Rhode Island

A man was fatally shot by police outside of a Providence, Rhode Island, hospital on Friday night, after authorities say he led police on multiple chases across two states, over two days. Michael Pinto, of Glocester, became involved with law enforcement on Thursday when he tried to evade Glocester police who were attempting to pull him over, Burrill...

New video shows the moment a brawl broke out between a wedding party and police officers in Newport, Rhode Island. The bodycam video shows the fight quickly escalating, with members of the wedding party and police trading blows. Five of the six members of the wedding party who were charged in connection with last weekend’s brawl outside the L...

A Rhode Island nurse was attacked by a patient, leaving him critically injured, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The male nurse was attacked by a psychiatric patient on Friday at Rhode Island Hospital, the Providence Police Department told the news outlet. The suspect patient was identified as 37-year-old George Bower, who appeared before a Provide...

A manatee was recently spotted in Rhode Island, environmental officials say, a rare occurrence this far north. “The ocean is full of surprises,” the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday. The manatee was spotted in Quonochontaug Pond, a saltwater coastal lagoon in t...

Five members of a wedding party were arrested after a wild brawl with police in Newport, Rhode Island, that began when one of the people involved was denied entry to a local bar. Newport police were called to the Landing Restaurant around 1 a.m. Sunday because a person had been asked to leave and refused, according to WJAR. Security staff…...

Dozens of residents of a Cranston, Rhode Island, apartment complex were displaced after flood water filled multiple ground floor apartments on Sunday. Fire officials told WJAR they weren’t sure if the building in Dean Estates on Oaklawn Avenue was safe, so everyone was evacuated, about 90 people in all. Some hallways were filled with up to si...

The hospital network Lifespan said a patient assaulted an employee at Rhode Island Hospital. The attack happened in an inpatient unit, said a spokesperson to WJAR. “We are deeply saddened by this tragic event and our thoughts are with our employee, the employee’s family, and their co-workers at the hospital and throughout Lifespan,” sai...

Two Rhode Island men have been indicted for the murder of a pregnant Massachusetts woman whose body was found in a pond last year. Michael Lambert, 46, of Pawtucket, and Gary Gromkiewicz, 36, of Lincoln, were each indicted by a grand jury on one count of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder, Attorney General Peter Neronha announced&#...

Former White House aide Gabe Amo could become the first person of color to represent Rhode Island in Congress after his win Tuesday in the crowded Democratic primary for the state’s 1st Congressional District special election sent him on to the general election in the heavily Democratic state. Amo, who grew up in Pawtucket the son of Ghanaian...

Former White House aide Gabe Amo has come out on top in a crowded Democratic primary for or Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District special election, beating out a slew of fellow candidates to move on to the general election in the heavily Democratic state. On the Republican side, Gerry Leonard, a U.S. Marine veteran and political newcomer endors...

When Jimmy Buffett made a surprise appearance this summer in Rhode Island, no one knew then that it would be the final performance of his storied career. The “Margaritaville” singer died Friday, Sept. 1, at his home in Sag Harbor, Long Island, after a four-year battle with Merkel cell carcinoma, according to his website. He was 76. Buff...

A 93-year-old man died after he crashed his pickup truck into a house in Johnston, Rhode Island, on Saturday morning. Authorities say the man suffered a medical emergency while driving west on Greenville Avenue at around 10:54 a.m., according to reports from WJAR. The truck crashed at Stamp Egg Farms on 816 Greenville Ave. The cause of death is yet...