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PROVIDENCE — Brown University will require all sophomores to enroll in a meal plan, an extension of last year's requirement that all freshmen do so. The university will also offer meals during spring break to all students on a meal plan, starting next spring. Students with high financial need will have the cost of both programs covered by scholarship funds.The changes to dining policy were based on recommendations from a group convened by university provost [...]

Car owners who owe back taxes are no longer told that their vehicle's registration will soon expire — and if it does expire, that exposes them to car impoundment if they're pulled over and insurance coverage lapses if they're involved in a crash. It's another stumble by an expensive new state-government computer system.

WEST GREENWICH — Rhode Island State Police seized 94 pounds of marijuana and a set of nunchucks in a traffic stop on Route 95 North on Saturday.They arrested two New York men — Junjie Li, 28, of Brooklyn and Zhong Ming Kuang, 49, of Staten Island —  during the stop near Weaver Hill Road, according to a news release.Both men were charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and possession of more than five kilograms of marijuana. [...]

Anyone convicted of of an animal-abuse crime would be required to send their name, address, birthday and head-shot photo to the attorney general to post online for at least 15 years, under a bill that passed the Rhode Island House 55 to 16 Thursday. While on the registry, offenders would be prohibited from possessing an animal. It also prohibits pet stores or shelters from selling to anyone on the registry, with a fine of $1,000 to anyone who does.

PROVIDENCE — The Providence Journal’s Summertime Fund is now accepting donations to send needy Rhode Island children to camp this summer.“We are proud to support the Summertime Fund,” said Peter Meyer, president and publisher of The Providence Journal. "Over the years, our generous readers have made it possible for thousands of children to attend summer camp. With your help, we can give children all over Rhode Island another memorable summer."In 2018, [...]

Sunny Sunday with a high near 87 and breezy with gusts as high as 24 mph. Low around 58 overnight according to the National Weather Service.Monday, Memorial Day will be mostly sunny with a high near 76. 

OngoingExhibit. "Journeys Onward": Wickford Art Association, 36 Beach St., North Kingstown. (401) 294-6840, wickfordart.org. Artistic expression of veterans and their families in the context of some of their military experiences. Tue-Sat 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Sun noon-3 p.m. Through June 16. Four free films on the veteran experience shown at 7 p.m.: "Art in the Face of War" (2006), [...]

WEST WARWICK — Four adults were transported to Rhode Island Hospital and two juveniles were taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital following a crash involving two vehicles on Providence Street around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night. According to a newsletter released by West Warwick Police Sunday afternoon, initial reports said the passengers were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, but investigators learned later that one of the passengers, Ferial Alrifel, a seventy-year-old woman [...]

Lt. Governor Dan McKee held his annual wreath-laying ceremony Wednesday in the Garden of Heroes at the Rhode Island State House to honor Rhode Island service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country since September 11, 2001.

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." — John 15:13Memorial Day was first observed as Decoration Day in 1866 to commemorate those who died in the War Between the States with the placement of flowers as grave decorations. It is a day set aside in deference to American patriots who pledged and gave their lives to support and defend the Rule of Law enshrined in our Constitution.Our nation’s [...]