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COVID-19 tracking websites change testing calculations to align with RIDOH
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's daily percentage of positive coronavirus tests have varied widely for weeks, depending on who is tracking the data and how...
R.I. to be removed from travel advisories in N.Y., N.J., Conn.
PROVIDENCE – Travelers from Rhode Island were removed from travel advisories in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the states confirmed to PBN on...
COVID-19 fight far from won
Rhode Island continues to do better than many other states in limiting major outbreaks of COVID-19. But such success can be fleeting, as we’ve...
Virus testing data raises questions
Rhode Island’s coronavirus cases have been on the rise for several weeks, but an inconsistency in the way testing data is being interpreted has...
R.I. residents added to travel advisories in Mass., N.Y., N.J., Conn.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been added to travel advisory lists in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York as of Tuesday.
Rhode Islanders traveling...
As school districts battle student distraction, smartphones take center stage
The power of the smartphone to bring worldwide connectivity to the palm of a hand has transformed people’s daily lives.
In public school classrooms, though,...














