Scott Given, the leader of the shuttered Croft School, used the institution’s funds for lavish family vacation and personal expenses while lying to investors and families about its dire financial circumstances, state securities regulators alleged in a complaint this week.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have donated $26 million to charities this week ahead of their Friday wedding at Madison Square Garden, including a $1 million donation to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.

The Fan Zone has attracted more than 70,000 visitors, and after the FIFA Fan Festival Boston shut down following the end of the World Cup group stage, the Providence spot is the only remaining FIFA-sanctioned event outside Boston Stadium (Gillette Stadium).

The Rhode Island Report podcast is taking a few weeks off this summer, so this week we are offering a second bite at the Lil Rhody Clam Cake Crawl. ☀️

Hot and humid with temperatures pushing 100 degrees away from the south coast. Spot shower chance, but mostly sunny. The coast stays closer to 90.

Superior Court Presiding Justice Joseph A. Montalbano, a former state Senate president, assigned that case to Judge Richard A. Licht, a former lieutenant governor, state senator, and administration director whose interest in a state judgeship raised revolving door questions 13 years ago.

The makeshift memorial grew throughout the day as family members, friends, and strangers stopped by, trying to make sense of what happened — how three generations of one family were gone in an instant. trib.al/rgfzic5

Some of the allegations date back decades, attorney Mark B. Decof said. In some instances, clients had retained the firm for years, in hopes this moment would someday come, he said. trib.al/cQ34hD2

The First Rhode Island Regiment was composed of approximately 225 soldiers (about 140 Blacks and 85 Indigenous men), many of whom joined in the hope of gaining freedom for themselves and future generations, Lorén Spears said.

From Dan McGowan in Rhode Map: Time is running short for McKee, and his numbers aren’t improving nearly fast enough.

This Theatre By The Sea production includes a talented cast with voices built for 1950s doo-wop and bodies that easily bend to the requisite high-octane dance moves of the time.

Speaker after speaker denounced last week’s US Supreme Court ruling, which said the Trump administration has the authority to revoke an immigration program that allows some 330,000 people from Haiti and 6,100 people from Syria to live and work legally in the United States on humanitarian grounds.

From Rhode Island Current: Now that Rhode Island has eliminated the residency requirement for recreational pot shop owners, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission is asking a federal judge to undo the court order that halted its first round of applications.

The suit filed by 25 states, including Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont, contends federal guidelines released this month create an unfair bureaucratic maze for people entitled to receive Medicaid coverage.

In Rhode Map: It’s been a rough couple of weeks for charter schools in Rhode Island, but one has finally found a long-term home in Providence.

South County will be the most comfortable over the next couple of days with temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80, but it’s in the 80s to near 90 elsewhere on Tuesday and in the lower to mid-90s Wednesday.

Pawtucket police said in a statement the three generations of the family were found dead in the car on Monday in what they described as a “tragic accident,” with no signs of foul play.

The US Department of Justice on Monday filed lawsuits against Rhode Island and Massachusetts, challenging state laws that provide in-state tuition and financial assistance to undocumented students who attend public universities and colleges.

A 71-year-old man who had been clamming Sunday afternoon at Conimicut Point and then was “no longer visible,” has died, according to the Warwick Police Department.

In Rhode Map: As another school year comes to a close, Dan McGowan asked five Rhode Island superintendents what one lesson or realization will influence how they lead their districts going forward.

While New England was largely MIA, other states went all in. There was virtual reality pheasant hunting and railroad simulation. There were life-size buffaloes and more than one ceramic cow.

First responders are resuming their search Monday for a car that went into the Seekonk River in Pawtucket on Sunday night.

The Boston Globe Rhode Island team took home 34 Rhode Island Press Association Awards for work published in 2025, including 14 first place finishes, at the press association’s annual award banquet at the Quonset O Club on Friday. 🎉

As grocery stores have embraced self-checkout kiosks, a new law in Rhode Island will ensure shoppers will still have the option to make their purchases the old-fashioned way.

The researcher quit his doctoral studies at Brown University and started a new company, called Overworld. Its ambition is in its name: AI that can understand and navigate a world, not just words.

