The Latest Breaking News from Rhode Island

Judge rules that Rhode Island's gun permit system does not violate Second Amendment

A federal judge has ruled that Rhode Island's gun permit system does not violate the Second Amendment

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2025

My First $1 Million: Director of Engineering Technology, 62, Rhode Island

Ever wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers.

Kiplinger · Jul 26, 2025

Doctor Involved In Pope Leo’s Miracle Breaks Silence With Surprising Statement

The news has sparked religious uproar between Christians and Catholics, with everyone happy for the child’s recovery, but with a large faction claiming that prayers should not be made to humans or priests past or present.

Bored Panda · Jul 20, 2025

Finding a city of contrasts in Rhode Island

P’TOWN – Provincetown is too formal for the locals – offers us a reassuringly warm welcome to an America clearly at a crossroads.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 22, 2025

Rhode Island lawmakers pass bill to ban sales of assault weapons

Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House has advanced legislation that would ban sales of certain semiautomatic rifles

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2025

Human remains discovered near Taylor Swift’s home have been identified

Eric Wein, 31, was reported missing on April 18

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025

Captain Cook’s missing ship found after sinking 250 years ago

HMS Endeavour, which had been lost for centuries, has finally been discovered off the coast of Rhode Island

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025

Rhode Island graduation party turns tragic as building collapse leaves 15-year-old dead and more injured

Tragedy strikes Rhode Island graduation party.

We Got This Covered · Jun 9, 2025

Final resting place of James Cook’s Endeavour confirmed by National Maritime Museum

Director Daryl Karp says museum stands by 2022 conclusion that wreck in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, was the ship Cook sailed to Australia in 1770

The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2025

Catch of the day: rare gold lobster saved by attentive cook in Rhode Island

The crustacean, since named Calvin, had a genetic mutation that occurs in about one in 30m lobsters

The Guardian - US · May 31, 2025