May 11, 2022 Rhode Island schools face blowback for 'astounding' move to cut honors classes: Parents 'united' against this Bill Jacobson said the schools in Barrington, Rhode Island are trying to eliminate “distinctions” where students can excel academically and achieve high honors. The founder of Legal Insurrection joined “America's Newsroom” to call out the high-performing schools for eliminating honors courses.
May 11, 2022 Rhode Island mom outraged after school district cancels honors classes in name of 'equity and inclusion' Barrington, Rhode Island mother Ellen Schaffer slammed her children's school district for removing honors courses during a Wednesday segment of 'Fox & Friends First.'
May 11, 2022 Vermont man charged with murdering mom at sea over inheritance money after boat sank off Rhode Island coast Nathan Carman was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder and fraud-related offenses after his mother never returned from a 2016 fishing trip they departed on together from a Rhode Island marina.
May 10, 2022 Police officer delivers premature baby after thinking he's responding to overdose emergency Officer Connor Doyle, 27, of the Woonsocket Police Department in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, helped deliver a baby girl who was born roughly 25 weeks premature.
April 27, 2022 Rhode Island Dem candidate faces 'carpetbagger,' 'opportunist' labels in growing competitive House race Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner has engaged in an intricate political dance as he vies for higher office, ditching his gubernatorial aspirations for the seat being vacated by Rep. Jim Langevin.
April 26, 2022 Rhode Island teacher told 'all 5' classes how Musk's Twitter buyout is worst thing ever A Rhode Island teacher tweeted that he explained to all five of his classes that Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter is the “worse thing that could have happened.”
February 17, 2022 Burning cargo ship full of Porsches adrift in Atlantic Ocean A cargo ship carrying Volkswagen Group vehicles, including Porsches, caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, necessitating the rescue of its crew.
February 11, 2022 Rhode Island school holds celebrity event for those who 'identify as students of color or multiracial' The Wheeler School in Rhode Island has prompted parent concerns about racial discrimination after it sent an invitation invitation for those identifying as “students of color” to attend a celebrity event.
February 10, 2022 Rhode Island man barricades self in home, dies in standoff with police A Rhode Island man who barricaded himself inside his Providence home early Thursday died during a standoff with police, authorities said.
February 10, 2022 Democrats scramble to reverse course on COVID restrictions ahead of midterms New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday joined numerous Democratic governors who have lifted their states' mask mandates ahead of the midterm elections.