The Providence Police Department plans to clear out two of the city’s largest homeless encampments next week, according to a letter PPD sent to homelessness advocates and obtained by The Public’s Radio. Roughly 50 people currently live in tents in the encampments, which are off different sections of Branch Ave., according to Paula Hudson, director […]
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Police press charges in a second sexual harassment case at New Bedford Market Basket
Police have criminally charged a second Market Basket employee for alleged sexual misconduct at the company’s New Bedford supermarket. Juana DeLeon Quinilla, an employee who has chosen to speak publicly under her real name, is accusing a colleague of flashing his penis to her while she cleaned the men’s bathroom and grabbing her butt and […]
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New Bedford activist Bill do Carmo, dead at 94, knew whalers, Black Panthers and wind developers
When I met Bill do Carmo, I was struck by the paleness of his eyes. He looked like a seer or an oracle — a face out of Shakespeare or Moby Dick. Immediately, he was saying things that connected the fight for rent control to centuries of activism in the same neighborhood. “New Bedford has […]
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Former rival Foulkes tops McKee in Q1 fundraising
Foulkes, a former top executive for CVS Health, remains publicly non-committal about her plans for 2026. But newly filed finance reports show that she raised $203,700 from individual contributors during the first quarter of 2024, bringing her campaign balance to $298,046. McKee’s campaign brought in $104,025 from individuals in the quarter and $18,300 from political […]
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Criminal justice advocate calls for independent investigation into Cranston prison deaths
Transcript: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Dave Fallon: Over the past three months, four inmates have died at the ACI in Cranston. Advocates for criminal justice reform have written a letter to the Rhode Island Department of Corrections calling for an independent investigation into those fatalities, along with a series of […]
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Brown University professors accuse administrators of ‘intimidation, threats, and harassment’
Some professors at Brown University are accusing the school’s administration of surveilling and harassing faculty members who attended a pro-Palestinian encampment at the school’s Providence campus. In a statement put out by Brown’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, the professors specifically take issue with letters sent to several faculty members […]
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Student protesters, administrators at Brown University reach deal to clear encampment
Brown University has reached a deal with the group that launched a pro-Palestinian encampment last week, Brown Divest Coalition. In exchange for students clearing the encampment by 5 p.m. Tuesday and promising not to engage in unauthorized protests through the rest of the semester, administrators have agreed to bring a divestment proposal to a vote […]
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Municipal leaders renew concerns about unfunded state mandates
With the General Assembly approaching the final months of the legislative session, mayors and town managers urged the legislature Monday to not impose new unfunded mandates on Rhode Island cities and towns. The local officials said they are contending with tight budgets and that additional spending required by legislation would make things worse. “When we […]
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Negotiations on a deal to end Brown University encampment to continue Tuesday
Student protesters are negotiating with Brown University administrators over terms that could end a pro-Palestinian encampent at the school’s Providence campus and meet some of the activists’ demands, according to several students familiar with the discussions. On Monday at 3 p.m., a group of six student activists met with two administrators to discuss an offer […]
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Brown University issues warning to student protesters
Brown University has set a deadline for Monday at 5 p.m. for about 180 students identified during ID checks at a Pro-Palestinian encampment on campus to either accept responsibility for their alleged violations of the code of student conduct or face an administrative hearing that could result in “separation” from the university, a university spokesman […]