By Christopher Shea | Reporter
Hiya and happy Tuesday,
It’s still hard to believe Alex Cora is no longer managing the Boston Red Sox. The season may be off to an excruciatingly rough start, but I’m choosing to remember his leadership during the 2018 World Series run.
The take from my diehard Sox fan of a father in Wisconsin: “Can’t fire the players, right?”
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High tide in Bristol is at 6:29 a.m. and 6:52 p.m. Low tide is at 12:06 p.m. Sunset is at 7:39 p.m.
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Gov. Dan McKee will join state and local officials at 9:15 a.m. to outline the state’s vision for the “Rhode Island Summer of Soccer” tied to the FIFA World Cup coming to New England this June.
General Treasurer James Diossa will provide an overview at 11:30 a.m. of the second phase of the RI AnchorHome program his office launched in December to support low-interest mortgages for qualifying first-time homebuyers.
The State Properties Committee meets at 10 a.m.
The Coastal Resources Management Council meets at 6 p.m.
Interim Rhode Island of Transportation Director Robert Rocchio speaks to reporters near Route 10 on April 27, 2026. To his left is Gov. Dan McKee, who directed transportation officials to inspect seven bridges along electrified rail lines. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)
By Christopher Shea
Gov. Dan McKee on Monday ordered the immediate inspection of seven bridges over electrified rail lines after part of a Route 10 on-ramp collapsed onto the tracks in Cranston Friday evening, temporarily disrupting rail service across the Northeast.
Quonset Development Corporation, the quasi-public agency that oversees Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown, is one of several state agencies named in a new lawsuit filed by town residents over a sludge processing plant. (Photo by Laura Paton/Rhode Island Current)
By Nancy Lavin
North Kingstown residents are asking a state judge to toss an air quality permit and lease agreement approved for a sludge project in Quonset Business Park, alleging the state agencies that authorized the agreements violated constitutional due process rights
In an aerial view, a immigrant family from Haiti walks towards a gap in the U.S. border wall from Mexico on Dec. 11, 2021 in Yuma, Arizona. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
By Ariana Figueroa | D.C. Bureau
The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday will hear oral arguments on the Trump administration’s efforts to strip temporary legal status from 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, a move that could open them up to deportation.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel and Acting Assistant Director for the Criminal Investigative Division at the FBI Darren Cox listen at a press conference at the Department of Justice on April 27, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
By Ashley Murray | D.C. Bureau
The California man said by federal prosecutors to have opened fire just outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where President Donald Trump was in attendance alongside Cabinet members and lawmakers, was charged Monday with attempting to assassinate the president, administration officials said.
Caution tape encircled much of Brown University’s campus, including the Engineering Research Center (pictured), in the wake of a Dec. 13 mass shooting as community members and visitors gathered to pay tribute to the victims. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)
By Nancy Lavin
Three Brown University students injured during the December mass shooting in an academic building are suing the school for inadequate security and failing to act on warnings of suspicious activity by the shooter.
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