Thousands of Rhode Islanders are are without power on July 4 after a series of severe thunderstorms rocked the state the night before and led to several canceled fireworks shows.

A group of unhoused people make their way to the temporary shelter inside the Cranston Street Armory in Providence, Rhode Island on May 4, 2023.

The state is pushing back its deadline to phase out the 24-hour warming station at the Cranston Street Armory. ... It has also added more beds at shelters across Rhode Island.

In 2016, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals of the First Circuit ruled in favor of the City of Cranston, and determined that including prison inmates in the Cranston population for ...