July 20, 2020 Rhode Island girl, 14, charged with murder in death of contractor A 14-year-old girl has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a contractor in Rhode Island, according to a report.
July 9, 2020 Tropical Storm Fay sets sights on Northeast; landfall expected Friday Tropical Storm Fay is making its way up the East Coast – holding off of North Carolina’s shores as it heads for the mid-Atlantic and New England, where it is expected to make landfall Friday.
June 23, 2020 Rhode Island considers name change due to slavery connotations What’s in a name? For the state of Rhode Island, years of acrimony over an official designation with connotations of slavery.
June 17, 2020 Blind woman banned from park for 2 years for sharing Jesus An blind woman in Rhode Island was banned for two years from a public park and library in Westerly for sharing her Christian faith, according to a discrimination complaint.
June 10, 2020 Rhode Island couple, both 100, die of coronavirus weeks apart A Rhode Island couple who was married for more than 80 years died just two weeks apart from one another after they both contracted the novel coronavirus.
June 8, 2020 RI officials apologize to black firefighter who says he was profiled Officials apologized to a black Rhode Island firefighter who says he was racially profiled by a pair of police officers who approached him with guns drawn as he sat in a car outside his own fire station.
June 7, 2020 Rhode Island doughnut shop ends police, military discounts due to problems with 'racism and injustice' A Rhode Island doughnut shop announced on social media that it was no longer offering a discount to police officers or members of the military.
June 3, 2020 Biden closes in on clinching Democratic presidential nomination Joe Biden was running the table on Tuesday night, moving him closer to going over the top and formally clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, as seven states and the District of Columbia were holding Democratic presidential primaries.
June 2, 2020 Primaries return amid coronavirus and unrest after George Floyd death Amid the coronavirus pandemic and with some cities nationwide under curfews in the wake of protests following the death of George Floyd, eight states and the District of Columbia are holding primaries on Tuesday.
May 20, 2020 Connecticut restaurants ‘eager’ to reopen as state starts lifting restrictions -- and braces for influx from New York Connecticut restaurant owners say they are ready to go Wednesday as the state has now become one of the few in the northeast to allow outdoor dining during the coronavirus outbreak – something that could draw an influx of visitors from harder-hit metropolitan regions.
