R.I. gift store hoodies have raised $10,000 for Brown’s Student Emergency Support Fund. The “Hope, Power, Friendship, Providence” hoodies are inspired by an iconic poster by The Mad Peck, a Brown engineering graduate www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/m...

The Providence firefighters were treating two wounded students when they suddenly heard gunfire. That's how they realized there was a mass shooter at Brown University -- and that no one was safe. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/m...

By Jon Saltzman and @shurufu.bsky.social -- After shooting, some Brown University students head home early www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/14/m...

Two dead, eight injured in shooting at Brown University. A single gunman dressed in black was seen leaving the Barus & Holley Engineering building, and is still at large www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/13/m...

PROVIDENCE — Police were searching for a gunman after a shooting on the campus of Brown University that killed two people and critically wounded eight others in an engineering building as students were taking final exams Saturday afternoon, officials said.

Nancy Barnes, the editor of the Boston Globe, announced to staff Friday that she is stepping down from her role at the end of next week.

Citing attacks on free speech, immigration enforcement and domestic military action, URI human rights researchers say the US is at risk of committing "mass atrocities" www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/12/m...

UPDATED with interview with @magaziner.house.gov: Kristi Noem said the Trump administration hasn’t deported any US veterans. Then a R.I. lawmaker featured one on Zoom. | Video www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/11/m...

R.I. Representative @magaziner.house.gov grills Homeland Security Secretary Noem about why veterans are being deported www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/11/m...

“Why is it we only take people from s—-hole countries, right?” Trump said onstage. “Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few?”

Breaking News: Miami voters elected Eileen Higgins as mayor, choosing a Democrat to lead the city for the first time in almost 30 years.

“A bad fire” engulfed apartment units in Taunton Massachusetts early Tuesday morning. “What woke up a lot of the residents was the smoke detectors,” said Steven Lavigne, the city’s fire chief. ”Smoke detectors do save lives, and in this case, it saved a bunch of lives."

“People who hate Muslims, they now might feel they can do something because they have support from him,” said Saleh Mahamud, a local imam in Maine.

NEW: Rhode’s Island’s two embattled safety-net hospitals — Roger Williams and Fatima Hospital — will remain open through at least January with the help of funds from an escrow held by @peterneronha.bsky.social’s office. More: @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/m...

NEW: Global toymaker Hasbro is wasting no time ramping up its move to Boston, and has begun hiring for its new office. But what will happen to their Rhode Island office in Pawtucket? More: @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/m...

In an exclusive interview, Jha declined to tell me who was involved in this new initiative, but said it would most likely be headquartered in the Greater Boston area, and that it would be independent of any university. @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/m...

“All bets are off,” said Sarah Sherman-Stokes, an associate director of the Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Program at Boston University. “ICE is now pervasive.”

Afghans and other immigrants in Rhode Island are beginning to feel like “prey,” as if they’re being “hunted,” Omar Bah, founder of Refugee Dream Center in Providence, told @fitzprov.bsky.social.

RI legislator proposes statewide ‘zero tolerance’ anti-hazing policy for school athletics, after two incidents. “There are some traditions and rituals that may have been acceptable in the past that are no longer acceptable under any circumstances,” McNamara said. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/m...

After decades as a pediatrician, R.I. grandfather fighting for visitation rights said he was ‘unaware’ of rules against treating family members www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/01/m...

Republican Guckian enters R.I. governor’s race as a ‘compassionate conservative.’ Aaron Guckian calls himself a ‘prolific fundraiser,’ saying he would be able to compete with Democrats who have raised millions. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/01/m...

SCOOP: More than a week after RWU’s president informed all employees that they would have to take part in mandatory furloughs to tackle a deficit, the union representing many of these workers has warned of unfair labor practice charges. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...

Places of worship are a way for communities to stay connected to the faith and culture from their old home.

This is quite stunning from the @wsj.com. Business investment in AI might have accounted for as much as half of the growth in gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, in the first six months of the year.

A Caffè Nero spokesperson said in an email that the interaction was “a genuine case of mistaken identity due to the close similarity of height, build, and style of beard and glasses with a customer who had been responsible for significant anti-social behaviour previously.”

