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Bill capping inhalers at $25 passes Rhode Island Senate
Rhode Islanders with asthma may be able to breathe just a little easier, after the Rhode Island Senate passed a bill capping the price of inhalers.
The Dean hotel is now known as Neptune. Here's the story behind the name change.
After 11 years as The Dean, the downtown Providence boutique hotel at 122 Fountain St. is now Neptune. The news comes from ...
NAACP reports former Providence branch president to police, alleging financial irregularities
There will be no election, there will be no events,” a national NAACP official told Providence members Tuesday night. The ...
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Rhode Island assault weapons ban passes committee setting up floor vote
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Rhode Island has moved one step closer to banning assault weapons. The House Judiciary Committee ...
‘A huge loss.’ In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan ’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God. In a special room about the size of a tatami mat is a ...
The Latest: Trump promises to hike steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% starting Wednesday
President Donald Trump has promised to hike nearly all of his tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to a punishing 50% on Wednesday, a move that would hammer businesses from automakers to home ...