Rhode Island

Gov. Gina Raimondo on Monday signed executive order to remove the phrase “Providence Plantations” from various official state documents as well as executive agency websites. The move, which was formally announced at an afternoon press conference, came after several weeks of meetings with community and youth leaders and was an effort to address racial inequities in the state following a…

A crowd of hundreds of people that the head of the Rhode Island State Police described as a “mob” smashed storefront windows, broke into a closed mall, and torched a police cruiser in Providence early Tuesday morning. The people who caused the damage were not protesting the death of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died after a police officer…

Two men lied about their businesses in loan applications under the new Paycheck Protection Program, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday, saying they are the first to be charged with fraud in connection with the multibillion-dollar loan initiative in the United States. The two men were been charged in Rhode Island with filing fraudulent bank loan applications seeking $438,000 from the Small…

Police in Newport, Rhode Island, are investigating after a resident who was walking their dog found pieces of hot dog filled with nails scattered across area lawns. According to police, the resident said they found the hot dog pieces on Monday in the Thurston Avenue area. Newport police are investigating and ask anyone with information to call Detective Patrick Walsh…

The Easter Bunny is essential.

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo held a special press conference answering questions submitted by kids.

Two people with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, have died in Rhode Island, public officials said Saturday, the state’s first deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic. Calling the deaths a “reminder of the stakes that we face,” Gov. Gina Raimondo said that about half of the state’s residents have not been doing enough to prevent the...

A Connecticut State Police trooper has been suspended after being arrested in Rhode Island. Trooper Marwing Pena was arrested in Pawtucket, Rhode Island early Thursday morning. Police there responded to a home for a report of a domestic violence incident just before 3:30 a.m. The alleged victim told officers that she and Pena were having sex when she decided she…

The number of coronavirus cases in Rhode Island has doubled, Gov. Gina Raimondo said Friday as she announced that the state is moving up its spring break.

Two people who returned to Rhode Island from a trip to Europe tested positive for the new coronavirus disease, and a third person from the trip is undergoing tests, health officials said. A man in his 40s contracted the virus after traveling to Italy in mid-February, prompting dozens of people to be self-quarantined and the Catholic high school that organized…

Rhode Island public health officials say they’ve identified the state’s first and second presumptive positive cases of the coronavirus. The Rhode Island Department of Health announced Sunday that an unidentified man in his 40s and a teenager who both had traveled to Europe in mid-February tested positive for the virus. The man’s test result was announced Sunday afternoon, and...

A Rhode Island teacher is under arrest, charged with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in Connecticut. State police arrested Nicholas Oliveira, 29, of Lincoln, Rhode Island, on Saturday. Oliveira inappropriately touched the girl while in a tent with her at the Hideaway Cove Campground in Killingly in July 2018, according to state police. Oliveira was a friend of the girl’s…

La policía necesita la ayuda del público para identificar a una anciana encontrada perdida en Pawtucket, Rhode Island, el día de Año Nuevo. Los oficiales realizaron una verificación de bienestar de una mujer encontrada en las avenidas Suffolk y Grand alrededor de las 2:45 p.m. el 1 de enero, dijo la policía de Pawtucket. Los oficiales que hablaron con...

Police need the public’s help identifying an elderly woman found lost in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on New Year’s Day. Officers performed a well-being check on a woman found at Suffolk and Grand avenues about 2:45 p.m. on Jan. 1, Pawtucket police said. The officers who spoke with the woman found her to be be confused and disoriented, police said....

A man fatally shot a woman and critically wounded two others before killing himself at an assisted living facility in Westerly, Rhode Island, Thursday, police said. The shooting at the Babcock Village Apartments retirement home about 10:30 a.m. prompted a lockdown of nearby schools as police secured the building and searched for the gunman. Police said at a news conference…

The Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox has announced the new name it will adopt with its move from Rhode Island to Massachusetts. The Worcester Red Sox will also be known as the WooSox, the team confirmed during a live television ceremony Monday night.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus first wowed audiences in the 19th century. For the iconic American spectacle’s final act, it will broadcast the final performance on a 21st century medium: Facebook Live.

Police in Rhode Island are investigating after a woman died and another person was injured when they fell down a staircase at a bar in Westerly. WJAR reports authorities responded to a call Friday night of a person falling at the Hill Top Cafe. There, officers learned two women had fallen down concrete steps that led to the basement and...

A small plane has made an emergency landing on Interstate 95 in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. A photo shows a plane in the middle of the highway, near Exit 6. Emergency officials report there are no injuries.

Police at the University of Rhode Island are investigating reports of video voyeurism in two residence halls. The university said Tuesday it notified resident students that it was made aware of up to four instances of video voyeurism in two residence halls on the main Kingston Campus, occurring late Sunday and Monday nights.