Rhode Island

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An exclusive Rhode Island beach club tied to Democratic U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has broken its silence to defend itself from claims that it only allows white people after the controversy garnered national attention

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” involving...

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…

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.

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…

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...

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.

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 Gov. Gina Raimondo announced on Thursday the state would institute a two-week pause starting at the end of November to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

President Trump fired Chris Krebs, who headed election cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security, on Tuesday after he debunked claims of fraud and hacking in the election. Nellie Gorbea, the Rhode Island secretary of state and an expert on election security, told LX News that his firing poses a danger to our country that goes beyond the election.

The strongest earthquake to hit southern New England in decades rattled homes and nerves Sunday morning, but didn’t cause any significant damage, authorities said. The quake was first reported as magnitude 4.0, but later downgraded to 3.6. It struck just after 9 a.m. and was centered in Bliss Corner, a section of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, according to the U.S. Geological Survey….

Rhode Island will now be officially known as … Rhode Island.