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Gamm’s “Angels in America” Offers Poignant Look at Love and Loss in the AIDS Crisis

Gamm’s “Angels in America” Offers Poignant Look at Love and Loss in the AIDS Crisis

By Kimberly Rau The Gamm Theater concluded its 2024-2025 season with a special production of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches,” a stunning, raw perspective of the AIDS epidemic that swept through America in the 1980s and early 90s. Kushner wrote “Angels in America” in two parts, “Millennium Approaches,” playing now,  and “Perestroika,” which…MORE

Federal judge considering a request to further block Trump administration from freezing funds

Federal judge considering a request to further block Trump administration from freezing funds

The Associated Press A federal judge on Friday heard arguments on a request to further block President Donald Trump ’s administration from freezing trillions of dollars of grants and loans that fund everything from clean energy programs to bridge repairs to emergency shelters. U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island, who already approved a temporary restraining order…MORE

Hundreds evacuated, interstate closed due to gas leak

Hundreds evacuated, interstate closed due to gas leak

Hundreds of people were evacuated from stores in Seekonk and traffic halted for a brief time on I-195 in Seekonk after construction crews hit a six inch gas line at a construction site off Fall River Avenue.MORE