Rhode Island News

Aggregated Rhode Island News Articles

• Benches clear in vicious college basketball brawl as SIX players are ejected in 19-MINUTE fight delay
  
  A violent foul in a Big East basketball game between Providence and St. John's led to a brawl breaking out and a stunning six ejections in a Saturday game at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Rhode Island.
  Daily Mail.  Sat, 14 Feb 2026 21:09:55 GMT.
• Brown University shooting victim 'froze' when detectives showed her image of suspect, police report shows
  
  Police reports detail how a Brown University shooting victim identified suspect Claudio Neves-Valente, describing an emotional reaction to seeing his face.
  Fox News.  Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:36:07 -0500.
• New video from deadly Brown University shooting is released
  
  New video footage from the day of the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine others was released Monday.
  CBS News.  Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:58:18 -0500.
• New bodycam footage shows desperate search for gunman after Brown University shooting
  
  Newly released bodycam footage and 911 calls show the desperate search for a suspect and victims minutes after a gunman opened fire inside a Brown University classroom in mid-December. Tom Hanson has details.
  CBS News.  Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:56:00 -0500.
• Brown University shooting bodycam footage shows urgent search for suspect who slipped through dragnet
  
  The Providence Police Department released redacted body camera footage, emergency calls and radio traffic from the Dec. 13 Brown University shooting that left two students dead and nine injured.
  Fox News.  Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:18:26 -0500.
• Bodycam video, incident reports from Brown University shooting response released
  
  Officials released a cache of video and information related to the recent mass shooting on the campus of Brown University.
  KETV - Omaha, Nebraska.  Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:14:00 GMT.
• WATCH: Animals predicting the Super Bowl
  
  A tree kangaroo at the Roger Williams Zoo in Rhode Island picked the Patriots, while Puerto Rican crested toads in Texas and a tarantula at Brookfield Zoo chose the Seahawks.
  ABC News.  Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:52:23 -0500.
• Rhode Island may ditch Mr. Potato Head license plates after Hasbro's move to Boston
  
  It's been no small potatoes that Rhode Islanders have been able to choose the image of Mr. Potato Head as a specialty license plate for decades.
  Kimberlee Kruesi.  Washington Times.  Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:50:22 -0500.
• There were 408 mass shootings in 2025. That's the lowest in five years
  
  The year began with a deadly New Year's attack in New Orleans and closed with a mass shooting at Brown University.
  KETV - Omaha, Nebraska.  Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:24:00 GMT.
• Brown University gunman recorded videos saying attack was planned for months
  
  The gunman showed no remorse and grumbled about an injury he sustained in the attacks, said investigators.
  BBC News.  Wed, 07 Jan 2026 02:39:06 GMT.

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