A popular Providence restaurant canceled reservations, cut staff, and abruptly shut down. What happened? @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/12/m...

“ Rich people borrow money from other rich people using our public hospitals as collateral, and now need us to bail them out with public money so that we can convert the private hospital back to a nonprofit," Sen. Jonathon Acosta said. "That is wild.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/m...

NEW: The historic Merchants Bank building in downtown Providence has hit the market. @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/m...

Want to go to Brown University? It could cost you more than $97,000 a year. My latest, via @bostonglobe.com / @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/m...

NEW: Providence has released body camera footage and other public records from Brown University shooting, nearly two months later. W/ @stephmachado.bsky.social & @alexagagosz.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...

UPDATE in Brown University shooting investigation: FBI is "still trying to see if they can extract some social media" from the shooter "but they haven’t really come up with anything solid,” Providence Police Chief Perez told my colleague @chrisgavin.bsky.social. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...

From Portland, Maine, to Newport, Rhode Island, Globe reporter @alexagagosz.bsky.social reached out to a few of the semifinalists and asked what dishes diners should order when visiting their restaurants, and why these plates define their cooking.

It's striking how Central Falls has turned over both the police report and the body camera footage and Pawtucket has (once again) dug in and refused to release the legally-required arrest report, and now somehow developed a novel legal theory that the report isn't subject to disclosure.

🎙️Experts weigh in on plans to change how R.I. funds its schools. On the #RIReport podcast, the @rifoundation.bsky.social’s @davidcicilline.bsky.social joins Georgetown's Nora Gordon and Brown University's John Papay to discuss the state’s school funding formula www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/29/m...

The Pawtucket police went into another city, tackled a man in his home, and seized his dog. Turned out, they had the wrong man. Now, they refuse to talk about what happened & why they violated basic police protocol. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/29/m...

NEW: More than six weeks after a shooter killed two students at Brown University and then gunned down a MIT professor at his home, leaders in law enforcement and Congress want answers from the FBI on where the investigation stands. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/29/m...

Inbox: Gov. Dan McKee calls for Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.

From loss to legacy: A year after losing loved ones in plane crash, families find purpose in advocacy “A lot of us found each other and have kind of just tried to press on and try to find some good out of this all, however we can." My latest: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/m...

“This level of granular federal involvement in a private university is unprecedented, as is so much in the Trump administration’s approach to higher education,” said Nora Demleitner, the former president of St. John’s College in Maryland. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/m...

NEW for @bostonglobe.com: An assessment, mandated by a 2025 settlement with Trump, show disparities at Brown University. The survey’s federally mandated questions + requirement that results are shared with the White House raise questions about autonomy. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/m...

No school, Providence Public School District, on Tuesday

Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino and some agents reportedly expected to leave Minneapolis. Follow live updates.

Owner Kim Anderson says she personally invested in renovations that took place upstairs at Plant City in 2025, which created SĒZN. “It’s been difficult to accept that, despite hope the traffic issues would shift, they have not,” Anderson told me. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/26/m...

Plant City, the vegan food hall in Providence, is closing. Owner Kim Anderson cites the closure of the Washington Bridge for a loss in customers, but Plant City’s flagship store has faced other problems. @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/26/m...

A federal judge has order federal officials to preserve the evidence related to the Saturday shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents.

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

@alexagagosz.bsky.social let me write today’s Food Club; if you’re not subscribed to this weekly newsletter, you’re missing out www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/21/m...

NEW: A missed deadline, a bankrupt owner, and a state on the hook for two Rhode Island hospitals. Will Rhode Island have to take control of Roger Williams Medical Center and Fatima Hospital, both owned by bankrupt Prospect Medical Holdings? @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/21/m...

President Trump is heading to Davos hoping to stage a signing ceremony to showcase support for his proposed Board of Peace—an invitation-only coalition with a $1 billion pledge for permanent membership. on.wsj.com/49NwOFi

ICYMI: R.I.’s first life science incubator labs are opening in a few weeks. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/19/m...

