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Dad of woman killed at marathon told she was alive
By Tim BarmannBOSTON (AP) -- The father of one of the three people who died in the Boston Marathon bombings was at first told that his daughter had survived, but was in surgery and could lose a leg....
View ArticleNice today with a high in the mid 60s
By News staff It will be warm and sunny Wednesday and Thursday with highs in the mid 60s. But then Friday and Saturday it's going to rain say both our weather partners at WPRI and the National Weather...
View ArticleRI State Police disperses forfeiture money to towns
By Bryan RourkeSCITUATE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island State Police announced Wednesday morning it will be distributing to municipalities more than $110,000 forfeited by criminals arrested over the course...
View ArticleMass. Gov. Deval meets with marathon bomb victims, trauma teams
By News staffBOSTON (AP) -- Gov. Deval Patrick has met with some of those injured in the bombings at the Boston Marathon including the parents of 8-year-old victim Martin Richard, who was killed....
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Photo: On guard at the Boston Bruins game
By News staff AP Photo / Elise Amendola A young Boston Bruins fan undergoes a security check on the way into TD Garden before the Bruins' NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres in Boston Wednesday...
View ArticleCicilline scores Senate's defeat of gun-control bill
By Thomas J. Morgan PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Rep. David N. Cicilline Wednesday criticized the U.S. Senate for failing to override a filibuster that prevented a vote on stiffer federal gun controls....
View ArticleObama, Romney to be among those at Boston service Thursday
By News staffBOSTON (AP) -- President Obama and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney are among those planning to attend a Boston interfaith healing service organized after the deadly...
View ArticleFire hits North Providence apartment building
By Thomas J. MorganNORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fire struck the Brook Village Apartments at 2072 Smith St. Wednesday evening. Firefighters, who were summoned about 8 p.m., requested reinforcements, and by...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules Raimondo statement on pay gap between men and women...
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In anticipation of Equal Pay Day on April 9, Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo sent out a tweet declaring, "Women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by...
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New vision for Kennedy Plaza adds attractions, removes bus stops
By Alisha A. Pina Union Studio Architecture and Community DesignAn illustration of proposed changes to Kennedy Plaza. The plans will be unveiled Thursday afternoon. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A vision is...
View ArticleToday in RI history
By Thomas J. MorganOn April 18, 2012 A year ago today: Presidential hopeful Ron Paul, badly trailing Mitt Romney in the race to capture the Republican nomination, energizes about 2,000 supporters at...
View ArticlePresident Obama to visit Boston today, attend interfaith service
By maria caporizzoWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will visit Boston today, three days after a pair of deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon killed three people, including an 8-year-old boy,...
View ArticleReport: Officials plan to release images of bombing suspects
By Tim BarmannThe Boston Globe has reported that police officials plan to release today clear images that show two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, in the hope that the public can help...
View ArticleNorth Providence high-rise fire accidental, 4 injured
By Maria ArmentalNORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A fire Wednesday evening in an high-rise apartment building for the elderly appears to have been accidental, Fire Chief Leonard Albanese Jr. said. The tenant...
View ArticleCrowds in Boston await President Obama
By Tom MooneyBy Tom Mooney Journal Staff Writer BOSTON -- Hundreds of people lined Washington Street Thursday morning for a chance to hear President Obama speak at an interfaith service at the...
View ArticleVideo: Alewives are welcomed back to the Pawtuxet River
By Tim Barmann Providence Journal / Andrew Dickerman One-thousand mature Alewives, also known as river herring, were placed into the Pawtuxet River by DEM Fish and Wildlife workers, with help from a...
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R.I. Health Commissioner Koller leaving to head Milbank Memorial Fund
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I.-- Christopher F. Koller, Rhode Island's first health insurance commissioner, is leaving to take a position as president of the New York City-based Milbank Memorial...
View ArticleAuthorities ID MIT officer killed, transit officer wounded
By Maria ArmentalWATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) -- The transit police officer severely injured in a shootout with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects as Richard Donohue, 33, MBTA Police Chief Paul MacMillan...
View ArticleBig line forms outside for opening of RI's first medical marijuana center
By W. Zachary Malinowski PROVIDENCE _ A group of more than 50 patients waited in line this morning for the historic opening of the state's first medical marijuana dispensary. The line began forming...
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