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From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers are champions for the first time. Milwaukee closed out the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-1 win Wednesday night at Tropicana Field, wrapping up the World Series in five games and bringing a title to a franchise that…
Education
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University has set a date for students to return to the Barus and Holley classrooms on its Providence campus. The rooms, shut since the deadly December 2025 shooting in the building, will reopen in summer 2027 after a top-to-bottom redesign. The university announced the timeline Tuesday.…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — A nonprofit that represents student borrowers went to federal court Wednesday, accusing the U.S. Department of Education of refusing to honor an expanded loan-forgiveness window for people whose colleges shut their doors before they could finish. The group, Student Defense, filed the case on behalf of a former…
Politics
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Providence City Councilor Miguel Sanchez has won a key round in his free speech fight with the people he once worked for in Gov. Dan McKee's administration, three years after he lost a state job over social media posts backing Palestinians. Rhode Island's top federal trial judge,…
Politics
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Providence is building a deeper bench of poll workers for the Nov. 3 general election after a wave of morning callouts left some polling places short-handed during last month's primary. About 70 poll workers did not show up on primary day, according to the Providence Board of…
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