The Latest Breaking News from Rhode Island

A dramatic rescue in Rhode Island captured hearts and headlines as a firefighter crawled across a frozen pond to save a dog that had fallen through thin ice.

“The dog never made a sound," said Steve Howard, deputy chief of the Misquamicut Fire Department, in a phone interview on Friday. "He was pretty chill.”

Pilot reports mysterious silver canister hovering near aircraft at 3,500 feet as air traffic control admits they have no explanation for the object

Suspect’s body was discovered after he allegedly killed an MIT professor and two Brown University students

A group of college students braved the frigid New England weather on Dec. 13, 2025, to attend a late afternoon review session at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Eleven of those students were struck by gunfire when a shooter entered the lecture hall. Two didn’t survive.

Authorities are continuing an intensive manhunt for the gunman behind the deadly Brown University shooting after the FBI released new surveillance images.

Authorities continue to search for gunman who killed two students and injured nine others in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday

Two students are dead, but the president is embracing the holiday spirit.

Police in Rhode Island say they have a person of interest in custody after a shooting at Brown University killed two students and wounded nine others