Serial breakup songwriter Taylor Swift and handsome snooze button Tom Hiddleston proved the old adage that what happens in Rhode Island immediately leaves Rhode Island, travels across the ocean, and finds itself on the cover of an English tabloid when photos of the new couple making out on one of the state’s teeny…
Today in news from Rhode Island we can’t quite understand: the head of a city agency has reportedly resigned for making an employee of hers, a male bus driver, dress up as an elderly woman for a press conference. There are photos. They don’t shed much light on what’s going on here, but they do exist.
More than 40 former students of St. George’s School, a prestigious boarding school in Rhode Island, have come forward with claims of sexual abuse that occurred mostly during the 1970s and 1980s. After being contacted by school officials, police began an investigation in November. On Tuesday, a press conference was…
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Tinder, the illustrious scapegoat of Internet dating, is now allegedly to blame for the uptick in STD cases in the states of Rhode Island and Utah, where apparently unprotected sex has been en vogue, say state officials.
Even if you've got the cold, bitter heart of someone ruined by years of endless OKCupid dates, photos of gay people getting married always make quick work at melting those icy walls away. Case in point: looking at the many couples that stayed up overnight to be the first to get married in Minnesota, where gay…
Thanks to the persuasive powers of the Providence Student Union, a cohort of Rhode Island legislators, city officials, professors, and just plain old people locked themselves in a library for several hours and tortured themselves by taking a standardized test. Fingers cramped. Temples throbbed. Egos crumbled. It was…
Suzanne Santo of Honey Honey performs for an eager crowd at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I. on Saturday, July 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Joe Giblin)
It's said that good things come to those who wait, and that certainly seems to be the case for Louise White. The 81-year-old from Rhode Island just won a $336.5 million Powerball jackpot, the third-largest jackpot in the game's history. White, whom her lawyers describe as a "vivacious octogenarian," bought the $3…
When Jessica Ahlquist sued her Rhode Island High School to get a prayer mural taken down, she got a lot of shit — including from state lawmakers. But now, an atheist group has given her a big gesture of support — a $40,000 scholarship.
Especially if you live in Maryland, Rhode Island, or New York, where new legislation might pass in the upcoming months. Supportive, incoming lawmakers, the resolution of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and people finally figuring shit out are making this possible.
Kim Kardashian has a book deal, Lindsay Lohan has a fashion line, and now Jersey Shore's Pauly D is getting his own TV show. Meanwhile, you work for a guy who really loves Two And A Half Men. No justice!
Currently, a legal loophole allows "indoor" prostitution in Rhode Island. However, lawmakers are pushing to criminalize all prostitution, despite the fact that prostitutes working inside are much less likely to be raped than those on the streets. [WSJ]
• Due to a legal loophole, teens are currently allowed to work as strippers in Rhode Island. The issue first came to light when a 16-year-old runaway was found working at Cheaters Gentlemen's Club in Providence. •
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