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The Latest Breaking News from Rhode Island

Scientists renew efforts to find ship torched by colonists

A new effort is underway to find the remains of a British ship that Rhode Island colonists burned 250 years ago

The Independent UK

Man charged with killing mother at sea to inherit estate

A man found floating on a raft in the ocean off the coast of Rhode Island in 2016 after his boat sank has been indicted on charges alleging he killed his mother at sea to inherit the family’s estate

The Independent UK

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Rhode Island disclosure law

On April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not take up Gaspee Project v. Mederos, a lawsuit challenging Rhode Island’s campaign finance disclosure regulations. The court’s refusal to hear the appeal means a lower court ruling upholding the state’s law will stand.

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Rhode Island Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Rhode Island's Abortion Rights Statute

From Wednesday's decision of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in Benson v. McKee (opinion by Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg, joined by Chief Justice Paul Suttell and Justice William Robinson; Justices Erin Lynch Prata and Melissa Long did not participate): In 2019 the General Assembly enacted the Reproductive Privacy Act (the…

Reason

New reparations focus: Black enclaves lost to development

City officials in Providence weighing reparations for Black residents are looking beyond the Rhode Island capital’s leading role in slavery

The Independent UK

Albertsons, Uber Expand Partnership To 2,000+ Stores Nationwide

Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) and Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER) have expanded their partnership to include more than 2,000 of the grocer's banner stores nationwide through Uber Eats. Some of the banner stores included are Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Tom Thumb, and Randalls. The expansion will bring nearly 800 new locations to Uber Eats, including consumers…

Benzinga

New Englanders support more offshore wind power – just don’t send it to New York

In Rhode Island, home to the first offshore wind farm in the U.S., most people support expanding offshore wind power – with one important caveat.

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BJ's Wholesale Club Launches BJ's Market In Warwick, Rhode Island

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (NYSE:BJ) has launched BJ's market, a new concept club in Warwick, Rhode Island. BJ's market will feature top-selling fresh foods, produce, sundries, and seasonal products for members of BJ's wholesale club. The market is 43,000 square feet, about half the size of a full-sized BJ's club. "We are…

Benzinga

Brickbat: You Will Do What's Good for You

Rhode Island state Sen. Sam Bell has introduced a bill that would require all unvaccinated residents of the state pay a $50-a-month fine. The fine would apply to everyone eligible for the vaccine. Bell's bill would also force unvaccinated Rhode Islanders to pay double their state income taxes.

Reason

Hangar 420 Partners With Greenleaf Compassion Center To Launch Cannabis-Infused Coffee Syrup

Hangar 420, owned by Ocean State Controlled Botanicals (OSBC), is launching a cannabis infused coffee syrup, Co-Pilot Syrup, to mark the annual celebration of cannabis with a tribute to the official beverage of Rhode Island – Coffee Milk.

Benzinga

Adoptive dad of fugitive US sex offender Nicholas Rossi breaks silence as he claims cops have the right man

David Rossi, who is an Engelbert Humperdinck impersonator, says he is prepared to travel to Scotland from Rhode Island to identify his adoptive son, US fugitive Nicholas Rossi.

Daily Record

Don Winslow: ‘I’m a cupcake. I certainly couldn’t be a leg-breaker’

The American crime writer on the inspiration for his new book about warring gangs, his sudden thirst for poetry and why reading Jane Austen wears him out

The Guardian - UK

Rep. Langevin: Public service has changed since Capitol riot

After the Capitol riot, longtime Congressman Jim Langevin said he thought for a brief moment that the foolishness and recklessness of dividing the country would finally stop

The Independent UK

The most massive comet ever found

Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein's nucleus is about 80 miles in diameter — larger than Rhode Island

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Benzinga

DEA Sued By Rhode Island Lab Over 'Foot Dragging' On Marijuana Pharmaceutical Licensing, Here's What We Know So Far

Two Rhode Island cannabinoid research laboratories are suing the DEA for standing in the way of what they consider to be the crucial development of pharmaceutical-grade cannabis products for use in clinical trials for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis and Huntington's Disease.

Inverse

Astronomers finally figure out the size of the largest comet ever found — and it's twice as big as Rhode Island

Comet C/2014 UN271 is twice the size of Rhode Island and the same size as the Death Star, and will swoop by Saturn in 2031.

Tribune News Service

David Letterman had ‘scary’ fall, hit his head last summer

NEW YORK — David Letterman is thanking Rhode Island hospital for making the best out of a “scary” situation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bally’s claims casino would actually reduce traffic — but River West residents say don’t bet on it

Rhode Island-based Bally’s Corporation pitched its plan for a sprawling gambling complex on a 30-acre plot near Halsted Street and Chicago Avenue, which is currently home to the Chicago Tribune’s printing plant — and the source of traffic headaches on a daily basis.

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Rhode Island Senators Consider Two Paths To Decriminalizing Prostitution

One bill would repeal a range of laws against sex work, while the other would change them from criminal to civil offenses.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Rhode Island Scumbag’s betting guide to the Final Four

The Scumbag Locks are 6-0 this tournament. Can he keep it up?

The Hindu

Fact Check: ‘The Kashmir Files’ and the disinformation surrounding it

Debunking some claims on Kashmiri Pandits and ‘The Kashmir Files,’ a movie based on them

Benzinga

Muscle Maker's Pokemoto Inks Five New Franchise Agreements For Rhode Island

Muscle Maker Inc (NASDAQ:GRIL) has signed five new Pokemoto franchise agreements for Rhode Island. The additional agreements will bring the total Pokemoto eateries count to six in Rhode Island. The Pokemoto real estate and development teams will work in tandem with the local franchise partners to develop the market. "When these units are…

Benzinga

Psyched: Third Michigan City Decriminalizes Psychedelics, MindMed Reports $133M Cash Position, Real Brands To Enter The Space

The psychedelics legislative landscape continues to move forward with Hazel Park, Michigan enacting decriminalization measures for naturally-produced psychedelic molecules, becoming the third city in the state to do so after Ann Arbor and Detroit. In Utah, Governor Cox signed a psychedelics research bill into law and positive legislation around psilocybin is continuing…

The Guardian - US

Climate action has been ‘a calamity’, says Senate Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse

Rhode Island Democrat talks to the Guardian about the president’s climate record and targeting oil industry’s ‘achilles heel’

Benzinga

Real Brands Enters Medical Psychedelics Market, Partners With Marcu & Arora For Licensure, R&D

Real Brands Inc. (OTCQB:RLBD) will become a premier provider of medical psychedelics. As Phase 1 of laying the groundwork, Real Brands has entered a partnership with consulting firm Marcu Arora to apply for DEA licensure for psychedelics, including defining the protocols for application and focus of the formulation research and development and for…

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