A man found floating on a raft off the coast of Rhode Island in 2016 after his boat sank was charged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday with killing his mother at sea to inherit the family’s estate.… MORE
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Senators press to cap insulin costs
Rhode Island’s two Democratic U.S. senators called for a cap on the cost of insulin on Monday.… MORE
URI establishes scholarship program for Indigenous students
The University of Rhode Island has established a scholarship program that this year is helping 15 citizens of the Narragansett Indian Tribe pay for their educations, the university announced Monday.… MORE
Haul of Atlantic cod, once abundant, reaches new low
One of the oldest fishing industries in the U.S. sank to a new low in catch last year, signaling that efforts to rebuild the fishery still have a long way to go. … MORE
Six candidates for RI governor appear at forum
In a first chance to see the leading candidates for governor on stage together, five Democrats and one Republican fielded questions Thursday at a forum hosted by a business group at a luncheon in Warwick.… MORE
Boston firefighters pull hurt worker from collapsed building
Firefighters in Boston worked for more than three hours to rescue an injured construction worker after part of a historic power plant collapsed Wednesday while being redeveloped.… MORE
Rhode Island Supreme Court decision upholds abortion law
The Rhode Island Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a 2019 state law that protects abortion rights in the state when it rejected a legal challenge to a lower court’s decision.… MORE
RI leaders respond to report that Roe could be overturned
Rhode Island political leaders, virtually all Democrats, are responding with a flurry of statements in the wake of a report by Politico that a draft opinion suggested the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case which legalized abortion nationwide.… MORE
Court that rarely leaks does so now in biggest case in years
While there have, on very rare occasions, been leaks of the outcomes in cases, the publication of an apparent draft running nearly 100 pages was without an evident modern parallel.… MORE
Report: Supreme Court draft suggests Roe could be overturned
A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report.… MORE
