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GoLocalProv | Sports | O For Four – PC Goes to NIT, Brown Loses at Buzzer

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March 17, 2024

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Rhode Island’s four D-I teams are not going to the Big Dance.

Sunday was a day of disappointment for the four Division I men’s basketball teams in Rhode Island.

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

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Providence College, which lost on Friday night against Marquette, sealed its fate.

The Friars needed a run to the Big East tournament final to nab an NCAA bid.

PC now waits to learn who and where they play in the NIT.

BROWN UNIVERSITY

No one had a more painful Sunday than the Brown Bears, who were leading Yale in the Ivy League Championship by four with 15 seconds left, but failing to hit free throws in the final couple of minutes cost the Bears dearly.

Matt Knowling’s one-handed floater at the buzzer lifted Yale to a thrilling 62-61 victory over Brown in the championship game.

The shot and the win sends the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament as the Ivy League’s automatic qualifier. Yale is headed to March Madness for the third time in the last four seasons.

“I just wanted to put myself by the basket in case of a miss,” said Knowling, a senior. “We were trying to get a play for someone else, but they found me. I didn’t think I was going to be that open. I work on that shot every day. I didn’t overthink it, I just let it go and it went in.”

Yale trailed by six, 54-48, with three minutes remaining but rallied. August Mahoney hit a pair of three-pointers and Poulakidas drilled one to spark the comeback. Still, the Bulldogs were down six with 27 seconds remaining.

Brown finished 13-18 on the season.

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

It was painful for the URI Rams that #6 seed Duquesne, in the Atlantic 10 tournament, went on a run and won the conference championship.

URI finished 12-20 on the season

BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Bryant had lost the semis of their conference playoff to the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.

The Bulldogs finished 20-13 despite the coaching chaos, Jared Grasso’s resignation, and Phil Martelli, Jr.’s emergence.

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Brown University shooting: Who is RI Attorney General Peter Neronha?

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December 15, 2025

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Brown University shooting: Who is RI Attorney General Peter Neronha?

Neronha is Rhode Island’s 74th attorney general. He was sworn in on Nov. 6, 2018.
During President Donald Trump’s second term, Neronha has sued the president and his administration over 30 times.

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, along with Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and others, announced Dec. 14 that they were releasing the person of interest originally detained for the mass shooting at Brown University.

Neronha said that tips “led to us detaining a person of interest,” but that the evidence “now points in a different direction.”

“We have a murderer out there, frankly,” Neronha said.

As attorney general, Neronha and his office will play a large role in the investigation over the shooting. Here’s what to know about the top legal official in Rhode Island.

Who is Peter Neronha?

Neronha is Rhode Island’s 74th attorney general. He was sworn in on Nov. 6, 2018.

As attorney general, Neronha leads an office that “prosecutes criminal cases; represents state agencies, departments and commissions in litigation; initiates legal action when necessary to protect the interests of Rhode Islanders; and oversees the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation,” according to his office.

Previously, Neronha was the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 2009 to 2017. He was appointed by former President Barack Obama.

He began his career in public service as a Rhode Island Special Assistant Attorney General in 1996. He was later appointed Assisted Attorney General, and then joined United States Attorney’s Office as an Assistant United States Attorney in 2002.

Neronha is a fourth generation native of Jamestown, Rhode Island. He has undergraduate and law degrees from Boston College.

Neronha’s relationship to Trump

During President Donald Trump’s second term, Neronha has sued the president and his administration over 40 times.

Some of the lawsuits that he has co-led include ones over withheld education funds and the dismantling of federal agencies like Health and Human Services and those that support public libraries and museums.

Neronha often criticizes the president in his lawsuits. In a press release announcing a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration Nov. 25 for reducing grant funds for projects that could help people experiencing homelessness, Neronha said that the administration continues to “punch down” on vulnerable Americans.

“The President and his Administration don’t care about making life easier or better for Americans; they only care about political capitulation, consolidating power, and further enriching the wealthy,” he said.

In a press conference earlier this year, Neronha said that he sues the Trump administration when the president has broken the law, when Americans have been harmed and when they have the legal standing to bring an action against the administration.

While it’s unclear if Trump has ever commented on Neronha specifically, he has often attacked judges who have tried to block his policies.

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Rhode Island Blood Center asks for donations after deadly shooting at Brown University

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December 14, 2025

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Rhode Island Blood Center asks for donations after deadly shooting at Brown University

The Rhode Island Blood Center is asking for donations after the fatal shooting at Brown University on Saturday.

Several donor centers have extended hours available as they respond to the emergency.

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Anyone interested can sign up for an appointment on the organization’s website.

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R.I. blood supply was low before Brown mass shooting – The Boston Globe

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December 14, 2025

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R.I. blood supply was low before Brown mass shooting – The Boston Globe

PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Blood Center’s blood supply was low before Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University, and it is immediately stepping up blood drives to meet the need, an official said Sunday.

“We were definitely dealing with some issues with inventory going into the incident,” Executive Director of Blood Operations Nicole Pineault said.

The supply was especially low for Type 0 positive and negative, which are often needed for mass casualty incidents, she said. Type 0 negative is considered the “universal” red blood donor, because it can be safely given to patients of any blood type.

Pineault attributed the low supply to weather, illness, and the lingering effects of the pandemic. With more people working from home, blood drives at office buildings are smaller, and young people — including college students — are not donating blood at the same rate as they did in the past, she said.

“There are a lot challenges,” she said.

But people can help by donating blood this week, Pineault said, suggesting they go to ribc.org or contact the Rhode Island Blood Center at (401) 453-8383 or (800) 283-8385.

The donor room at 405 Promenade St. in Providence is open seven days a week, Pineault said. Blood drives were already scheduled for this week at South Street Landing in Providence and at Brown Physicians, and the blood center is looking to add more blood drives in the Providence area this week, she said.

“It breaks my heart,” Pineault said of the shooting. “It’s a terrible tragedy. We run blood dives regularly on the Brown campus. Our heart goes out to all of the victims and the staff. We want to work with them to get the victims what they need.”

She said she cannot recall a similar mass shooting in Rhode Island.

“In moments of tragedy, it’s a reminder to the community how important the blood supply really is,” Pineault said. “It’s an easy way to give back, to help your neighbors, and be ready in unfortunate situations like this.”

The Rhode Island Blood Center has donor centers in Providence, Warwick, Middletown, Narragansett, and Woonsocket, and it has mobile blood drives, she noted.

On Sunday, the center’s website said “Donors urgently needed. Hours extended at some donor centers, 12/14.”

Edward Fitzpatrick can be reached at edward.fitzpatrick@globe.com. Follow him @FitzProv.

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