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PROVIDENCE -- The most compelling stories at Brown University's 251st commencement came from two women, Class of 2019 graduates, who paid tribute to their often-marginalized communities and urged fellow graduates to use their education to elevate those who are in danger of being left behind.Since its founding in 1764, Brown has always chosen students from the graduating class to speak during Sunday's commencement ceremony. This year, the university chose two graduates who [...]

PROVIDENCE — Brown University will require all sophomores to enroll in a meal plan, part of an initiative launched last year that called for all freshmen to do so.The university will also offer meals during spring break to all students on a meal plan, starting next academic year.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 [...]

Here are the top paid CEOs by state for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm.The survey considered only publicly traded companies with more than $1 billion in revenue that filed their proxy statements with federal regulators between Jan. 1 and April 30. Not every state has such a company headquartered there. The survey includes only CEOs who have been in place for at least two years, but it does not limit the survey to companies in the [...]

PROVIDENCE — A Superior Court judge on Thursday sentenced a 35-year-old Lincoln man to serve 10 years in prison for the 2017 killing of a man with whom he'd had a drunken argument.Superior Court Justice Joseph A. Montalbano sentenced Brian Fraga to 18 years, with 10 years to serve, and the remainder of the term suspended with probation, [...]

EAST PROVIDENCE — Police are seeking a man they say robbed the Citizens Bank at 622 Taunton Ave. on Thursday afternoon.The robbery occurred at about 5 p.m. No weapon was shown.Anyone with information regarding the identity of the suspect is asked to call the East Providence police at (401) 435-7600.

PROVIDENCE — A 30-year-old Providence man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, six to serve, after pleading guilty to one count of second-degree child molestation.Superior Court Justice Netti C. Vogel also ordered William Hudgins to undergo sex-offender counseling and to register as a sex offender.Prosecutors say that Hudgins molested an 8-year-old girl who was known to him some time in 2016.Hudgins has been held at the ACI since Dec. 2, 2017.

PROVIDENCE — A man was in stable condition at Rhode Island Hospital on Friday following an early-morning stabbing in the West End.Police said that around 1:45 a.m., officers went to Elmwood Avenue and Peace Street, where Anthony Oliveira, 30, told them a teenage male wearing a black hoodie had stabbed him after Oliveira offered him a ride home because it was raining.The teen told Oliveira to drop him off at the West End Community Center. In the parking lot there, the [...]

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