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June 12, 2022

Rhode Island hospital co-launches first pasteurized breast milk program in state

The Kent Hospital Women’s Care Center in Rhode Island and the Mother’s Milk Bank Northeast nonprofit in Massachusetts launch a breast milk donor program.

May 15, 2022

RI police dog K-9 Ruby, star of a Netflix film, has been euthanized

A Rhode Island pooch who inspired people by making her way from shelter dog to lifesaving police K-9 — and who was the subject of a recent Netflix movie, in March 2022 — has been euthanized, according to the Rhode Island State Police on Sunday. K-9 Ruby was put down on Friday, police said, following a "sudden, acute, and untreatable illness."

May 11, 2022

Vermont man Nathan Carman, charged with killing mother Linda Carman at sea, pleads not guilty

Nathan Carman, a Vermont man accused of killing his mother while they were out at sea on a fishing trip in 2016, pleaded not guilty first-degree murder and multiple fraud charges.

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.