It was a deflating end for Providence (23-11-2), which claimed its first Hockey East regular-season title but was upset at home by eighth-seeded Merrimack in the tournament quarterfinals.

Commentary: Rhode Island’s incomplete recovery from this crisis reveals two important truths about our education system. First, meaningful improvement is possible when the state applies focus. Second, without stronger statewide authority, some children will not benefit from that progress.

Authorities are investigating a “suspicious death” at a salon in Central Falls, R.I. as a homicide, police said Thursday night.

A Rhode Island judge has ordered the beleaguered Croft School in Providence to remain open for the time being and appointed a special master to oversee the private school’s finances.

From Dan McGowan: Janna Lawrence is the first emergency management director at Rhode Island College, and the role is taking on new urgency after the tragedy at Brown.

🎙️ On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Salve Regina University Professor Mary Anderson talks about first ladies through history, from Mary Washington to Jill Biden.

Authorities are investigating a “suspicious death that occurred” at a salon in Central Falls, R.I., police said Thursday.

A fugitive on Rhode Island’s “Most Wanted” list in a 2017 Providence murder case was arrested Tuesday in Guatemala, according to the US Marshals Service.

In Rhode Map: The Trinity Repertory Company has found its new artistic director. The award-winning regional theater company is bringing in Meredith McDonough, a New Jersey native who has helped shape new play development across the country, from Louisville’s Humana Festival to Silicon Valley.

A federal judge in Rhode Island is ordering Richard Hatch, the Newport resident who won the inaugural season of “Survivor,” to pay $3.3 million in delinquent income taxes and penalties stemming from his reality-TV victory nearly 26 years ago.

James Hagens — who primarily skated on the wing on Providence’s top line with Patrick Brown and Matej Blumel — did land three shots on net and showcased some flashes of his high-end skill.

Rhode Island paid $220,000 to cover union dues for thousands of state employees after the payments were not withheld from paychecks late last month because of “human error,” according to the state Department of Administration.

Two people were taken to a hospital after an airplane crashed on Block Island on Wednesday, according to officials.

Providence College has “reorganized” its Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office into its Catholic ministry office, according to faculty members who now worry the move could impact how the institution meets the needs of its LGBTQ+ students.

Gravy the turkey spent nearly two months at Congress of the Birds, a state-licensed and federally permitted nonprofit wildlife rehabilitation center. But after his release, the turkey followed his instincts and returned to his old ways.

The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $30,000 MacColl Johnson Fellowships to Steven Johnson, Kirstin Lamb, and Siena Smith, selected from 144 applicants. The no-strings-attached grants — among the largest of their kind nationally — are designed to do one thing: free artists up to focus.

As Sonia’s has grown from a small ethnic grocery into a go-to lunch destination, the café has begun leaning more deliberately into its Armenian roots, introducing a wider audience to the flavors of the tiny country in the Caucasus.

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a proposed settlement with CVS Caremark, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the country, on insulin pricing.

A state judge is refusing to toss out a lawsuit challenging Brown University’s claim that its police department is exempt from the state’s public records law.

Commentary: Mr. Speaker, you have the chance to make a sacrifice for the good of the Supreme Court and show that it is more important than any one person’s ambition. Because the credibility of an institution so many have worked hard to rebuild is at stake.

In an effort to keep the Providence campus open, a group of eight parents has filed a petition in Rhode Island Superior Court, asking a judge to put the school into receivership, a type of state-level bankruptcy.

In response to allegations that César Chavez sexually abused girls and women, Marta Martinez decided to dissolve the nonprofit she created in Chavez’s name. And now she is advocating for stripping away other honors.

A JetBlue flight leaving T.F. Green International Airport headed for New York abruptly returned to Warwick on Tuesday morning after striking an animal on the runway during departure.

A 19-year-old student at Mount Saint Charles Academy, a Catholic school in Woonsocket, R.I., was arrested last week after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old student in a school hallway, authorities said.

Monday’s invitation was the Bruins’ way of celebrating one of Rhode Island’s newest high school state champions, of welcoming a team that just five weeks earlier, on a Monday night inside a Pawtucket hockey arena, had its world shattered by unthinkable violence.

