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One Day University draws 500 'students' to Providence
By Bryan RourkeProvidence Journal photo / Steve SzydlowskiHopi Hoekstra, a zoology professor at Harvard University, was one of the many lecturers at Saturday's One Day University at the R.I. Convention...
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Photo: Expired prescriptions collected Saturday around R.I.
By News staffProvidence Journal photo / Steve SzydlowskiSandra Lee of Warwick empties a bag full of expired prescriptions at the Warwick Police Department Saturday, one of the many sites around Rhode...
View ArticleSuspicious backpack in Woonsocket found to be harmless
By Philip MarceloWOONSOCKET, R.I. - State bomb investigators responded to a report of a suspicious backpack left at a residence on Cass Avenue near Woonsocket High School around 8 p.m. Saturday night,...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules Sen. Whitehouse's claim on Bay temperatures Half True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says if you need evidence the climate is changing, you can get it by feeling the waters of Narragansett Bay. Read the PolitiFact...
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Record-setting autism walk at Goddard Park
By News staff Photo courtesy of The Autism Project./p> The 11th annual Imagine Walk for Autism and Family Fun Day at Goddard Park Sunday morning was the largest crowd ever with an estimated 7,000...
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Roller derby stages a running of the bulls for Amos House
By Felice Freyer Providence Journal photo / Kris Craig Bull Shelby Bruisin', captain of the Old Money Honeys, right, and Beatrix La Stangle, left, "gore" runners with paint. PROVIDENCE, RI -- Some 250...
View ArticleProvidence students to issue their own State of Education report
By Linda BorgPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Members of the Providence Student Union will hold their own State of the Student address Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in front of the State House. They will describe the...
View ArticleFormer 38 Studios execs seek lawsuit dismissal
By Paul GrimaldiFour former executives of defunct 38 Studios on Friday again asked a R.I. Superior Court judge to dismiss the state's lawsuit against them. Lawyers for company founder Curt Schilling...
View ArticleArson suspected in fire at mill in Pawtucket, Central Falls
By Maria ArmentalPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- An overnight fire in a 19th-century mill complex listed on the historic national register appears to be arson, fire investigators said Monday morning. Pawtucket and...
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Reporters gather outside 'Misha's' West Warwick apartment
By Karen Lee Ziner Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers A member of the media knocks on the door of the apartment where Mikhail "Misha" Allakhverdov is believed to live. WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- Reporters...
View ArticleConn. man charged with making bomb threat at Vineyard ferry threat
By News staffFALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- Police in Massachusetts have arrested a Connecticut man they allege claimed he brought a bomb on to a Cape Cod-to-Martha's Vineyard ferry. Falmouth police say...
View ArticleRI's projected spending for welfare, Medicaid lowered
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island's welfare and Medicaid costs for this and the coming budget year are on track to decrease from November projections, state officials said Monday ....
View ArticleProvidence police investigating armed hold-ups early Sunday
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are searching for armed robbers who held up convenience stores in the Hope and Olneyville neighborhoods within a half-hour Sunday morning. At 5:40...
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Watson, Fowler, Stricker highlight CVS Classic field
By Paul Kenyon AP photo / Matt SlocumBubba Watson, left, and Rickie Fowler walk a practice green at The Masters this month. The two players have committed to play in Barrington at the CVS Caremark...
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Lawyer for West Warwick man linked to Marathon bomber says he's cooperating...
By Karen Lee Ziner Journal photo/ Kathy BorchersLawyer Richard Nicholson is interviewed as he leaves the apartment at 58 River St in West Warwick. WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- A lawyer representing the family...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court strikes down Pawtucket lawyer's challenge to Virginia...
By Katie MulvaneyWASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday struck down a Pawtucket lawyer's challenge to Virginia's Freedom of Information Act. Mark McBurney had argued the law was...
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Former Celtic Jason Collins comes out as gay, a first in major U.S. pro sports
By Mike McDermott AP photo / Michael Dwyer NEW YORK (AP) -- NBA veteran Jason Collins became the first active male player in the four major American professional sports to come out as gay. Collins...
View ArticleProvidence man injured in drive-by shooting
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An Olneyville man was hit with shards of broken glass after someone opened fire on his car outside his apartment complex Sunday afternoon. Thomas Ferrell, 30,...
View ArticleNew RI airport chief scrutinizing all operations, including state's smaller...
By Barbara PolichettiWARWICK, R.I. - - Kelly J. Fredericks, the new president of Rhode Island Airport Corporation says that he is starting the job by looking at all aspects of the corporation-...
View ArticleRI education commisioner to give State of Education speech Tuesday
By Linda BorgPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist will deliver her fourth annual State of Education address to the General Assembly Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the State House. In her...
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