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12/19/2025

Newport area courses are held at the Newport County YMCA in Middletown and led by Victoria Gatling, BSN, RN, IBCLC, a highly experienced and trusted childbirth and breastfeeding educator.

Preparing to welcome a new baby is one of life’s most exciting—and sometimes overwhelming—moments. To help parents feel confident, supported, and ready for their childbirth experience, South County Health offers free childbirth education classes, now available in Newport. Newport area courses ...

12/18/2025

Newport School Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain will join What'sUpNewp for her monthly one-on-one conversation on Thursday, December 18, at 1:30 pm.

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12/18/2025

"The Newport office brings the same level of trusted care South County Health is known for statewide—covering everything from routine gynecological exams and screenings to prenatal and postpartum care, wellness visits, and preventive services".

Access to high-quality women’s health care shouldn’t require a long drive or a long wait. Recognizing the needs of Newport-area families, South County Health has expanded its award-winning Center for Women’s Health to 38 Powel Avenue, Newport, making expert care more accessible and convenient....

12/16/2025

What to know about the search for the Brown University shooting suspect

By PATRICK WHITTLE and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — With the Brown University shooter still on the loose Tuesday, authorities released new video of a suspect and police fanned out to Providence schools to reassure parents, kids and teachers as investigators pushed for...

12/16/2025

Brown mourns the loss of an aspiring doctor and campus leader to the campus attack

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A makeshift shrine of flowers and condolence cards has gone up outside of the Brown University building where a gunman killed two students and wounded nine others, with the Ivy League school and surrounding community trying to make sens...

12/16/2025

Christine Baranski narrates `A Christmas Carol’ before returning for `The Gilded Age’ season 4

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Christine Baransk i was in the playground outside St. Matthew’s Church in Bedford, New York, about three years ago when she came across Matthew Guard, artistic director of the Grammy-nominated Skylark Vocal Ensemble. “I love choral music,” sh...

12/16/2025

Rhode Island FC announces 2026 schedule, opens at home March 7

Rhode Island FC will open its 2026 season at home against Loudoun United FC on Saturday, March 7, the club announced Tuesday. The Ocean State club will play at least 34 games from March through October, including 30 regular-season matchups and four group stage games in the Prinx Tires USL Cup. RIFC....

12/16/2025

USC and Brown cancel men’s basketball game after mass shooting on RI campus

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The men’s basketball game between Brown and Southern California scheduled for Sunday in Los Angeles has been canceled. So has the women’s game against Monmouth, which was set for Sunday in Rhode Island. Brown athletic officials announced both cancellations Tuesday. USC said ...

12/16/2025

Newport Hospital opens first adolescent behavioral health unit in county

Newport Hospital cut the ribbon Sunday on its new adolescent behavioral health unit, marking a milestone in addressing the youth mental health crisis in Newport County. The eight-bed James P. Nolan, MD and Peggy Nolan Adolescent Behavioral Health Unit is the first of its kind in the county, where fa...

12/16/2025

WPRI: 18-year-old charged after Portsmouth rollover crash

Four people were taken to the hospital following the crash Saturday night on Route 24.

12/16/2025

Police fan out to Providence schools to calm worries with the Brown University shooter still loose

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Additional police were sent to Providence schools on Tuesday to reassure worried parents that their kids will be safe with the Brown University shooter on the loose and no indication yet that investigators have zero...

12/16/2025

Newport police increase patrols in response to Brown University shooting, Bondi Beach attack

The Newport Police Department says that it has increased patrols and security presence across the city in response to the mass shooting at Brown University and a terrorist attack in Australia that together killed 18 people over the weekend. Officers from Newport were among those who responded to the...