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RI's oldest public beach opened over 100 years ago. How to go before summer ends

With roots going back to 1887, Newport's Easton's Beach – locally known as First Beach – is the oldest public beach in Rhode ...

Assistant AG, who berated officers during her arrest in Newport, placed on unpaid leave.

Body camera footage from the arrest has reached national news. Flanagan will go on unpaid leave starting Aug. 22.
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RI assistant attorney general to be placed on unpaid leave following Newport body cam incident

A Special Assistant Attorney General with the office of Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha will be placed on unpaid leave after an alleged trespassing incident that was caught on a Newport ...
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After delays, Newport finally celebrates opening of new Rogers High School

NEWPORT – Scores of residents and generations of alumni and graduates who walked the halls when the now-defunct Rogers High School building was erected over half a century ago, watched as the next ...

Hurricane Erin moves away, but waves, flood threat remain for Rhode Island

Coastal Rhode Island is under a high surf advisory and flood advisory as Hurricane Erin continues to send big waves to the ...

Rhode Island assistant AG, former Suffolk ADA, punished after viral tirade

A Rhode Island state prosecutor who used to work in the Suffolk DA’s Office has been placed on unpaid leave after she berated police outside of a Newport restaurant and tried to leverage her job title ...