The White House is launching a formal partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of President Joe Biden’s plan for climate change.… MORE
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Supreme Court expands gun rights, striking New York limits
In a major expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.… MORE
Two shot dead in Cumberland home
Two people were found shot early Wednesday morning inside a home in Cumberland, where police there is no danger to the public.… MORE
Rhode Island governor signs 3 gun control bills into law
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
Sailor falls overboard, dies during Newport Bermuda Race
The captain of a sailing vessel participating in the 52nd Newport Bermuda Race fell overboard and died, race organizers said.… MORE
Providence to Newport ferry is back for a seventh season
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
Groundbreaking for new Newport high school
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
RI and students who sued the state agree to improve civics education
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
PHOTOS: PVDFest weekend in downtown Providence
A taste of New Orleans came to Providence Friday night as two musical mainstays from the Crescent City, Kermit Ruffins and the Rebirth Brass Band headlined the first night of PVDFest, the three-day festival of music and art, food and culture that is making a comeback after a COVID-enforced shutdown. … MORE
Rhode Island House approves gun control legislation
The Rhode Island House approved bills Friday that would ban firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, raise from 18 to 21 the minimum age for buying guns, and prohibit loaded rifles and shotguns from being carried in public.… MORE
