Politics + Justice

Michael Black describes lunging at the gunman inside Pawtucket’s Dennis M. Lynch Arena, helping jam the weapon and subdue the shooter as other bystanders rushed in — actions police say “undoubtedly prevented further injury” in a tragedy that left three dead and three critically wounded

Three decades after being elected to Congress, Rhode Island’s senior U.S. senator is running again, in part to oppose President Trump

The shooter had a flareup of domestic disputes with their family in 2020, but investigators say they are still searching for a ‘trigger event’ closer to the shooting six years later

RI judges in the news - and why taking the politics out is difficult

McKenna Goldberg, 75, served nearly 30 years on the state’s top court

The newly elected party chair outlines his strategy for expanding state GOP ranks and weighs in on energy costs, immigration enforcement and election integrity

Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima hang in the balance

Protestors gather in subfreezing temperatures to ‘unwelcome’ U.S. defense secretary

Nigel Vaughn was shot by Fall River police early Sunday morning, police said. Two officers were injured but have been released from the hospital

The records offer granular insights into how the investigation in the shooting unfolded