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Framed photographs of MukhammadAziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook decorate a makeshift memorial at the Van Wickle Gates of Brown University on Dec. 16, 2025.

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News + Culture

Brown University holds emotional memorial service honoring murdered students

Friends and faculty paid tribute to Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov who were killed in the December campus shooting

February 7, 2026

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David Wright

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Politics + Justice

TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Feb. 6, 2026

From the governor’s race to domestic violence realities, a week that sharpened the focus

February 6, 2026

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Ian Donnis

Matt Robinson lives in California but his family is originally from New Hampshire.

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Sports

Patriots fans the world over descend on San Francisco for Super Bowl LX

February 6, 2026

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Esteban Bustillos

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News + Culture

Guests, staff evacuated after fire breaks out at Newport’s Castle Hill Inn

Firefighters from across Rhode Island were called in to battle the flames. No injuries have been reported thus far.

February 6, 2026

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Paul C. Kelly Campos

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Immigration

Bristol County sheriff limits cooperation with ICE under new policy

Sheriff Paul Heroux cited the federal government’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics in Minneapolis as a key reason to reduce information-sharing

February 6, 2026

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Paul C. Kelly Campos

Drake Maye fielding questions at Bryant University on Nov. 4.

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Sports

Rhode Island coaches see Super Bowl-bound Patriots as a model

But Seattle will prevail in a defensive struggle, they predict

February 5, 2026

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Mike Szostak

The full cast of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island; Jo-Ellen Tiberi, Ashley Iaconetti, Alicia Carmody, Kelsey Swanson, Rulla Nehme, Elizabeth McGraw, Rosie DiMare during Season 1.

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Arts + Entertainment

The Ocean State is about to get choppy: Real Housewives of Rhode Island is coming

Bravo drops trailer and sets premiere date for Thursday, April 2, at 9 p.m.

February 5, 2026

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Heide Borgonovo

The Rhode Island Department of Administration building in Providence.

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News + Culture

State workers to get new W-2s after old ones mislabeled ‘State of Rhode Island Umbrella Company’

Karen Greco confirmed that an undisclosed number of employees received forms that were ‘populated with incorrect information’

February 5, 2026

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Alexander Castro

Jody King secured his boat at the end of a Warwick Cove dock with plans of quahogging afterthe Jan. 25 snowstorm. But subfreezing temperatures have dominated in recent weeks, freezing over the cove and much of Greenwich Bay and leaving him and a large portion of the state’s shellfishing fleet locked in.

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Climate + Environment

Ice threatens access to Providence River as quahoggers face deep freeze

As Rhode Island’s most productive quahogging area prepares to reopen Feb. 9, frozen bays and brutal cold threaten livelihoods across the fleet

February 5, 2026

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John Howell

February 5, 2026