Today in RI history: School bus carrying children crashes in East Greenwich
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: A bus carrying elementary school children from Providence's Jewish Community Day School goes over a guardrail, rides down an embankment, and crashes against a tree...
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By Linda BorgPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Task force reports on college retention and the workforce have come and gone, like the white fuzz on dandelions that blows away with the first puff. But the leaders...
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Pair who led police on high-speed chase in Narragansett, injuring 3 officers,...
By Maria Armental PROVIDENCE JOURNAL PHOTO / FRIEDA SQUIRES Rhode Island State Police have a car towed from Bonnet Shores Community Center in Narragansett after a police chase Monday morning. SOUTH...
View ArticleNeighbors recall Boston marathon bombing victim, 8
By News staffBOSTON (AP) -- The young victim of the Boston Marathon bombings is being remembered as a vivacious boy who loved to run and climb. Eight-year-old Martin Richard was among the three people...
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Somber mood, heavy police presence day after Boston Marathon expolosions
By Amanda Milkovits Providence Journal photo / Amanda Milkovits The corner of Huntington and Dartmouth Streets in Boston Tuesday morning, where a large medical tent is set up. Several military...
View ArticleProvidence runner: 'I crossed the finish line about a minute before the first...
By Maria ArmentalBOSTON -- "I crossed the finish line about a minute before the first explosion," Sarah Chapin said Wednesday, back in Rhode Island. "It was incredibly loud," Chapin, 40, of Providence...
View ArticleJamestown police identify woman who washed ashsore
By Maria ArmentalJAMESTOWN, R.I. -- A woman whose body washed ashore Sunday morning has been identified as Barbora Persinova, 34, of West Roxbury, Mass. An autopsy found Persinova died of injuries...
View ArticleInvestigation spreads outside of Boston; authorities appeal for video, photos...
By News staffBOSTON -- Authorities are continuing to seek those responsible for the two explosions that killed three and injured more than 170 people at the Boston Marathon finish Monday afternoon....
View ArticlePresident Obama to attend service in Boston Thursday for bomb victims
By News staffWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will visit Boston on Thursday, three days after a pair of deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says Obama will...
View ArticleLawmaker: No clear suspect in Boston attack
By News staffWASHINGTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts congressman says investigators still don't know whether the Boston Marathon bombs were the work of domestic or foreign attackers. Democratic Rep. William...
View ArticleFox removes 'Family Guy' episode with Marathon deaths from online sites
By Features staffNEW YORK (AP) -- Fox is pulling from websites a recent episode of "Family Guy" that depicts mass deaths at the Boston Marathon, and has no immediate plans to air it again. Fox...
View ArticleBoston University student among three killed by marathon blast
By Thomas J. MorganBOSTON -- Boston University announced Tuesday that one of the victims killed by the blasts at the Boston Marathon on Monday has been identified as a Boston University graduate...
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Photo: Finding comfort at Marathon vigil
By News staffAP photo / Julio CortezRachael Semplice, 22, center, and Juliana Hudson, 23, comfort Emma MacDonald, 21, during a vigil for the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions on the Boston...
View ArticleMarathon officials know better security difficult
By News staff(AP) -- A marathon course runs 26.2 miles along an open road. Much tougher to secure than an arena with doors and walls. Yet across the U.S. and around the world, from West Bend, Wis., and...
View ArticlePressure cookers help make good bombs -- and clues
By News staffWASHINGTON (AP) -- In kitchens, they prepare food faster, but pressure cookers by their very nature help make good bombs, amplifying the blast and the carnage. They don't just hold the...
View ArticlePressure cooker bombs packed with nails, ball bearings suspected in Boston...
By News staffBOSTON (AP) -- Federal agents zeroed in Tuesday on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out -- with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and other lethal shrapnel...
View ArticleTurnpike and Bridge Authority ready for toll vote for Sakonnet River Bridge
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Turnpike and Bridge Authority is to vote Wednesday on a toll plan for the new Sakonnet River Bridge, acting in the face of bitter opposition from those who...
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Photos: Evidence from Boston Marathon blasts starts coming in
By News staffAP photos / FBI These images from a Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security joint bulletin issued to law enforcement and obtained by The Associated Press show...
View ArticleMass state police beef up security at MBTA, Logan and other Boston sites
By Tim BarmannFRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) -- Massachusetts State Police have responded in force since two explosions killed three and injured more than 170 at the Boston Marathon's finish line. A department...
View ArticleReport: A Rhode Islander among those hurt
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. So far, only one Rhode Islander has been named as a victim of the blasts. The website Newport Buzz said Heather Abbott was with friends outside The Forum, a bar located at the...
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