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After Providence loss, Villanova’s NCAA Tournament aspirations are looking even more bleak

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Another litmus test for Villanova was here in a season that has had plenty of them.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Creighton at Providence Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Creighton at Providence preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Tuesday, February 14

USA Today Sports Media Group

Georgetown at Providence Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Georgetown at Providence preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Wednesday, February 8

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Dom Amore: Tap the brakes on March Madness, UConn men dealing with a January crisis of confidence

So here we thought words like “embarrassing” and “outtoughed” were a thing of the past for the UConn men’s basketball team. The Huskies, after 14 games, were lost in a giddy world of analytics and win probabilities and their nation of followers was preoccupied with the AP poll.

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No. 4 UConn has no answer for Bryce Hopkins and Providence; loses second straight, 73-61

PROVIDENCE, R.I. —Providence forward Bryce Hopkins was fouled on a fast break with the Friars leading UConn by nine points in the second half of Wednesday’s game at Amica Mutual Pavilion. As he stood at the free throw line, a packed-house of about 14,000 remained on its feet, where a…

Tribune News Service

Brickbat: The In Crowd

A conservative legal group has filed a civil rights complaint against the Providence, R.I., school system with the U.S. Department of Education over the system's "Educator of Color Loan Forgiveness Program." The program helps pay off teachers' student loans, but only if the teachers "identify as Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latino,…

Reason

Pope Francis IDs successor to conservative Providence bishop

Pope Francis has named a coadjutor bishop to assist conservative Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin and succeed him when he retires

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Fans Benefit From New Playoff Format’s Upsets

There’s a scene in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006) in which Captain George Ellerby (Alec Baldwin) is asking Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) about Jimmy Pappas (Paris Karounos), who was arrested for the murder of two gangsters from Providence. Both of them know Pappas, a local Greek restaurateur, ...

Sports Illustrated

The Surprise Hurricane That Nearly Killed Katharine Hepburn In 1938

Hollywood legend Katharine Hepburn, seen here in a still from the 1940 film 'The Philadelphia Story,' had a brush with death.

Zenger

Alaska's hospitals are relying on Lower 48 nurses to fill empty positions. It's a costly strategy

Stephanie Brown, a nurse specializing in cardiac surgery, became part of a growing workforce in Alaska last year when she took a job far from her Florida home.

Tribune News Service

Rhode Island reparations report suggests programs, not cash

A new report suggests ways Providence, Rhode Island, can atone for its extensive ties to the transatlantic slave trade and centuries of racism and discrimination

The Independent UK

Flood maps show US vastly underestimates contamination risk at old industrial sites

Climate science is clear: Floodwaters are a growing risk for many American cities, threatening to displace not only people and housing but also the land-based pollution left behind by earlier industrial activities.

The Conversation

Revealed: US cities refusing to replace toxic lead water pipes unless residents pay

A Guardian investigation finds pipes are only replaced at homeowners’ cost, and removal work risked causing increase of lead in water

The Guardian - US

Bally’s, praised by labor here, faces strike threat in Rhode Island

The winner of the Chicago casino bid, who promised good labor relations here, nearly had to contend with a walkout over the July 4 weekend at its operation outside Providence.

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America’s best places to live in 2022

While there has been some movement to the suburbs during the pandemic, major cities remain attractive places to live and work. If you’re reevaluating where you call home or considering relocating this year, here are Bankrate’s picks for the best places to live in 2022.

The Independent UK

New reparations focus: Black enclaves lost to development

City officials in Providence weighing reparations for Black residents are looking beyond the Rhode Island capital’s leading role in slavery

USA Today Sports Media Group

Providence vs Richmond Prediction, Game Preview: NCAA Tournament Second Round

Providence vs Richmond prediction, NCAA Tournament Second Round game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might - or might not - win on Saturday

Benzinga

Rhode Island's Opioid Trial Against Teva Begins Today: Reuters

The first trial in Rhode Island state court against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's (NYSE:TEVA) alleged responsibility for the opioid crisis begins jury selection Monday. The case begins over whether Teva contributed to an opioid crisis that has caused more than 500,000 deaths over the past two decades. Rhode Island says Teva created a…

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Boxing champ turned movie star Kali Reis: 'We need to see more faces like this'

At the age of 13, Kali "K.O. Mequinanoag" Reis found refuge in a boxing gym, the only place she could calm her mind amid a tumultuous adolescence. But it wasn't until the Providence, Rhode Island-born world middleweight champion fought her way through hard-won battles as an adult that she found…

The Independent UK

‘It was terrifying’: Neo-Nazis swarm communist book reading in Rhode Island

The neo-Nazis interrupted a reading of the Communist manifesto

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Xavier vs Providence Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Xavier vs Providence prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might - or might not - win on Wednesday.

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Villanova vs Providence Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Villanova vs Providence prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might - or might not - win on Tuesday.

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Providence vs St. John’s College Basketball Prediction, Game Preview

Providence vs St. John's prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might - or might not - win on Tuesday.

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