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FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks after being sworn in as Health and Human Services Secretary in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington.

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Health

Health

The Trump Administration Restructures Federal Health Agencies, Cuts 20,000 Jobs

March 27, 2025

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Selena Simmons-Duffin

Screenshot of video from a neighbor's home security camera which appears to show federal immigration authorities placing Somerville resident and Tufts doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk in custody on March 25.

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News & Culture

News & Culture

Tufts PhD Student Taken Into Federal Custody, Lawyer and University Say

March 27, 2025

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Over one thousand people filled Powder House Park in Somerville to rally to support Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk and protest her detention by ICE in Powder House Square in Somerville.

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News & Culture

News & Culture

Protesters Demand Tufts Student’s Release Following Arrest by Immigration Officials

March 27, 2025

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Anna Rubenstein

Migrating female baleen whales travel every year from the Arctic to the tropics to rear their calves. When they do that, they carry and release a staggering amount of nutrients in places that have very little to begin with. Scientists believe this may help sustain coral reefs and tropical fish populations.

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Climate & Environment

Climate & Environment

4,000 Tons of Nitrogen and 20 Million Big Macs: What Whales Bring to the Tropics Every Year in Nutrients

March 27, 2025

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Retired Chief Judge Frank Caprio, Sr., a 1958 graduate of Providence College, will deliver the commencement address at his alma mater’s 107th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 18, at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence.

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News & Culture

News & Culture

Judge Frank Caprio Named Commencement Speaker at His Alma Mater, Providence College

March 27, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti, shown discussing the emergency closure of the Washington Bridge at a press conference at department headquarters on Dec. 13, 2023, could get 2% pay raise unless the General Assembly puts a stop to Gov. Dan McKee’s plan.

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News & Culture

News & Culture

State Workers, Residents Oppose Pay Raises for Rhode Island Department Directors

March 27, 2025

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Sen. Mark McKenney, a Warwick Democrat, has sponsored a comprehensive reform bill for the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council. He is shown during the Senate Committee on Environment hearing Wednesday, March 26, 2025.

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Climate & Environment

Climate & Environment

Now In Its Third Year, CRMC Reform Bill Sees Surge of Support

Push to abolish appointed council aims to take politics out of coastline protections

March 27, 2025

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Sen. Alana DiMario, a Narragansett Democrat, presents legislation that grants voting rights to student and teacher representatives on the Rhode Island Board of Education before the Senate Committee on Education during a March 26, 2025, hearing.

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Education

Education

The Student and Teacher on Rhode Island Board of Education Can’t Vote. This Bill Would Empower Them

March 27, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Second Amendment activists in yellow shirts fill the State House rotunda on March 26, 2025.

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News & Culture

News & Culture

Yellow is the Color of the Day as Gun Rights Advocates Turn Out to Oppose Assault Weapons Ban Bill

Over 550 letters submitted as written testimony ahead of Wednesday’s House Committee on Judiciary hearing

March 27, 2025

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Christopher Shea

“Years of experience have shown us that allowing people, including children, to receive routine vaccines at pharmacies is safe and increases the likelihood that they will get them’’ - Rep. Michelle McGraw,

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Health

Health

Rhode Island House Passes Bill to Safeguard Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Children

The bill would allow pharmacists to vaccinate children in Rhode Island even if federal approvals are rolled back

March 27, 2025

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Lynn Arditi