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I Live in Rhode Island—and These Are My Favorite Hidden Gems in the Ocean State
With its peaceful waterfront location, you might expect Sunset Cove in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to require hard-to-get ...
Jaws Anniversary Coincides With Real-Life Shark Sighting In Rhode Island
Diners were treated to an unexpected nature show when a harmless basking shark swam through a Block Island pond.
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President Trump’s DOJ tells Rhode Island it’s under investigation
President Trump’s U.S. Justice Department notified Rhode Island on Wednesday that it is opening an investigation of whether ...
Rat poisons are killing RI birds of prey. Will the state ban them?
Advocates say rodenticides are killing birds of prey, but the pest control lobby says a ban would make dealing with rodents ...
Could DraftKings and FanDuel finally come to RI? Here's where it stands.
Right now, the most popular sports betting apps, like DraftKings and FanDuel, don't work in Rhode Island. That could change.
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A new name for public media in Rhode Island: Ocean State Media
The Public’s Radio and Rhode Island PBS merged in May, 2024 and now plan to unify under a new name this fall. The Public’s ...
Taylor Swift isn't the only one on Forbes' list of richest celeb women who has a RI house
One of the two women on the list with a Rhode Island house is an easy guess: billionaire Taylor Swift. According to Forbes, ...
Winning numbers drawn in Thursday’s Rhode Island Numbers Evening
The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the "Rhode Island Numbers Evening" game were: (zero, two, five, six) ...
DOJ opens civil rights probe into RI employment practices
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation to determine if Rhode Island’s employment practices ...