My colleague @emmaplatoff.bsky.social reports from Nova Scotia, Canada, and looks at the impact of tariffs on the area’s lumber industry.

By @shurufu.bsky.social -- www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/23/m...

NEW: In New Bedford, residents can attend Mass on Sunday and hear hymns in Portuguese, Spanish, or Arabic, find peace at a synagogue on a Saturday, or attend prayers at a nearby mosque on Friday. But amid scaled up immigration enforcement, some faith leaders say anxieties have been running high.

In New England, only one state offers universal pre-K. What will it take for the rest of the region to do the same? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/m...

Parents of R.I. high school football players file complaint, denying antisemitism. The parents of five Smithfield High School football players claim the student’s privacy rights were violated during a presentation by Jewish organizations. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/19/m...

With shutdown over, Trump administration withdraws request to halt order for full SNAP funding. Solicitor General D. John Sauer withdraws a request that US Supreme Court halt the order of a federal judge in R.I. “because the underlying dispute here is now moot.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/13/m...

US customs agents have held a 48-year-old Rhode Island woman in detention at Logan International Airport for a week on immigration-related allegations, though she was in the country lawfully, her attorney said.

Here are the ways the Epstein files could complicate Republican internal politics, writes @jamespindell.bsky.social.

By @jimpuzzanghera.bsky.social -- Three New England senators provided pivotal votes to advance legislation to reopen the government. Here’s why. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/11/n...

NEW: Everyone's been asking: what's going into the old Eastside Marketplace in Providence? Whole Foods just signed a 20-year lease for the space, according to public records. Here's what we know: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/11/m...

David J. Simon, from Yale University, on what's unfolding in Sudan. "Videos available on social media show summary executions and soldiers shooting residents in flight. Satellite images show unburied corpses, destroyed hospitals, and pools of blood at what were presumably execution points."

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

PROVIDENCE — A federal judge in Rhode Island on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to provide full November funding for the national food stamp funding by Friday, reports my colleague @fitzprov.bsky.social.

Great read from @shurufu.bsky.social — Mamdani’s victory inspires ‘hope’ among New England Muslims www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/m...

🎙️Podcast: @reed.senate.gov warns of Trump politicizing the US military. Reed, ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, urges Republicans not to remain silent while “while the president transforms the military into his personal political tool” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/m...

“There aren’t words to describe … the sense of hope, that I have for the future of my children, that someone has finally been able to break that barrier.” My latest for @bostonglobe.com is about what @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s election in New York means for Muslims in New England.

NEW: Years ago, a retired nurse told @peterfneronha.bsky.social she lost her home after her hospital’s pension collapsed. Now Rhode Island’s AG is fighting to save two more hospitals — and maybe the state’s health system. My latest in this saga: @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/m...

JUST IN: Prime Healthcare execs have *confirmed* to me that state officials had reached out to Prime about these two hospitals. "We are in the early stages of reviewing the situation," their spox said. Read more: @bostonglobe.com @globeri.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...

Trump says he won’t make any SNAP payments until shutdown ends. Tuesday's statement comes as plaintiffs have filed a motion in federal court in RI seeking full SNAP payments for November. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...

SCOOP: Another health system may be eyeing two cash-strapped hospitals in Rhode Island as Prospect Medical Holdings, their bankrupt parent company based in California, recently threatened to close the two hospitals down. See which one: @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...

SCOOP: Days after Prospect Medical Holdings signaled plans to shut down its two safety-net hospitals in Rhode Island, the CEO of the nonprofit trying to buy them says it’s not walking away from the deal. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/m...

Trump administration will tap contingency funds to make partial SNAP payments. But the US Department of Agriculture has refused to dip into other funds to make full food stamp payments for November www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/m...

Federal judge in R.I. responds to Trump administration, spells out where to find funding for SNAP payments. Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. gave the administration until Monday make full November SNAP payments or until Wednesday to make partial payments www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/m...

“There is no doubt, and it is beyond argument, that irreparable harm will begin to occur, if it hasn’t already occurred in the terror it has caused some people about the availability of funding for food for their family,” US District Court in Rhode Island Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. said.

NEW: Prospect Medical Holdings is looking to shut down Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence and Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence by the end of the year, the latest blow to the two safety-net hospitals. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...