Rhode Island

Hamden police continue to search for answers in the killing of a young mother in 1986.

A confrontation Thursday morning at the Providence Place Mall in Rhode Island led to the fatal stabbing of one man and the arrest of four others, police said. The stabbing on the third floor in the food court area happened just after 11:30 a.m. and followed a verbal argument that turned into a physical altercation between two groups of people,…

As college students across New England return to campus for the fall semester, they’re being tested for the coronavirus. And so far, more than 700 have tested positive at nearly 80 schools in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. A New York Times database is tracking all of the coronavirus cases at colleges and universities across the…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, joined Gov. Gina Raimondo in an online forum Thursday to discuss how to safely reopen schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the state is “starting from a very good place” as it considers the safest way to reopen schools,...

A new report says that nearly 12,000 children in New England have tested positive for the coronavirus through July 30. Massachusetts had the bulk of the childhood COVID cases, with 6,903, followed by Connecticut at 2,497 and Rhode Island with 1,616. New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont had fewer than 1,000 childhood coronavirus cases combined, according to the report from the…

Most travelers entering Massachusetts from Rhode Island will soon be ordered to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival unless they recently tested negative for COVID-19, the Baker administration announced Tuesday. The state Department of Public Health tweeted Tuesday evening that, starting on Friday, Aug. 7, Rhode Island will be removed from a list of eight low-risk states exempt from the travel order, citing “increases in...

While many same-sex parents across the country have encountered hurdles, changes are being made at the state level to address these legal gaps. Last week, Rhode Island and New Hampshire updated their parentage laws, NBC News reports. Gov. Gina Raimondo signed the Rhode Island Uniform Parentage Act, legislation that allows same-sex and unmarried couples to establish parentage by signing a…

Rhode Island mistakenly sent more than 175 tax refund checks signed by Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse

The state of Rhode Island continues to work to discourage Connecticut and Massachusetts residents from visiting its beaches in an effort to control the spread of the coronavirus, according to the state’s Department of Environmental Management. The state, which announced the request of Connecticut residents prior to last weekend, continues to limit parking at Misquamicut and Scarborough state beaches....

Several popular state parks including Rocky Neck and Hammonasset have closed for the day after reaching capacity on Saturday.

A toddler was killed and two adults were injured in an attack by the family dog, police in Rhode Island said Friday. Police responded to an East Providence home at about 2:45 p.m. Thursday for a report of a disturbance and learned that a 15-month-old child had been bitten by a dog, East Providence police said in a Facebook post….

Gov. Gina Raimondo unveiled her plan Wednesday afternoon to rebuild Rhode Island’s post-coronavirus economy through better educational opportunities, job training for emerging industries, and support for small businesses. “We need to embrace what we’ve learned during this crisis — embrace new technologies and new pathways for public health — and build upon it,” the Democrat wrote in a preview of…

Researchers at the Atlantic Shark Institute detected four great white sharks Wednesday in the waters near Block Island, Rhode Island. Seven acoustic receivers detected the presence of the sharks, which range in length from 8 to more than 13 feet, in the waters near the island, the institute’s officials said in a news release. The sensors were installed as a…

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.