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She’d been an ordinary woman, who’d lived an ordinary life, and the family plot enclosed by a wrought iron fence saw few visitors.

Then came “The Conjuring.”

👉 trib.al/yrnmaGm
October 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
📰 Happening tonight: Rhode Map Live will feature a panel discussion on the future of local media in our state.

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September 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
You can check out pots to steam lobsters and clams in Maine, borrow fishing poles in Rhode Island, and outfit the family with snowshoes of every size in New Hampshire. bit.ly/471UXaX
September 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Librarians have developed their collections to include all sorts of items, from expensive tools and toys, to obscure gadgets and gear, making them available for patrons to borrow for free instead of buying for themselves. bit.ly/471UXaX
September 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Need some ghost hunting gear 👻, a fishing pole for the day 🎣, or maybe a sewing machine🪡? You could borrow it all — thanks to the libraries of things that have expanded around New England.

🎒 Check it out: bit.ly/471UXaX
September 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
On the R.I. Report podcast, former @wpri12.bsky.social reporter Sean Daly recounts “Mother, Mother Ocean,” his epic report on a couple that reported seeing a sea creature at Teddy’s Beach. The story has spawned quirky and quintessentially R.I. posters and T-shirts. qrcd.org/99LH
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Hurricane Erin, far enough away from the East Coast yet close enough to show off its might, has been pounding New England’s southern coastline with huge, crashing waves of up to 20 feet. qrcd.org/96kV
August 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In case you almost forgot that this was the whole point…

This summer is about being independent, indulging in what you’d like, and not waiting for an invite to live.

🏖️Read the full guide here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/16/m...
July 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“I lost a lot of people to violence,” said Nonviolence Institute executive director Lisa Pina-Warren on the Rhode Island Report podcast. “It was normal to hear about someone getting killed or seeing a fight on your street or in front of your school." qrcd.org/8zCP
July 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
On the #RIReport podcast, Survivor CBS finalist and Brown University Ph.D. student Eva Erickson responded to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who said that autism “destroys families."

Erickson said, “He can kick rocks." 🪨

🎧: qrcd.org/8tDL
June 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Eva Erickson, who is pursuing a PhD at Brown University, was the first openly autistic person to compete on the reality TV show "Survivor" on CBS overcame challenges to finish in second place.

🎧: qrcd.org/8szo
June 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Watch as Sky Haneul Kim, from Gift Horse in Providence, accepts the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef Northeast.

🎥: @alexagagosz.bsky.social

Learn more about Kim: qrcd.org/8sSd
June 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The US Department of Justice notified Rhode Island that it is opening an investigation into whether the state engaged in a pattern of discrimination based on race “or other protected aspects” of the Civil Rights Act. qrcd.org/8ofj
June 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The fastest game on grass?

Not soccer. Not baseball. It’s hurling — with an “h,” a stick-and-ball sport not to be confused with curling, an ice-and-broom sport. R.I. Report podcast’s Edward Fitzpatrick spent some time with the Providence Hurling Club.

🎧 Listen to the pod: qrcd.org/8mjb
May 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
At @globeri.bsky.social’s event on the #healthcarecrisis, Brown University Health CEO John Hernandez says that some critical cuts could be made as early as this summer to health services in Rhode Island.
May 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The grandparents want the 3-year-old to know her mother’s side of the family. The father thinks the visits are detrimental to his daughter. But Family Court works slowly, and their lives hang in the balance.

@amandamilkovits.bsky.social discusses the story on the R.I. Report podcast: qrcd.org/8dSH
May 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🐧 Penguins are waddling back to @rwpzoo.bsky.social, marking the first time penguins have been a staple there since 2013. The penguins are considered a “vulnerable” species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. qrcd.org/8bwG
April 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thank you to all the guests who came to tonight’s Rhode Island Report Live. The full broadcast will be available Thursday at Globe.com/RI!
April 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Congressman @gabeamo.bsky.social’s final comments on Rhode Island Report Live.
April 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Senator Jack Reed’s final comments at Rhode Island Report Live!
April 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Congressman @amo.house.gov response to efforts by the Trump Administration to privatize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service. #RhodeIslandReportLive
April 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Rhode Island PBS' Jim Hummel questions Congressman @amo.house.gov on the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. #RhodeIslandReportLive
April 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
At Rhode Island Report, Live, Rhode Island PBS' Jim Hummel asks R.I. Congressman Gabe Amo, if he's "having fun" being a member of the House. Amo responded, "Fun is a weird way to put it but everyday I’m challenged."
April 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Rhode Island Report is underway at Rhode Island PBS, where hosts @fitzprov.bsky.social of Globe Rhode Island and Jim Hummel, host of “A Lively Experiment” on R.I. PBS, will discuss how decisions in Washington are impacting the Ocean State with Senator Jack Reed and Congressman Gabe Amo.
April 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Former North Kingstown High School student-athletes have said for years that basketball coach Aaron Thomas had them strip naked so he could conduct “fat tests." He was charged with second-degree sexual assault and second-degree child molestation. Follow updates from the trial here. qrcd.org/8Xjn
April 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM