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One of Vineyard Wind’s parent companies allegedly owes nearly $1.2 million to its Boston landlord over unpaid rent, according to a lawsuit filed against the offshore wind company last week.
Legislation shifting Rhode Island's 2028 presidential preference primary to Super Tuesday won unanimous backing in both chambers of the Rhode Island General Assembly. But same-day voter registration, an onli...
After completing a nearly $5 million capital campaign, the Newport Historical Society celebrates the opening of its Center for Black History at the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House on Juneteenth weekend. A major pa...
Gov. Dan McKee signed a three-year moratorium on new charter schools in Rhode Island, citing declining enrollment and funding concerns, while also marking a shift for the longtime charter supporter.
A corpse flower smells like decay and lives for a few hours when it blooms. Yet when one bloomed at the University of Rhode Island this week, it got thousands of people talking about it with the same affecti...
Rhode Island State Police said Antonio Jimenez was arraigned as a fugitive in Providence County District Court.
Rhode Island bars and other establishments that serve alcohol will soon be required to offer drink lids to customers who request them under a new law signed by
Rhode Island will begin phasing out the sale of certain rat poisons after Gov. Dan McKee signed new legislation into law Thursday.
Despite reports pointing to New York as a potential Swift-Kelce wedding location, Swifties still descended on Watch Hill, R.I.
The U.S. and Iran have reportedly reached a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz.
WASHINGTON — A group of 16 U.S. Senate Democrats is calling on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to tighten its regulation of prediction markets, citing concerns over insider trading and other consu...
A bill imposing a three-year moratorium on new charter schools and reducing the statewide cap has passed the Rhode Island House. The legislation needs one more concurrence vote from the Senate before it can...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that administration officials were close to brokering an end to the hostilities with Iran and predicted there could be a signing ceremony in Europe as...
A sweeping overhaul of Rhode Island’s public records law remains on hold, but lawmakers agreed to one noteworthy change that makes state traffic accident data public.
Legislation passed this week by the Rhode Island General Assembly to enable abuse survivors to terminate rental leases to leave dangerous living situations without facing financial penalties or legal ramific...
The Cannabis Control Commission has a new chairperson, following the Rhode Island Senate's unanimous confirmation of Michelle Reddish on Thursday.
WASHINGTON — Advertisements for Polymarket and Bud Light lined an eight-sided cage on the White House grounds Thursday ahead of a series of mixed martial arts fights scheduled for Sunday, President Donald...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — On a recent weekday evening, Avram Kline kicked a soccer ball to his son on the bright green pitch in Brooklyn Bridge Park, where the skyscrapers of Manhattan loom just across the East Riv...
The Ultimate Fighting Championship cage matches set to take place on the White House South Lawn on Sunday will go on as scheduled, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Amit...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia issued a preliminary injunction Friday halting the Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund for one w...
Veterans in the United States die by suicide at higher rates than the general population, and firearms are involved in most of those deaths, according to a new analysis of federal data. The report, released...
Providence City Council President Rachel Miller announced she will not seek re-election, ending her eight-year tenure representing Ward 13.
With controversial topics like charter schools and sex abuse claims against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence already decided — or preemptively killed in the case of a state Voting Rights Act — la...
Gov. Dan McKee presented a united front with lawmakers in a ceremonial signing of the fiscal 2027 budget at Children's Friend in Providence Friday morning. But he declined to say whether he will sign a conte...