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This is one of 11 bridges along Interstate 95 slated to be replaced with federal funds released by the Trump administration.

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News & Culture

Federal Government Releases $251 Million for Rhode Island to Fix Bridges Along I-95

May 9, 2025

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Christopher Shea

News & Culture

Reed to Hold Information Session on Applying to U.S. Military Service Academies

May 9, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Father Chris Murphy (left) and seminarian Nathan Ledoux, part of the Diocese of Providence contingent in Rome for the papal transition.

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Religion

Rhode Island Catholics Welcome Pope Leo XIV

Many thought they’d never see an American pope, including representatives of the Diocese of Providence who were there to witness it

May 9, 2025

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David Wright

Artist Lois Harada displays a custom penny depicting a Japanese American incarceration site

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Arts & Entertainment

Rhode Island Printmaker Lois Harada Confronts History Through Bold, Propaganda-Inspired Art

In her exhibition Echoes, Harada draws on her Japanese-American family’s incarceration story to explore the past — and spark conversations about fear, identity, and remembrance in today’s political climate

May 9, 2025

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Mary Steele

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May 8, 2025

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Religion

The Catholic Church Has Elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope

Prevost, who will take the name Leo XIV, was elected as the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church

May 8, 2025

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AP News

An unidentified cnidarian that resembles a Venus flytrap from the family Hormathiidae, sits at 1874 meters water depth. A new study finds that the vast majority of the deep sea floor remains undocumented.

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Climate & Environment

Scientists Have Only Seen a Rhode Island–Sized Patch of the Deep Sea, Study Finds

Despite covering more than half the planet, the deep ocean remains largely unexplored, with less than 0.001% of its seafloor directly observed, researchers say

May 8, 2025

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Nell Greenfieldboyce

Gary Gregory at Haverhill’s Museum of Printing demonstrates the printing process with a replica of 18th-century press. Metal blocks of type like these were dabbed with ink then pressed onto paper to print early American newspapers.

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History

The Press That Sparked a Revolution: Isaiah Thomas and the Power of Print in Colonial New England

Fleeing British persecution, 26-year-old printer Isaiah Thomas turned his Massachusetts Spy into one of the first war-reporting newspapers — helping fuel the fight for American independence from his new home in Worcester

May 8, 2025

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Chris Burrell

May 8, 2025

Prison officers stand guard at a cell block at maximum security penitentiary CECOT on April 4, 2025, in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador.

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Immigration

Federal Judge Says 72-hour Notice Needed Before Moving Detained Venezuelan Man

May 8, 2025

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Alexander Castro