July 14, 2016 After outcry on no-women policy, yacht club reverses course A yacht club in the Rhode Island town where Taylor Swift owns a beach house has put a controversial men-only policy to rest.
July 14, 2016 Yacht club makes historic change to men-only policy A Rhode Island yacht club is making a historic change to its men-only policy.
July 8, 2016 Video shows police officer punching woman in Rhode Island Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza is calling for an investigation after a cellphone video surfaced showing a police officer punching and dragging a woman.
July 5, 2016 State Police withhold prep school abuse investigation report Rhode Island state police won't release their report into dozens of sexual abuse allegations at a prestigious boarding school because the matter is being investigated in other states.
July 5, 2016 'Delusional' Rhode Island man crashes Cape Cod military base The mother of a Rhode Island man charged with driving his car through a security checkpoint at a Cape Cod military base says her son is "delusional" and in desperate need of help.
June 30, 2016 White officer's firing over 'he's a black guy' remark upheld A judge has upheld a decision to fire a white Rhode Island police sergeant who made racially offensive remarks about a black officer.
June 29, 2016 Photos of American flags in piles at veterans cemetery spark anger Rhode Island's Director of Veterans Affairs said Wednesday he was “speechless” after seeing photos of American flags strewn in a pile, one by a trash bin and one by a shed in a blatant violation of protocol, at a veterans cemetery in Exeter.
June 29, 2016 Cops: 80-year-old man killed 81-year-old in cemetery over church loan Police say a dispute over an unpaid loan was the motive for an 80-year-old man to kill an 81-year-old man in a Rhode Island cemetery.
June 29, 2016 US flags strewn among trash at Veteran's Memorial Cemetery The discovery of tattered American flags strewn among a pile of trash at Veteran's Memorial Cemetery in Rhode Island has residents outraged.
June 28, 2016 Fishing boat, yacht collide off Rhode Island Authorities are investigating after a 100-foot fishing excursion boat and a 70-foot yacht collided on Block Island Sound off Rhode Island.