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From @RICurrent: For the sixth consecutive year, the Rhode Island Senate passed legislation to reduce the maximum sentence for a misdemeanor crime by one day as a way to protect immigrants from being detained or removed from the country. trib.al/sEy377T

From Rhode Island Report x @GBH 🎙️: t’s a tale of two bridges. The Washington Bridge amounts to a cautionary tale and the Iway bridge amounts to a success story. 🎧 Listen to the full episode here ⤵️ trib.al/lkcdkp2

Congregation Jeshuat Israel can continue to worship at a 19th century building near Newport’s historic Touro Synagogue, from which the group was evicted last year, a judge has determined. trib.al/g58mGDY

AI is worming its way into the music industry in more unexpected ways, namely via visual art like show fliers and merchandise designs. trib.al/qE6nrgc

Commentary: Rhode Island is not helpless and needs to act. Three bills now before the General Assembly show how our state can push back constitutionally, carefully, and effectively. trib.al/MeEcAxi

A bankruptcy court in Texas on Wednesday approved the sale of CVS’s Omnicare, an underperforming long-term care pharmacy network, to GenieRx Holdings LLC in a deal valued at $250 million. trib.al/oGa7Dli

The coastal low that forms just south of New England by early Thursday will send a surge of moisture our way, resulting in clusters of showers and a few rumbles of thunder north through New England during the day. trib.al/kAZGYt7

From @DanMcGowan: The FIFA World Cup begins next month, but Rhode Island already has a winner in a different worldwide challenge 🍻 trib.al/ivut7i4

“We all, in this room, recognize we don’t have a true No. 1 C,” Cam Neely admitted after Boston's playoff exit. trib.al/NJQyXIy

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse and a Boston attorney who represents victims say the Rhode Island Senate is poised to thwart a landmark bill that would allow abuse victims to bring previously expired civil claims against institutions. trib.al/QZND8Se

A Rhode Island judge blocked the US Department of Justice from obtaining medical records of transgender children and teens, hours before the deadline set by another judge for Rhode Island’s largest hospital system to hand the documents over. trib.al/JvTzpHU

At last, it looks like the timing will align with a wave of steady warmth pushing east over New England for this weekend. trib.al/v0Mztpd

Commentary: Too often, bilingual children have been made to feel that their language, culture, and needs are somehow outside the center of educational opportunity. De La Comunidad Bilingual exists to change that narrative. trib.al/fqr5EB7

For the past decade, a number of studies have indicated Americans’ desire to move abroad. But new analysis shows that the number is quickly accelerating. According to the Pew Research Center, an estimated 180,000 U.S. citizens emigrated in 2025. trib.al/Iurrwj4

President Trump told reporters that he’s not thinking about how his war with Iran has raised prices for Americans as he goes about negotiating for an end to the conflict. Rather, he’s focused on preventing the country from developing a nuclear weapon. trib.al/SK54JxO

A man remains at large more than a week after a federal judge in Rhode Island decided ICE could re-detain him. He was initially released, after the federal government did not tell the judge he faces a homicide warrant in the Dominican Republic. trib.al/5yMn3VJ

Mass deportations risk harming Rhode Island’s economy, hurting local businesses, and exacting “a devastating toll” on immigrant families and communities, according to a new report by the Latino Policy Institute and other groups. trib.al/hTV9SeC

From Rhode Map: In some ways, it’s a game of chicken with the union. The RIFTHP believes it can win support for the current legislation in the House and the Senate and that McKee has already publicly said he’d sign the bill. trib.al/sTxR1nt

Commentary: The city deserves a mayor who creates a sound housing policy, not a false fix, writes one Providence resident. trib.al/gIqwNde

For the Red Sox in recent weeks, the performance of the rotation has started to match preseason expectations — even if its composition has not. trib.al/kbzGpnP