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Rhode Island (/ˌroʊd-/ ^ⓘ ROHD) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020; but it has grown at every decennial count since 1790 and is the second-most densely populated state, after New Jersey. The state takes its name from the eponymous island, though nearly all its land area is on the mainland. Providence is its capital and most populous city.

Native Americans lived around Narragansett Bay for thousands of years before English settlers began arriving in the early 17th century. Rhode Island was unique among the Thirteen British Colonies in having been founded by a refugee, Roger Williams, who fled religious persecution in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to establish a haven for religious liberty. He founded Providence in 1636 on land purchased from local tribes, creating the first settlement in North America with an explicitly secular government. The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations subsequently became a destination for religious and political dissenters and social outcasts, earning it the moniker "Rogue's Island".

Rhode Island was the first colony to call for a Continental Congress, in 1774, and the first to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown, on May 4, 1776. After the American Revolution, during which it was heavily occupied and contested, Rhode Island became the fourth state to ratify the Articles of Confederation, on February 9, 1778. Because its citizens favored a weaker central government, it boycotted the 1787 convention that had drafted the United States Constitution, which it initially refused to ratify; it finally ratified it on May 29, 1790, the last of the original 13 states to do so.

The state was officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations since the colonial era but came to be commonly known as "Rhode Island". In November 2020, the state's voters approved an amendment to the state constitution formally dropping "and Providence Plantations" from its full name. Its official nickname is the "Ocean State", a reference to its 400 mi (640 km) of coastline and the large bays and inlets that make up about 14% of its area. (Full article...)

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McCarthy in 1973

Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American writer who authored twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western and postapocalyptic genres. His works often include graphic depictions of violence, and his writing style is characterised by a sparse use of punctuation and attribution. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists.

McCarthy was born in Providence, Rhode Island, although he was raised primarily in Tennessee. In 1951, he enrolled in the University of Tennessee, but dropped out to join the U.S. Air Force. His debut novel, The Orchard Keeper, was published in 1965. Awarded literary grants, McCarthy was able to travel to southern Europe, where he wrote his second novel, Outer Dark (1968). Suttree (1979), like his other early novels, received generally positive reviews, but was not a commercial success. A MacArthur Fellowship enabled him to travel to the American Southwest, where he researched and wrote his fifth novel, Blood Meridian (1985). Although it initially garnered a lukewarm critical and commercial reception, it has since been regarded as his magnum opus, with some labeling it the Great American Novel. (Full article...)

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Ronald Myles Dworkin FBA QC (/ˈdwɔːrkɪn/; December 11, 1931 – February 14, 2013) was an American legal philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law. At the time of his death, he was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London. Dworkin had taught previously at Yale Law School and the University of Oxford, where he was the Professor of Jurisprudence, successor to philosopher H. L. A. Hart.

An influential contributor to both philosophy of law and political philosophy, Dworkin received the 2007 Holberg International Memorial Prize in the Humanities for "his pioneering scholarly work" of "worldwide impact". According to a survey in The Journal of Legal Studies, Dworkin was the second most-cited American legal scholar of the twentieth century. After his death, Harvard legal scholar Cass Sunstein said Dworkin was "one of the most important legal philosophers of the last 100 years. He may well head the list." (Full article...)

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... that a Rhode Island TV station broadcast for 14 months and then was off the air for 26 years before returning?
... that Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, Rhode Island, was described as "the finest in the New Haven system"?
... that three decades after chasing away surveyors for a previous railroad with guns, residents of Wickford, Rhode Island, built their own railroad?
... that James Diossa rescued the only public library and post office in Central Falls, Rhode Island, when the city went into bankruptcy?

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Jerimoth Hill is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, at 812 feet (247 m) above sea level. It was formerly controversial due to property complications, but it is now accessible to the public on weekends.

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Image 1The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 2The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 3The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 41884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 5Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 6Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 7Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 8University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 9Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 10The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 11The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 12Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 13Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 14Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 15Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 16A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 17In 1936, on the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Rhode Island in 1636, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp, depicting Roger Williams (from Rhode Island)
Image 18Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 19Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 20In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 21Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 22Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 23Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 24County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 25The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 26The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 27Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 28Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 29County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 30The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 31Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 32Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 331884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 34Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 35The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 36A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 37The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 38The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 39Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 40The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 41The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 42Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 43The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 44A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 45A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 46Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 47In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 48University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 49In 1936, on the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Rhode Island in 1636, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp, depicting Roger Williams (from Rhode Island)
Image 50Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 51Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 52Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 53In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 54In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 55The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 56The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 57The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 58University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 59Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 60University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 61The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 62Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 63Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 64Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.

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