosen a new pope — Pope Francis — on March 13, 2013.
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Religion
Religion
Who Will Be the Next Pope? Here’s How the Conclave Works
April 21, 2025
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Bill Chappell
Joëlle Rollo-Koster
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Religion
Religion
Q&A with Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Editor of The Cambridge History of the Papacy
April 21, 2025
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G. Wayne Miller
The Transportation Security Administration checkpoint inside Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport.
Article
News & Culture
News & Culture
REAL IDs Needed Soon to Fly, Many Rhode Islanders Still Need to Comply
April 21, 2025
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Christopher Shea
A colorized electron micrograph shows Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that cause syphilis. The inset shows a closeup of a single strand.
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Health
Health
Sexually Transmitted Infections Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels in Rhode Island
April 21, 2025
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Alexander Castro
Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, left, shares a laugh with Sen. David Tikoian during his return to the Senate floor June 6, 2024.
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The Public’s Radio
The Public’s Radio
Rhode Island Remembers Senate President Dominick Ruggerio
Ruggerio was the longest-serving lawmaker in Rhode Island
April 21, 2025
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Ian Donnis
FILE - Pope Francis speaks to journalists during the papal flight direct to Rio de Janeiro, Monday, July 22, 2013.
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Religion
Religion
Pope Francis, a Towering Figure on the World Stage, Dies at 88
The Pope’s final public appearance was greeting the faithful for Easter Sunday
April 21, 2025
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