Nearly 66% of Rhode Island’s registered voters cast ballots in the Nov. 5 election, with the highest turnout in 16 years, according to certified results approved by the Rhode Island Board of Elections on Friday.

For the second time this election cycle, the Rhode Island Board of Elections grappled with opposing interpretations of a state law governing the rare occasions when a candidate drops out of a race after winning a primary.

In total, the General Assembly is getting 12 new members – eight Democrats and four Republicans. The crop of new lawmakers includes three retired police officers and the current second-in-command of the Cranston Police Department.

According to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, more households in the state are having trouble affording adequate food.

Gisele Pelicot, whose husband Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men are on trial for raping her, gave her final courtroom statement in the shocking case. "I thought I was so mature."