A federal judge in Rhode Island has referred Justice Department lawyers to disciplinary proceedings after accusing the federal government of making “false representations” in a case involving the medical records of transgender children and teens.
Gordon Wood, the eminent and prolific scholar who forged a highly influential and sharply debated narrative of the country’s early years of independence through such prize-winning works as “The Creation of the American Republic” and “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” has died. He was 92.
The Justice Department said Judge Mary McElroy’s allegations against its lawyers were “without merit”.
A longtime Brown University professor who won a Pulitzer Prize for his writing, Wood was name-checked by Matt Damon in the film about a self-taught genius.
When police in Rhode Island wrongfully arrest someone without charges, the RI Attorney General’s office says the public does not have the right to know.
Civil rights advocates say that ruling opens the door for secret arrests and abuse.
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🎙️🏃🏻From the first step to the last, Brown University
group embraces running up that hill. On the #RIReport podcast, Dr. Judson Brewer of Brown's Mindfulness Center leads students and researchers in mindfulness exercises while running up PVD's Jenckes Street hill.
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A fun read —
Scoop: Which Clover stores in Boston and Cambridge will reopen tomorrow?
I've got the list here:
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SCOOP: byChae, the viral matcha brand run by a 21-year-old Babson student, is opening a café on Newbury Street in Boston
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It's been more than two years since Marisa Stashenko and James Davids took over operations at Sakonnet Vineyard, a legendary winery along the Rhode Island coastline that had lost its way.
It needed a fresh start.
So did they.
My latest, via @bostonglobe.com
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My latest: A Reddit comment and "The Real Housewives of Rhode Island."
The mystery of a peculiar Providence billboard, explained:
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The decision means police could “break into your house, wrongfully arrest you and never have to explain themselves,” said the executive director of the New England First Amendment Coalition.
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Each week, Dr. Judson Brewer of Brown University’s Mindfulness Center leads a group of students and researchers in mindfulness exercises while running up Providence’s Jenckes Street hill,
For the last year, David Chae has been running all over Greater Boston to sell his iced cold matcha at buzzy pop-ups that draw crowds who wait hours for one of his drinks.
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The new stewards of the Rhode Island winery say they “want to bring it back to being an innovator in the wine space in New England.”
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Clover has not yet decided which stores will survive, Clover chief executive Julia Wrin Piper told the Globe.
My latest: A Reddit comment and "The Real Housewives of Rhode Island."
The mystery of a peculiar Providence billboard, explained:
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Christopher Gavin
A random social media comment about the reality television show ended up on a billboard – and it wasn’t clear why.
