Latest Rhode Island News
Hill accounts for 4 TDs - 3 in the second quarter - to help Rhode Island beat Bryant 49-26
KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) — Kasim Hill threw two touchdown passes and ran for a TD in the second quarter to help Rhode Island pull away in the Rams' 49-26 win Saturday against Bryant. Hill finished 19-of-33 passing for 339 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. Marquis...
Rhode Island community bank to pay $9M to resolve discriminatory lending allegations
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A community bank in Rhode Island agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in lending discrimination by redlining majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, a U.S. attorney announced Wednesday. A complaint accused Washington Trust...
A Rhode Island man is charged with possessing 26 pounds of cocaine in a kayak on a Vermont lake
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has been charged in Vermont with possessing 26 pounds (12 kilograms) of cocaine with the intent to distribute it after federal authorities observed him putting packages into a kayak on Lake Champlain near the Canadian border, federal prosecutors said...
Families of those killed by fentanyl gather at DEA as US undergoes deadliest overdose crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Andrea Thomas had never heard of fentanyl when her daughter died after taking half of a pill she thought was prescription medication. Five years later, she's among hundreds of thousands of families who have lost a loved one as the U.S. undergoes the deadliest overdose crisis in...
QB Connor Watkins runs for 113 yards, 3 TDs to help Villanova beat Rhode Island 35-9
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Quarterback Connor Watkins ran for 113 yards and three touchdowns and Villanova beat Rhode Island 35-9 in a Coastal Athletic Association season opener for the Wildcats on Saturday. Watkins ran for scores of 1 and 21 yards in a four-minute span to close the first...
Man shot by police dies following car chase in Rhode Island, teen daughter wounded
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police officers in Rhode Island fatally shot a driver in Providence after chasing him over 20 miles in an attempt to arrest him. His teenage daughter, a passenger, was shot in the leg, police said. Two police officers who tried to stop the man and a hospital...
Hill-Summers combo leads Rhode Island over Maine 34-17
ORONO, Maine (AP) — Kasim Hill passed for 234 yards and two touchdowns — both to Kahtero Summers — and Rhode Island cruised to a 34-17 victory over Maine on Friday night, in a game that was moved up a day because of Hurricane Lee. Hill completed 18 of 32 passes with one...
Offshore wind projects need federal help to get built, six governors tell Biden
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Offshore wind projects need more federal funding and planning assistance to ensure they get built, the Democratic governors of six northeastern states told the Biden administration, warning that a cornerstone of the climate change fight could be in jeopardy. ...
A Connecticut couple rescues a baby shark caught in a work glove
GLASTONBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut couple's scuba diving trip in Rhode Island on Monday turned into a mission to rescue a baby shark. Deb and Steve Dauphinais, of Glastonbury, Connecticut, were diving on the sand flats off Jamestown, Rhode Island, when Deb Dauphinais spotted...
World War II veteran from Rhode Island identified using DNA evidence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An American soldier from Rhode Island who was killed in Germany during World War II has been identified using DNA evidence, the U.S. Department of Defense said. U.S. Army Pfc. Roy Searle, 22, of Providence was mortally wounded during enemy engagement in...
