The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on the July Fourth holiday this year will feature guest artist and 10-time Grammy winner Chaka Khan as well as a performance of the Ukrainian national anthem, the Boston Symphony Orchestra announced Wednesday.… MORE
A former coach at a competitive cheerleading organization has been charged with sexually assaulting a student over a two-year period when the girl was from 12 to 14 years old, police said.… MORE
Rhode Island’s governor signed three firearms bills into law on Tuesday that included a ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds, calling it a response to a national crisis that has “taken too many lives and torn apart too many families.”… MORE
Hundreds of dead birds have washed up on Martha’s Vineyard and animal control officials there think a highly contagious strain of avian flu may be responsible.… MORE
The captain of a sailing vessel participating in the 52nd Newport Bermuda Race fell overboard and died, race organizers said.… MORE
A summer staple returned to Rhode Island as the state-run Providence to Newport ferry began operating, the ferry arriving in sun-splashed Newport Harbor early Friday afternoon.… MORE
A long row of shovels grasped by officials, a National Guard brass band and a “Viking” mascot all played their parts in a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for a new building to replace the more than half-century old Rogers High School in Newport.… MORE
By Steve Klamkin WPRO News The state Department of Education said on Wednesday that it would take steps to bolster civics education in Rhode Island, in agreement with plaintiffs who lost a lawsuit brought by students and parents who said schools in the state had failed to prepare them to participate as citizens. The lawsuit,…… MORE
Three firearms bills, including a ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, are headed to the governor’s desk after passing the Rhode Island Senate.… MORE
A Rhode Island man convicted of fatally shooting another man during a traffic confrontation on Halloween night in 2020 has been sentenced to life in prison, prosecutors said.… MORE