Mayor Smiley quickly opposed the council’s rent control ordinance, which he wasn’t involved in crafting We’re still months away from a vote on this, but the council would need 10 votes to overturn a veto

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

Breaking: The Providence City Council is set to unveil a rent control proposal with a 4% limit on rent increases and significant exemptions, including for smaller landlords and new construction. Here are all the details: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/20/m...

Older Americans have amassed one of the largest concentrations of private wealth in history. Now, that wealth is starting to be passed down to Gen Xers and Millennials—and it’s having a ripple effect across the high-end property market. 🔗 on.wsj.com/3YJ1Rx2

How will we eat in 2026? What's the next big food trend? Here are some educated guesses from experts. via @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/m...

Person shot in leg by federal law enforcement in Minneapolis after assaulting an officer, DHS says @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/u...

The City of Providence will hire an external consultant to review the city’s response to the shooting at Brown University last month. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/14/m...

BREAKING: A newly released video shows the Brown University gunman fleeing campus. The video was captured on a university shuttle van. @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/14/m...

NEW: Most Rhode Island colleges do not arm their campus officers. Should they? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/14/m...

Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/13/n...

NEW: He helped find the Brown University shooter. Will John the Redditor be rewarded? My latest, w/ @stephmachado.bsky.social via @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/12/m...

Stumbled upon a column I wrote quoting former @providencejournal.bsky.social editor Tom Heslin: "To dismiss the issue of access as the narrow concern of reporters is, to me, akin to dismissing airline safety as the narrow concern of pilots. I assure you, we are all passengers on this democracy."

NEW: After a mass shooting, should schools like Brown University demolish the buildings where the violence took place? My latest, via @bostonglobe.com w/ @shannonlarson.bsky.social Travis Anderson and @camilo-fonseca.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/09/m...

R.I. governor likely to propose millionaires tax amid Trump cuts. Governor Daniel McKee said he plans to propose eliminating state income tax on Social Security benefits, covering RIPTA’s deficit, and pursuing an economic development bond. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/08/m...

State of R.I. buys shuttered St. Mary’s children’s home property, aims to open a new psychiatric residential facility for youths www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/07/m...

Dealing with AI-generated images “is our new reality,” said Jim Bueermann, a retired police chief from Redlands, Calif., who is the founder of the Future Policing Institute, a think tank. “Welcome to 2026. This is only going to get worse.” @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social

Providence police Sergeant Brian Dyer, who ran the tip center, recalled receiving at least one tip in which a caller reported using an AI-based tool to identify a suspect. The name they provided, he said, was completely inaccurate and had “no bearing on the investigation.”

RI Attorney General finds Pawtucket police officer was “legally justified” in shooting of mentally disabled man holding a toy gun. However, @riaclu.bsky.social questions police failure to follow policies on bodyworn cameras. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/07/m...

My latest: AI-generated images of the Brown University shooter across social media complicated the investigation. Law enforcement officials and AI experts say this flood of digital “slop” is no longer a fringe problem. @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/07/m...

SCOOP IN @bostonglobe.com: The suspect in the Brown University mass shooting and the killing of an MIT professor confessed to the attacks in a series of short videos that authorities discovered on an electronic device after his death by suicide last month. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/06/m...

“It was one of the happiest places on campus for me,” a physics professor who taught in one of the Barus and Holley lecture rooms told me. On Dec. 13, “Evil visited that room... and now all I can feel is sadness." @bostonglobe.com

Barus and Holley, lecture halls 166 and 168, where the shooting at Brown University took place in December, will be sealed and secured behind new walls and emergency access doors. Classes scheduled in those rooms will be relocated. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/05/m...

NEW: As Brown faces federal scrutiny after a shooting killed two students, university officials announced a recovery plan that includes expanded mental health support, security updates, and a new timeline to partially reopen the Barus & Holley building. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/05/m...