Aaron Guckian received 72 votes from delegates from the Republican State Central Committee, while Pelino received 44 votes. Ten delegates voted for no endorsement.

A therapist formerly employed by a Rhode Island charter school is suing the institution, alleging she was wrongfully terminated after she reported being sexually harassed by a 15-year-old student, and that school officials failed to accommodate her needs when she suffered from PTSD.

Rhode Island Pride said the organization is conducting a review after a float that appeared in its annual parade last weekend suggested violence against Providence Mayor Brett Smiley.

More than 70 food and beverage workers at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport went on strike on Thursday, walking off the job after what their union said has been more than a year of failed negotiations with their Florida-based employer.

Big Freedia, the New Orleans MC and bounce music icon, and Grammy-winning R&B artist and Providence native Butch Tavares will be among the lineup of performers at the 2026 PVDFest in Providence this September, festival organizers and city officials announced.

Former Rhode Island house speaker K. Joseph Sherkarchi on Thursday went to court to try to dismiss an ethics complaint that claims he violated a revolving door provision by applying for a state Supreme Court vacancy.

Rhode Island Governor Daniel J. McKee has issued his first veto of the year, rejecting legislation to create an energy-use reporting requirement for large buildings and campuses.

Summers in Rhode Island mean sand in your clothes while eating an ice cream cone, slurping briny oysters, or sipping cocktails at a rooftop bar. This summer, owners of new restaurants and bars are flinging open their doors across the state. 🍽️🏖️

Former Cranston mayor Allan W. Fung has left the Republican Party and is running as an independent for the state House of Representatives seat that his wife once held.

Providence schools are set to return to local control beginning July 1, and now the City Council is moving to fix one of the least glamorous but most important issues that helped prompt the state’s takeover seven years ago: how the district buys things.

A man allegedly tried to abduct two young children in front of their mother near Providence’s Kennedy Plaza and bit a bystander during a subsequent struggle on Tuesday morning, according to authorities.

Authorities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island have arrested 13 people amid investigations aimed at cracking down on human trafficking and exploitation during the World Cup, officials said Tuesday.

With Rhode Island serving as the home base camp for Ghana’s national team, that cultural pride is something he said is shared by a lot of communities in the Ocean State.

“It definitely has its heart in Rhode Island and New England,” said cartoonist Will Henry, whose work is now appearing in The Boston Globe.

The Ghana national football team's match against England ended in a 0-0 tie, but that was still cause to celebrate.

From Beth Teitell: At a $55 meet-and-greet with reality stars, a sold-out event built on performance and spray tans gave way to something rarer.

“Road rage incidents are increasingly common, incredibly dangerous, and entirely avoidable,” said Representative Arthur J. Corvese of North Providence, R.I., who also co-sponsored the law. “Road rage is a choice, and this bill is aimed at sending a message to drivers to choose differently.”

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has rescinded its 2009 “Charter Champion Award” for McKee, and the organization’s president and CEO is calling it “the first time we have taken such action in the 20-year life of these awards.”

While Rhode Island remains focused on the Democratic primary for governor, a series of state Senate primaries is taking shape as conservative and progressive groups grapple for the balance of power in that chamber.

Flash flooding has submerged vehicles in Fall River and parts of coastal Rhode Island as back-building storms unleashed torrential downpours early Tuesday. The rain is continuing on and off throughout New England this afternoon and into tonight, with possible thunderstorms.

Pawtucket is moving closer to the construction of hundreds of housing units, retail shops, and restaurant spaces as part of the massive Tidewater Landing development along the Seekonk River.

Dawn has become a local celebrity, with people flocking around her at events ranging from New England Patriots games to the lighting of the Big Blue Bug, where she got to meet Grammy Award-nominated singer Jeffrey Osborne.

A man who was allegedly trespassing was struck by an Amtrak train and killed late Sunday night near Kingston, R.I., according to an Amtrak spokesman.

Police briefly stopped a New York Knicks player from Rhode Island during the team’s championship parade Thursday in Manhattan, apparently mistaking him for a rowdy fan who hopped the gate, according to social media footage that quickly went viral.

In an unusual move, the Rhode Island Democratic State Committee issued no endorsement for the incumbent governor and lieutenant governor on Saturday.