Rhode Island

December 19December 19
Resident at elderly complex in Rhode Island shot three people before killing himself
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A 66-year-old man living at an apartment complex in Westerly, Rhode Island shot two employees — one fatally — and another resident before apparently killing himself, Westerly Police Chief Shawn Lacey said. Police received calls just after 10:30 a.m. about a shooting at Babcock Village apartments, a three-story affordable housing complex for elderly and disabled […]
October 14October 14
Christopher Columbus statues vandalized in California and Rhode Island
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Vandals threw red paint on statues of Christopher Columbus in San Francisco and Providence, Rhode Island, as people around the US prepared to celebrate the Italian explorer. Workers in San Francisco scrubbed away the paint on the monument Sunday and worked to remove graffiti that said “Destroy all monuments of genocide and kill all colonizers.” […]
August 16August 16
Truck drives into line of ICE protesters outside a detention facility in Rhode Island
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A captain at a Rhode Island detention facility has been placed on administrative leave after he drove a truck toward a line of protesters who were demanding the center cease its cooperation with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and witnesses said Thursday. The incident Wednesday night was captured on video. Five demonstrators were hospitalized, […]
May 08May 08
Students Who Owe Lunch Money to Get Cold Sandwiches
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A Rhode Island school district will begin serving cold sandwiches instead of hot lunches to students whose families owe lunch money. Warwick Public Schools says it is owed more than $40,000 from outstanding lunch payments and cannot afford to absorb the costs. The new policy begins next Monday. A local restaurant owner wrote on Facebook […]
January 16January 16
Mother of 8 adopted children with special needs arrested after 9-year-old found dead in tub
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A Rhode Island woman was arrested after her 9-year-old adopted daughter with special needs died and seven more of her adoptive children were found living in filthy conditions in the same home. Michelle Rothgeb was arrested Sunday on charges of cruelty to, or neglect of a child, according to the Warwick Police Department. Police responded […]