Metro
Police dept. faces lawsuit over beating, cover-up
By Maddie Medina | November 5Luis Mendonca filed a $7 million lawsuit against the Providence Police Department, the Rhode Island School of Design and the city Oct. 12. Mendonca, a Rhode Island resident, is filing the civil suit following a failed criminal lawsuit after he was beaten by former Providence Police Officer Robert ...
R.I. voters can cast ballots on campus
By Amy Rasmussen | November 5All U.S. citizens who are at least 18 years of age are eligible to cast their vote for the president of the United States in today's general election.
Brazilians stay hostile to Republican foreign policy
By Emma Wohl | November 4Correction appended.
Cubans: Republican victory would hurt U.S. relations
By Kat Thornton | November 4HAVANA - In the seaside neighborhood of Vedado in Cuba's capital city of Havana, a tall, heavily-guarded office building houses the United States Interests Section. Officially part of the Swiss embassy, the U.S. Interests Section takes the place of what would be the American embassy if the country had ...
America abroad: The U.S. election on the world stage
By Elizabeth Carr | November 4When the American public elected Barack Obama to serve as the 44th President Nov. 4, 2008, his supporters burst into celebration - not just on the Main Green of the University's traditionally left-leaning campus and across the United States, but in the streets of Rome, Paris, Geneva, Hong Kong, Jakarta ...
British public views election as 'clash of ideals'
By David Chung | November 4OXFORD, England - When Americans head to the polls Tuesday, most Britons will be rooting for another victory for President Obama. His superstar image may have diminished after what many here consider a disappointing term, but in the United Kingdom, the majority look unfavorably on Republican candidate ...
Capetonians follow U.S. race closely, offer support for Obama
By Hannah Abelow | November 4CAPE TOWN, South Africa - "Michelle Obama ate lunch next door," bragged a shopkeeper selling an odd assortment of antiques and vintage knick-knacks in the gentrifying Cape Town neighborhood of Woodstock. "They had Secret Service here, in my shop! Can you believe it? And snipers in that building across ...
Providence refocuses preservation efforts
By Caroline Flanagan | November 1The Narragansett Electric Lighting House, or "Dynamo House," and the Ward Baking Company Administration Building - two buildings in the Jewelry District - were included on the Providence Preservation Society's 2012 list of the most endangered buildings in Providence. These preservation efforts follow ...
R.I. ranks sixth in nation for grad rates
By Jasmine Bala | November 1A recent Chronicle of Higher Education study found that Rhode Island's 2010 college graduation rates exceed the national average, with Brown topping the list. The state's eight four-year private colleges collectively achieved a four-year graduation rate of 63.8 percent and a six-year graduation rate ...
R.I. group aims to reduce teen marijuana use
By Kiki Barnes | November 1"Monitoring the Future," a 2011 study conducted by the University of Michigan, found that Rhode Island, Colorado and Vermont's 12- to 17-year-olds are using marijuana more frequently than the rest of U.S. teens. The Ocean State Prevention Alliance was established this year in response to growing concern ...
T.F. Green receives federal grant
By Elena Venable | October 30T.F. Green Airport will receive $110 million in federal funding for efficiency and safety improvements, announced Sen. Jack Reed, D-RI, Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14, Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian and Peter Frazier, interim president and CEO of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, Oct. 16. The Federal ...
Prof. explores racial prejudice in politics
By Adam Toobin | October 30When President Obama pledged "to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" in front of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on a cold January day in 2009, he became the first black president of a country marked by the painful legacy of the African slave trade. His election ...
Providence begins election day preparations
By Tonya Riley | October 30The 2008 General Election saw 475,428 Rhode Islanders cast their vote, giving the state a 67 percent voter turnout, its highest since the 1988 presidential election. Providence voters accounted for 55,977 of those ballots. With less than six days until the election, the Providence Board of Canvassers ...
Panels address municipal pension crisis, reform
By Sona Mkrttchian | October 25Though Rhode Island's current unfunded municipal pension liability stands at $2.1 billion, it only amounts to a fraction of the $7 trillion liability problem plaguing cities and towns across the country. Two panels of policy experts, local politicians and state officials analyzed the origins and ...
Forbes' best cities for working mothers
By Dora Chu | October 24Forbes Magazine named Providence the fifth of 20 top cities for working mothers in a ranking released earlier this month. According to its website, Forbes ranked the top 20 cities out of the 50 most highly populated metropolitan areas, using the priorities of working mothers as a checklist. Metrics ...