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"My short mission is kids getting their hands in the dirt," said Farm School co-founder Tim Faulkner.

R.I. Rep. David Cicilline called on the Justice Department to require that Sprint and T-Mobile show that the deal won't harm consumers. "Empty promises will not make this transaction a good deal for American workers and consumers," he said.

PROVIDENCE — The Providence Board of Licenses unanimously voted to shut down Seven Nightlife for three days in an emergency hearing after a Monday morning shooting sent two people to Rhode Island Hospital.Providence police Maj. David Lapatin said during an afternoon press conference that police believe the men who were shot, ages 22 and 25, were targeted as they left the club at 114 Spruce St. around 1:20 a.m. The men were taken to the hospital by friends for non-life- [...]

NEW BEDFORD — Southcoast Health announced Monday plans to establish a Level II Trauma Center at St. Luke’s Hospital.“We all know how important every minute — every second — counts when someone is badly injured,” said Keith Hovan, CEO of Southcoast Health, in a statement. “No one is more acutely aware of this than our region’s EMS providers, which is why I was delighted to share this information with them this morning. [...]

PROVIDENCE — The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of a man who claims he will be tortured if he is returned to the Dominican Republic on charges of killing a police officer in his home country.Cristian Aguasvivas is currently being held at the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls while he awaits his petition for asylum. It appears that the plaintiff is from Massachusetts.The friend of the court brief was [...]

Rhode Island Congressman David Cicilline Monday said House Democrats should begin an "impeachment inquiry" against President Donald Trump if the president blocks former counsel Donald McGahn from testifying.Cicilline, a member of the House Democratic leadership team, has ratcheted up the possibility of impeachment proceedings over the past week as Congressional requests for information and attempts at oversight of the administration have met defiance from Trump."If Don McGahn [...]

She requested the autopsy pictures of her son so she could count the bullet holes.Beverly Franklin of Middletown needed to see those images, she insisted, because she was given contradictory information. “They told me that my son was killed … died of multiple gunfire,” she said of the military officials who told her that her son died on Sept. 26, 2010.But a few hours after the news broke, she was told by a suicide prevention coordinator that his death, in [...]

PROVIDENCE — Governor Raimondo's nominee to become Rhode Island's next $155,000-a-year health and human services secretary is headed to a confirmation hearing on Tuesday, where state senators will get their only chance to ask about her role in Minnesota's efforts to fix its own "broken" child-welfare system and the controversies she generated along the way.On [...]

PROVIDENCE — Police said they are seeking an emergency closure for Seven Nightlife on Federal Hill following an early-morning shooting at the lounge Monday.Providence police Maj. David Lapatin said that police believe the men who were shot, ages 22 and 25, were targeted as they left the club located at 114 Spruce St. around 1 a.m.He said they were taken to Rhode Island Hospital by friends for non-life-threatening injuries.Police said that they believe the shooter [...]

"When it came to my addictions," he says, his father's response was: "Patrick just needs a swift kick in the ass."