Rhode Island College (RIC) is a public college in Rhode Island,United States,with much of the land in Providence,and other parts in North Providence. The college was established in 1854 as the Rhode Island State Normal School,making it the second-oldest institution of higher education in Rhode Island after Brown University. Located on a 180-acre (73 ha) campus,the college has a student body of 9,000:7,518 undergraduates and 1,482 graduate students. RIC is a member of the NCAA and has 17 Division III teams.
The Amica Mutual Pavilion is an indoor arena located in downtown Providence,Rhode Island. It was built in 1972,as a home court for the Providence College Friars men's basketball program,due to the high demand for tickets to their games in Alumni Hall,as well as for a home arena for the then–Providence Reds,who played in the nearly 50-year-old Rhode Island Auditorium. Current tenants include the Providence Bruins ice hockey team,of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Providence College Friars men's basketball team,of the Big East Conference. The center is operated by the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority,which also operates the Rhode Island Convention Center and Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
WLNE-TV is a television station licensed to New Bedford,Massachusetts,United States,serving as the ABC affiliate for the Providence,Rhode Island,area. The station is owned by Standard Media,and maintains studios in the Orms Building in downtown Providence;its transmitter is based in Rehoboth,Massachusetts.
Federal Hill is a neighborhood in Providence,Rhode Island. It lies immediately west of the city's Downtown,across Interstate 95. Since the late 19th century,Federal Hill has been an enclave of Providence's Italian American community;today the neighborhood is known as Providence's Little Italy and is noted for its abundance of Italian restaurants,markets,and cultural establishments.
Frank T. Caprio is an American banker,lawyer,and politician from Rhode Island. His twenty-year political career has included being elected as the 29th General Treasurer of Rhode Island from 2007 to 2011. He was the first political candidate in the United States to use on-demand television to reach voters and one of the first candidates to launch an Internet TV channel for use in a political campaign in 2006.
David A. Caprio is an American businessman,investor,lawyer,and politician who served as a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from District 34. He was first elected on December 21,1999. In 2010,Caprio was defeated in a September primary election.
Bishop Hendricken High School is a Catholic,all-male,college preparatory high school located in Warwick,Rhode Island,in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence.
The 2010 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010. It was preceded by the primary election on September 14,2010. Incumbent Republican Governor Donald Carcieri was term-limited in 2010. The non-partisan Cook Political Report,The New York Times and CQ Politics rated the gubernatorial election as a toss-up.
Charles Otto Puth Jr. is an American singer-songwriter. His initial exposure came through the viral success of his song covers uploaded to YouTube. Puth signed with the record label eleveneleven in 2011 after performing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show,during which he contributed songwriting and production work for other artists.
Gina Marie Raimondo is an American businesswoman,lawyer,politician,and venture capitalist who has served since 2021 as the 40th United States secretary of commerce. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as the 75th governor of Rhode Island from 2015 to 2021,and was the first woman to serve in the role.
Olivia Frances Culpo is an American beauty pageant titleholder. After winning the Miss Rhode Island USA competition,she went on to win Miss USA 2012,and then Miss Universe 2012.
Central High School is a public high school in the Providence Public School District,Rhode Island,United States.
The 2014 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Rhode Island,concurrently with the election of Rhode Island's Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Seth Michael Magaziner is an American investment professional and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the 31st General Treasurer of Rhode Island from 2015 until 2023. Magaziner won the November 2022 election to succeed retiring representative James Langevin.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 4,2014. All of Rhode Island's executive officers went up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and both of Rhode Island's two seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on September 9,2014.
George Kusunoki Miller,known professionally as Joji and formerly as Filthy Frank and Pink Guy,is a Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter,rapper,and record producer. Miller's music has been described as a mix between R&B,lo-fi,and trip hop.
The Miss Rhode Island's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Rhode Island in the Miss America's Teen pageant.
Nicholas Alahverdian,also known as Nicholas Rossi and Arthur Knight,among other aliases,is an American sex offender who faked his own death in 2020.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island were held on November 8,2022,to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Rhode Island,one from each of the state's 2 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. It followed a primary election on September 13,2022.
Davey Wavey is an American YouTuber who covers LGBT topics related to sex,relationships,and coming out. His YouTube channel has over a million subscribers. Wavey is also the creator of Himeros.tv,an erotic video platform.
