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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Rhode Island, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 3,754 stories have been published about Rhode Island which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Rhode Island, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 3,754 stories have been published about Rhode Island which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Providence, Rhode Island · ProvidenceEarlier this year, the Providence City Council swore in its most diverse council to date with the majority of councilors being people of color and/or women, according to The Providence Journal.Politics in the United States have historically been male-dominated, with women politicians representing only 25% of elected city officials in cities across the country, according to the 2022 Gender Parity Index. With eight of the 15 Providence city counci…
Councilors Shelley Peterson, Helen Anthony, Mary Kay Harris reflect on experiences working in politics - The Brown Daily Herald
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Activism · ProvidenceBrown has a long and proud tradition of student activist movements leading to notable achievements. One movement, opposed by top University administrators, led to the institution of the New Curriculum, coinciding with University President Ray Heffner's resignation. In 1975, students in the Third World Coalition occupied University Hall for two days, successfully negotiating for better financial aid packages, a renewal of the University's commitm…
Sender ’25: Effective activism requires combating consumerism - The Brown Daily Herald
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Newport, Rhode Island · NewportLiving in a neighborhood has, for those who know how to appreciate it, a special charm. Especially if you know every inch of it, because you have walked its streets during...
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Providence, Rhode Island · ProvidenceOn Thursday afternoon, physicians and activists gathered outside of the Rhode Island State House carrying signs that read: "Our patients aren't pigs." The protesters were rallying in support of R.I. House Bill 5357, which would prohibit the use of medical training procedures on live animals if alternative training methods exist or comparable training programs in the state do not also utilize live animals.Rhode Island Hospital - "the principal te…
‘Patients aren’t pigs’: Physicians protest Brown’s medical training practices involving live animals - The Brown Daily Herald
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Providence, Rhode Island · ProvidenceOn March 20, Roshan Sapkota '23 ran a 10K - his 10th in a series of long-distance runs. The runs were part of Sapkota's effort to fundraise for a global health project based in Nepal that employs community health workers to "test if an innovative, trauma program will improve patient outcomes," according to Ramu Kharel, assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School.Sapkota became involved in the project last semest…
10Ks for 10 days: How one student is working to improve Nepal’s pre-hospital care - The Brown Daily Herald
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Providence, Rhode Island · ProvidenceOn March 4, Brown Badmaash Dance Company - the University's South Asian fusion dance team - won second place at Case Western Reserve University's annual Naach Di Cleveland dance competition. Founded in 2005, Badmaash has around 40 members, according to co-captain Simran Saxena '25. Members described the club as a diverse and welcoming community, featuring several different styles of dance. The Herald spoke to Badmaash members about their path to…
Badmaash places second at annual Cleveland fusion dance competition - The Brown Daily Herald
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Providence, Rhode Island · ProvidenceOn Thursday, the Rhode Island House of Representatives voted 51-13 to pass a bill that proposes extending the state's harm reduction pilot program for an additional two years from its current end date of March 1, 2024. Eleven representatives did not cast a vote. The Health and Human Services Committee previously discussed the legislation in a Feb. 28 hearing and a March 15 meeting when the committee recommended passing the bill and sent it to th…
R.I. House passes bill proposing harm reduction pilot extension - The Brown Daily Herald
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Providence, Rhode Island · ProvidenceJovanni Delgiudice, 21, and Yasmary Valdera, 20, were thrown from the dirt bike. They were taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where they died from their injuries. Witnesses driving north said a dirt bike passed them at a high rate of speed, driving at oncoming traffic.
Friends, loved ones remember two killed in Cranston dirt bike crash
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