May 15, 2023 Eighth man convicted in Rhode Island parking lot stabbing Jaquontee Reels Felder, 28, of Ledyard, Connecticut, was the eighth and final attacker of Stephen Cabral to be convicted of the Rhode Islander's 2019 murder.
May 15, 2023 Dark-skinned Jesus on stained-glass church window from 1870s prompts debate on Christ's race A stained-glass window from a shuttered Rhode Island church depicting Jesus as dark-skinned is stirring up fresh scrutiny of the role of race and gender in 19th-century New England.
May 12, 2023 Vandals plant 'racist,' 'hateful' fake signs at Rhode Island state park Rhode Island authorities are looking for an individual who screwed signs bearing racial pejoratives and stereotypes to trees at Lincoln Woods State Park.
May 12, 2023 Error by New Hampshire lab causes incorrect recall announcement for salad brand An error by a lab in New Hampshire caused a recall announcement for salad greens from lēf Farms. The notice warned of a "potential" E. coli bacteria contamination.
May 11, 2023 Pregnant Massachusetts woman killed by convicted murder, felon fiance: cops A Rhode Island fisherman found the body of a pregnant Massachusetts woman, and her fiancé and a previously convicted killer were charged with her murder
May 8, 2023 US government to pay for study to monitor effects of safe injection sites The United States government is funding a study of so-called safe injection sites. The studies will be conducted at two different sites in Rhode Island and New York.
May 4, 2023 Greek company to pay over $2M for oil tanker discharge off Rhode Island coast Zeus Lines Management S.A. has pleaded guilty to charges that one of its captains dumped almost 10,000 gallons of pollutants into the Atlantic Ocean near Newport, Rhode Island.
May 4, 2023 Heritage scholar flips script on Sen. Whitehouse with reference to all-White private beach club Heritage Foundation economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth called out climate hawk Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., for his family fortune's ties to the fossil fuel industry.
April 28, 2023 Rhode Island House votes to let state health plans cover abortions The Rhode Island House of Representatives has voted to allow state employees and Medicaid recipients to have abortions covered under their health plans.
April 25, 2023 Texas man gets 3 years for $1.5M online romance scam targeting seniors Fola Alabi, 52, of Richmond, Texas, was sentenced to over three years in jail for his role in a million-dollar online romance scam that targeted women in their seventies and eighties.