Rhode Island

The floating mass is bigger than Rhode Island and covers an area more than 70 times that of Manhattan.

Nine people were wounded Thursday evening in Rhode Island’s capital in what police there believe to be the largest shooting in city history. Of the nine, three had serious injuries and were “maybe critical,” Providence Police Chief Col. Hugh T. Clements told reporters at the scene. He said multiple guns were used and it involved an “ongoing feud” between...

Rhode Island authorities are investigating the case of a man who died after being handcuffed by police in Providence. Officers were called at around 12:30 a.m. Friday on a report of a man who was screaming in the street and possibly under the influence of narcotics, according to an account released by Providence police. They found him groaning unintelligibly as…

Warwick, RI is the perfect destination for family vacations.

A crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck has left one dead in Rhode Island. The incident occurred Saturday night in Westerly. Westerly Police say the driver of the motorcycle died after receiving serious injuries in the crash. He was pronounced dead at Westerly Hospital. Authorities identified him on Saturday as Angelo Pascuzzi, a 60-year-old resident of Westerly and…

A Virginia truck driver wanted in Texas for sexual assault of a child was found in Rhode Island with a teenage girl reported missing nearly a year ago, authorities said.

The future is uncertain for a 1,600-pound steer that enjoyed an extended reprieve from the slaughterhouse after escaping in Rhode Island. Skylands Animal Sanctuary & Rescue announced that the owner decided to sell the steer that had amused Rhode Islanders by its ability to elude capture in Johnston and Providence. “We don’t know where the steer will end up,...

A handful of coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in rural Rhode Island and other random corners of New England may help solve one of the planet’s oldest cold cases. The villain in this tale: a murderous English pirate who became the world’s most-wanted criminal after plundering a ship carrying Muslim pilgrims home to India from Mecca, then eluded...

A steer that has been on the lam for nearly two months after escaping while on the way to a Rhode Island slaughterhouse was finally corralled Friday morning, police said. Johnston Chief Joseph Razza said the beefy fugitive was captured unharmed in Johnston by its owner and returned to a Connecticut farm, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The steer took…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a warning for critical fire weather conditions across much of southern New England on Saturday, given the strong winds and low relative humidity in the forecast. Under NOAA’s “red flag” warning, any fires that start could spread rapidly and become difficult to extinguish, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection...

Where’s the beef? Still very much on the mooove in Rhode Island. More than a month after escaping while being unloaded at a slaughterhouse, a 1,600-pound (725-kilogram) steer is still roaming the streets of Johnston, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Providence. Police said Wednesday in a Facebook post that although they’ve been keeping loose track of the...

Lisa Antonecchia from Creative Concepts by Lisa shares the latest updates from CT, RI, MA, and NY.

Police in Coventry, Rhode Island chased down a Quincy woman allegedly driving a stolen Boston Fire Truck on rims Thursday night. Police received numerous calls about a car driving on one of its rims on Route 3 shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday. The suspect, later identified as 20-year-old, Alina Dunham, was driving a marked Boston Fire Department pickup truck that...

A three-year-old Rhode Island boy has made a special bond with his favorite garbage man, a bond which has helped him find joy during the isolation of quarantine.

A three-year-old Rhode Island boy has made a special bond with his favorite garbage man, a bond which has helped him find joy during the isolation of quarantine.

President-elect Joe Biden on Friday introduced the governor of Rhode Island, the mayor of Boston and a small-business advocate from California as the newest members of his economic team.

It’s difficult to imagine a year when we needed a little comic relief more desperately than in 2020. No yuks? Yuck. Fortunately, New Englanders came through with some welcome pandemic distractions.

Eight acrobats injured when the rigging suspending them by the hair plummeted to the floor during a circus performance in Rhode Island in 2014 have reached a $52.5 million settlement with ownership and management of the arena where the circus was held

“Unfortunately, Rhode Island is headed in the wrong direction,” Lifespan CEO Dr. Timothy Babineau told CNBC.

Rhode Island alerted residents on Monday, as the state entered a two-week shutdown in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus, that hospitals are at capacity. “RIGOV COVID ALERT: Hospitals at capacity due to COVID. Help the frontline by staying home as much as possible for the next two weeks,” the alert said. “Work remotely if you can,…

Thanksgiving week has arrived in New England amid rising concern that travel and gatherings could worsen a surge in coronavirus cases across the region and country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving amid the pandemic. This comes as the United States has reached over 12 million confirmed cases of COVID-19.  In…