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Inside a COVID-19 intensive care unit at LAC-USC Medical Center.

Cutting corners in a crisis: Staffers at Fatima Hospital detail poor working conditions

A new FRONTLINE documentary investigates how some for-profit hospitals are deepening health care disparities in the US.

Cutting corners in a crisis: Staffers at Fatima Hospital detail poor working conditions

A new FRONTLINE documentary investigates how some for-profit hospitals are deepening health care disparities in the US.

McKee to meet with education commissioner over administrator facing assault charge

“We want to do what’s in the best interest of the students of Providence,” the governor said Tuesday.

URI will require students to receive a COVID-19 vaccine

The university is the first state school in Rhode Island to make the vaccine mandatory for in-person learning this fall.

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Laura Queenan received her second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Bethel AME Church in Providence, from RN Karen Duggan.
Here’s how Rhode Islanders feel about COVID-19 vaccine mandates
The approve of them more than people in the US overall, but less than residents of Massachusetts.

RI HEALTH
South County Hospital in South Kingstown, R.I.
South County Health plans to expand into other parts of Rhode Island
The health care system will offer some services in Narragansett and Warwick, as well as renovate and upgrade its hospital and medical office buildings.

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The Massachusetts-based Market Basket chain will open a store in Warwick, R.I., on May 21.

Market Basket is opening its first Rhode Island location this week

The Massachusetts-based supermarket chain will open a store in Warwick on May 21.

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R.I.’s economy grew in first quarter, but not as much as other New England states

It reminds economists of the great recession, when Rhode Island was one of the first states to suffer and one of the last to recover

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The Nonviolence Institute says it does not support violence in any form, "full stop."

As gun violence rattles R.I., politicians need to offer more than words

Instead of talking about nonviolence, Rhode Island’s elected officials should be figuring out how to fund the organizations that are already doing the hard work.

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Providence public schools Superintendent Harrison Peters.

‘I thought I knew him’: Providence superintendent apologizes for hiring administrator charged with assault

Superintendent Harrison Peters told state senators he had not been aware of news reports from 2009 that Olayinka Alege had been accused of squeezing the toes of multiple boys — a practice referred to as “toe popping” — as an unusual form of punishment.

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Providence Police investigate a shooting on Carolina Avenue, late Thursday in Providence.

Four men arraigned in gang shootout that injured nine in Providence

The four suspects were also injured when at least two of the people they targeted shot back, according to police.

Masks will not be required in most places. But they will still be mandatory on public transportation of all kinds, including the MBTA, taxis, and ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.

Here’s what happens May 29 as Massachusetts lifts most COVID-19 restrictions

Massachusetts will be aligning with the guidance for fully vaccinated people from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Masks will still be required in some settings, including on public transportation.

Cooper Monaco held a large quahog he found while clamming with his grandfather in Westerly, R.I.

Craving Quahogs? For the first time in at least 75 years, you can harvest them from the Providence River

Thanks to environmental improvements, clams from coves along parts of the river are fine to eat — just in time for Quahog Week.

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Representative David N. Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat, speaks during former president Donald J. Trump's second impeachment trial.

Cicilline calls for censuring Republicans who ‘rewrite the history’ about Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol

“The good news is they can’t remove me from the Republican leadership like they did Liz Cheney for speaking the truth,” the Rhode Island Democrat said.