RI Lawmakers Consider Resolution Condemning Trump: Patch PM

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Posted Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 5:17 pm ET

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The resolution "vehemently condemns the acts of violence and insurrection committed at the seat of our country's democracy."

The playground will close for the rest of the winter beginning Monday, Jan. 18.

The most checked out item of the year wasn't a book at all.

The state is on track to surpass 2,000 total coronavirus deaths before the end of the week.

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