Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that a federal ban on “bump stock” devices, which allow semiautomatic weapons to fire at a rate similar to machine guns, was unlawful. The justices have also struck ...

Governor Dan McKee visited McLaughlin Research Center in Middletown to highlight The RI Real Jobs program, to which his proposed budget invests an additional $2.3 million. The investment is expected ...

A Central Falls man has been convicted in Superior Court of murdering 22-year-old Joel Rosario in Pawtucket back in 2020.

New York’s first case of measles outside of New York City this year has been confirmed, according to the state Department of Health. The patient is reported to be less than five years old and a ...

It's unlikely Rhode Island will see much impact to conservation funds tied to gun taxes if an assault weapons ban passes in the state.

PROVIDENCE – A Providence man has been sentenced to double life sentences for murder and related assault and firearms charges ...

Genther (RF), Thompson (1B), Henschel (LF), Hindle (DH), Leikus (C), Medina (CF), Johnston (P) Bryant Starters D’Amato (LF), ...

Several notable pieces of legislation advanced in the Rhode Island General Assembly this week, addressing a variety of issues ...

I've read with interest that 65% of Rhode Islanders support a gun ban (which, make no mistake about it, is what they are ...

To the Editor, With all this talk of the proposed assault-weapon ban from the governor and legislators, there's one thing that hasn't been discussed; the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration ...

FEMA funding is the focus of the latest motion filed Friday by 23 Democratic state attorneys general, led by Rhode Island AG Peter Neronha.

The teams will meet for the 166th time, but this will mark the final conference game between the two schools — as UMass is ...