Last month, a blue whale was spotted off the coast in waters near Rhode Island by the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life — an “unusual occurrence” according to a NEAQ press ...

When former slave Thomas Nichols of Warwick, R.I., needed help, he wrote letters to the Rhode Island couple who once owned him. Now enlisted in the First Rhode Island Regiment, Nichols traded ...

Matt Schooley is a digital producer at CBS Boston. He has been a member of the WBZ news team for the last decade. Police in Pawtucket, Rhode Island said they are still searching for motive following ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a blizzard continues to dump heavy snow and forceful wind gusts across Rhode Island, it looks like the kids may be getting a ...

A suspect accused of shooting and killing two people at a Rhode Island ice rink on Monday before killing himself was identified as transgender and had a history of past family conflict over his gender ...

Rhode Islanders should expect thousands of power outages and a "multi-day" restoration effort as a result of a powerful blizzard forecast for southern New England, according to Rhode Island Energy.

This story was published on Feb. 22. Find our most recent coverage for Feb. 23 here. A "potentially history" and "destructive" storm is barreling toward Rhode Island, expected to start tonight and ...

Authorities on Tuesday revealed chilling details about the moments before a transgender gunman opened fire inside a Rhode Island hockey arena, describing what police called a "very targeted" attack in ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The family of a Providence woman who died in a fire last December is suing Rhode Island Hospital and a local funeral home after discovering the wrong remains were released ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blizzard warning is in effect for all of Rhode Island as the state is now expected to be slammed with more than 20 inches, ...

In Rhode Island, the whiteout snowfall on Monday shattered records and overwhelmed even local snowplows, which were called off the roads at some points by local and state officials as conditions ...

GRAPPLING WITH THIS TRAGIC AND HORRIFIC SITUATION. WE HAVE SHOT, FIRED, MULTIPLE PEOPLE NOW. AT THE ARENA. SHOCK AND DISBELIEF IS SPREADING ACROSS PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, AFTER A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING ...