Politics Sep 13 Ashley Kalus wins GOP primary for Rhode Island governor A businessperson seeking office for the first time, Ashley Kalus, has won the Republican primary for Rhode Island governor, defeating a rival who has served time in state prison.
Politics Sep 13 2022 Rhode Island Primary Election Results With about half of the vote counted, McKee and former CVS Health executive Helena Foulkes were essentially tied, with Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea a few percentage points behind.
Economy Aug 15 Northeastern farmers face new challenges amid droughts, flooding The impacts of climate change have been felt throughout the Northeastern U.S. with rising sea levels, heavy precipitation and storm surges causing flooding and coastal erosion.
Politics Jun 14 WATCH: U.S. government failed to take prevent fraud in COVID-19 relief programs, Clyburn says The head of a congressional panel says the U.S. failed to take basic steps at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to prevent fraud in a federal aid program intended to help small businesses.
Politics Dec 22 WATCH: White House downplays Secret Service estimate of COVID fraud The White House downplayed a statement by the U.S. Secret Service that nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs, saying Wednesday that the estimate is based on old reports.
Nation Dec 22 Nearly $100 billion stolen in pandemic relief funds, Secret Service says The Secret Service says it has more than 900 active criminal investigations into pandemic fraud, with cases in every state, and 100 people have been arrested so far.
Nation Dec 08 As U.S. reaches 200 million vaccine milestone, COVID cases continue to spike The U.S. has reached a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million fully vaccinated people, but cases and hospitalizations are still spiking, even in highly immunized pockets of the country like New England.
Nation Nov 22 Rhode Island voters chose to drop ‘Plantation’ from state’s name. A year later it remains on display Rhode Island dropped "Providence Plantations" from its name a year ago, but not from its buildings. Providence Plantations is written in the script in marble near the State House dome and on bronze plaques in the entryway.
Nation Jul 03 Reports of unwanted sexual contact up at Coast Guard Academy Almost half of female cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy said they were sexually harassed, and about one in eight women reported experiencing unwanted sexual contact, according to a Pentagon survey released Wednesday.
Nation Jul 01 Rhode Island diocese releases list of dozens of priests accused of sexually abusing children Based on files dating back to 1950, the list of 50 names posted on the diocese website includes 19 priests and deacons who are still alive. Nearly all have been removed from ministry.