A new state oversight commission seeks to address colleges’ handling of campus police misconduct.
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Local women bond over the challenges and joys of ocean swimming in the dark days of winter
For most people, the summer beach season is still months away. But for one group of local women, the conditions have been ideal for months. Newport Bureau reporter Cheryl Hatch is one of them, and she brings us this story of a cold-water swimming tradition.
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New Bedford’s last mass transit link to Boston closes in April
DATTCO announced it will stop running buses to Massachusetts’ South Coast on April 16, leaving carless commuters without a direct ride to Boston until the MBTA’s long-awaited South Coast Rail opens next winter.
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Coach Ed Cooley leaves Providence College for Georgetown
The popular men’s basketball coach led the Friars to a Big East championship and seven NCAA tournament berths.
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Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners
The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners. Organizers are planning to install a water-cooling system under the Athletes Village like the one that has helped the Louvre Museum cope with the sweltering heat that broke records last year. The plan is in line with the Paris mayor’s resolve to drastically reduce the French capital’s greenhouse gas emissions and make the City of Lights carbon neutral by 2050. Two-time Olympic champion and marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge endorsed the Paris sustainability plan. He says “we all need to reduce our carbon.”
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Foulkes out, Cano in, as CD1 field continues to take shape
Foulkes said she wants to focus on priorities closer to home
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Chef Rob Andreozzi says he’s ‘not a pizza guy.’ The James Beard Foundation seems to think otherwise
The James Beard Foundation has nominated three Rhode Island chefs as semifinalists for the honor of best chef in the Northeast region, and we’re featuring each of them this month. Last week, you heard from Sherry Pocknett of Sly Fox Den Too in Charlestown. Today we hear from Rob Andreozzi of Pizza Marvin in Providence.
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Crash fugitive returned to Michigan, held on $1m bail
A woman accused of fleeing to Thailand after killing a Michigan State University student in a hit-and-run crash has been returned to Michigan and is being held on $1 million bail. Investigators believe Tubtim “Sue” Howson struck 22-year-old Benjamin Kable in Oakland County on Jan 1. Howson is a dual U.S. and Taiwanese citizen and left Michigan for Bangkok on Jan. 3. Authorities in Thailand took her into custody there. She was returned to the U.S. in February and held in San Francisco. The Oakland County Sheriff’s office says she was returned to Michigan on Wednesday. She was arraigned Friday on a charge of failing to stop at the scene of an accident and ordered held on bond.
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The Weekly Catch: March 17, 2023
We break down the top local stories from the past week.
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Shekarchi decides against CD2 run; Democratic field wide open
Rhode Island House Speaker Joe Shekarchi announced Thursday that he will not run for the Second Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin. “Although I am humbled that Congressman Langevin and many others have mentioned me as a potential Congressional candidate, I love serving as speaker and representing my Warwick constituents at […]
