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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Love him or hate him, Buddy Cianci put Providence on the map. A master of both retail politics and publicity stunts, Cianci used his considerable charms and political instincts to win six terms leading Rhode Island's capital city. Along the way, he and his
Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Mayor Buddy Cianci, the wisecracking political rogue who presided over the revitalization of Providence during two stints in office cut short by criminal charges and a prison sentence for corruption, died Thursday. He was 74. Cianci's employer, WLNE-TV, and a friend, Artin Coloian,
lawsuit
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Hasbro hit back Friday in a lawsuit over who owns the rights to The Game of Life, flatly denying claims by a toy inventor's widow who says her husband created the board game and that she is owed $2 million or more in royalties.
Princeton University
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Voices are emerging to counter the din raised on college campuses by self-styled social-justice advocates as students who don't accept the need for "safe spaces" defend free speech against activists who would muzzle peers to weed out "microaggressions." At Princeton University,
Massachusetts
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy and his wife Amy are welcoming a new baby girl to their family. The couple, who live in Brigantine, New Jersey, say Nell Kennedy was born at 4:31 a.m. Sunday.
Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University has rescinded the honorary degree it granted Bill Cosby, becoming the third university to take such action in less than a week. Brown President Christina H. Paxson says the university's board Friday revoked the doctorate of humane letters it granted Cosby in
Faith
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge overseeing a trial over control of the nation's oldest synagogue and ceremonial bells worth $7.4 million said on Friday there is no "smoking gun" in the battle between the congregation that worships at the 250-year-old Touro Synagogue in
Massachusetts
Written by Michelle R. Smith PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The heroin epidemic that has been taking the lives of teenagers for years is creeping into even younger age groups and putting pressure on the nation's schools to keep a fast-acting overdose antidote within reach of every nurse and
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