Commentary: On the gas side, estimated billing is capped at six months. On the electricity side, no such cap exists, allowing for unlimited – and unfair – retroactive billing. We must close this loophole.

Less than a year after opening inside downtown Providence’s historic Union Station property, food hall Track 15 is already seeing some changes.

The Roger Williams Park Zoo is mourning the loss of Raff, a golden lion tamarin monkey, who died earlier this month.

From Rhode Map: A new poll shows Helena Foulkes leads incumbent Governor Dan McKee 24 percent to 15 percent among likely Democratic primary voters, with a massive number of undecided voters, with less than five months before early voting begins.

More frozen food products sold at Trader Joe’s are being recalled in 43 states — including Rhode Island and Massachusetts — because they may contain “foreign objects” including glass, according to a recent notice from the US Food and Drug Administration.

Commentary: Because of the slashing of RIPTA’s service, affecting 45 out of its 63 lines, tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders have lost time, income, and the ability to access educational, civic, medical, commercial, and religious opportunities.

A Brown University researcher is wiring the state with low-cost sensors that let residents and emergency managers know, in real-time, how high water is rising and how bad the air has become in their neighborhoods.

A 42-year-old man was arrested in connection with the theft of copper pipes from homes in Little Compton, R.I., authorities said.

Courses are still recovering from the rapid snowmelt we saw at the beginning of March, and any incoming wet or soggy weather will obviously play a significant role when it comes to course conditions.

The Falcons are one of six New England teams in the 16-team field, joined by Merrimack, Providence, Dartmouth, UConn, and Quinnipiac.

From Boston Globe Opinion: While bogus science appeared in the case files from time to time, the bigger problem by far was something called “system error” — problems not with the forensic testing itself but with the way the justice system used and communicated the results.

Students from the financially troubled Croft School in Providence and Boston are returning to class today as their beloved school faces an uncertain future. Dan McGowan asked a group of parents to answer a few questions about what they’re experiencing as their children return from March break.

The 97 applicants who want to open Rhode Island’s first recreational-only marijuana shops are eyeing locations from Woonsocket to Westerly, hoping to cash in on a lucrative industry that, until now, has been open to few.

Ushering in a new era, the Providence men’s basketball team named South Florida head coach Bryan Hodgson to replace Kim English as head coach. English was let go at the end of a 15-18 season.

Single-family home sales in Rhode Island hit a 15-year low in February amid economic uncertainty, a lingering supply shortage, and a historic, record-breaking snowstorm, according to the Rhode Island Association of Realtors.

Three juveniles were apprehended at Brown University on Wednesday and two were charged in connection with recent break-ins reported at student dorm rooms, school and city officials said.

Commentary: Children who grow up in poverty, especially in early childhood, face higher risks of physical and behavioral health challenges, hunger, academic struggles, and long-term economic instability. These are outcomes we can prevent.

February’s historic snowstorm, which broke the long-standing Blizzard of ’78’s one-day snowfall record, cost Providence approximately $3.8 million in cleanup and pushed the city’s storm response budget for the year past $7 million.

In an emotional ceremony, the Rhode Island Senate on Thursday named its State House chambers for the late Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio. Ruggerio, a North Providence Democrat, died in April 2025 at age 76 after more than four decades in the state Legislature.

The Rhode Island-based pharmacy giant also owns health insurer Aetna and pharmacy benefit manager Caremark, allowing it to control how medications are priced, prescribed, and dispensed to patients. A proposal in Tennessee seeks to change that.

What’s for dinner? 🍽️ Our food team has launched a brand new recipe database that will make it easy to find a dish to make or figure out what to do with an ingredient.

It’s the best time of year for basketball fans with the NCAA Tournament beginning today for the men and tomorrow for the women (URI’s women’s team is dancing for the first time in 30 years, and plays Alabama on Saturday).

Two men arrested after authorities said they stole a Ferrari convertible at gunpoint from a Cranston, R.I. home in 2024 that was later found in Florida have pleaded guilty to several charges, court records show.

Antisemitic graffiti was found this week at three schools in East Greenwich, R.I., weeks after an incident of racist vandalism at a local elementary school, according to school Superintendent Thomas Kenworthy.

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Salve Regina expert, Anna Matos-Mournighan talks about what Massachusetts, Maine, and Oregon have done to control private equity and protect patients.