Fellow Brown student also charged in assault on basketball player
By Thomas J. MorganPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Police have charged a second suspect in the assault on a Brown University basketball player last weekend. Dillon J. Ingham, 22 of New York, was charged with...
View ArticleVideo: Art in its sails: A happening at Prescott Farm windmill
By News staff Providence Journal / Kris Craig MIDDLETOWN, R.I. -- On Sunday, the sails on the historic 1812 Sherman Windmill at Prescott Farm will turn and the mill will grind corn again, for the...
View ArticleMissing boater found alive; empty boat washes ashore
By News staffFAIRHAVEN, Mass. (WPRI) -- The search for a missing boater in Fairhaven is over. The U.S. Coast Guard said Gary Alves, 57, of East Freetown was found alive just before 6 a.m. Saturday....
View ArticleProvidence Police investigate two overnight stabbings
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- Police are investigating two separate overnight stabbings that occurred just hours apart. Around 11:30 p.m., one person was rushed to the hospital after...
View ArticleSmall Florida city wonders who won Powerball jackpot
By News staffZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) -- Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million -- the...
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Salve Regina awards 651 degrees in "seaside" ceremony
By Tatiana PinaProvidence Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Salvador Sarmiento congratulates his wife, Norelys Cosuegra, after she graduates from Salve University University Sunday. Looking on is Ashten...
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PC commencement speaker: If you want to be happy, make your life a 'gift' to...
By Richard C. DujardinProvidence Journal photo / Kris CraigThe Very Rev. Robert Barron, creator and host of the "Catholicism" documentary series and founder of a global media ministry, gives the...
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URI commencement goes indoors, without hitch
By Paul GrimaldiProvidence Journal photo / Glenn OsmundsonKristen Reis, Taylor Baude, and Kevin Stenhouse wave to family and friends while walking into the Ryan Center for URI's class of 2013...
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R.I. health director urges baby boomers to get Hepatitis C test
By News staffProvidence Journal files / Connie Grosch Connie GroschMICHAEL FINE PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island's health department is encouraging baby boomers to get tested for Hepatitis C,...
View ArticleConnecticut train outage expected to last for days
By News staffBRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Tens of thousands of commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the...
View ArticleWarwick Police postpone announcement about body found in park
By Journal StaffWARWICK, R.I. -- Police have decided to postpone until Monday any announcement about a body found Saturday morning in a trash barrel covered with brush on a bike path in Warwick City...
View ArticleToday in R.I. history: Mobster 'Bobo' Marrapese to be released from prison
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: The Quonset Air Museum and the Collings Foundation have reached formal agreement on bringing a Vietnam War-era AD-5 Skyraider home to Quonset Point, where it will...
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Block Island's state nurse retires at age 86, after over five decades in post
By Katherine GreggProvidence Journal file photo / Frieda SquiresMary Donnelly, visiting nurse on Block Island, attends to Violette Connolly, 86, at her home in this 2006 file photo. BLOCK ISLAND, R.I....
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R.I. prepares to sell 38 Studios video games to help recover $130-million debt
By Paul Grimaldi38 StudiosThe logo from 38 Studios' video game "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning." PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As one lawyer for Rhode Island makes the state's case this week against the people...
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Patch work plan in place to replace train service after crash
By News staff Journal photo/ Mary MurphyProvidence's Union Station is quiet Monday morning in the wake of a Friday train crash that has suspended Amtrak service between New York and New Haven....
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Marathon bombing victim Heather Abbott welcomed home with party at Newport...
By John Hill Providence Journal photoHeather Abbott, Newport, is escorted into Rosecliff Mansion, Newport, by two friends Mick Henn, of Conn., left, and Jason Geremia, of Newport. NEWPORT, R.I. --...
View ArticleWarm and humid
By Jack PerryPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The clouds, fog and drizzle should clear out on this Monday, leaving partial sunshine by the afternoon, according to our weather partners at WPRI. Expect a humid day...
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Search continues for missing URI student, last seen in Pennsylvania
By Maria Armental Courtesy Pennsylvania State PoliceMatthew Royer The Pennsylvania State Police continue to search for a University of Rhode Island student who was reported missing by his family last...
View ArticleRI woman charged with robbing Good Samaritan in Mass.
By News staffNORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Police say a Rhode Island woman is facing charges for allegedly stealing from a Good Samaritan who gave her ride after her car broke down. North...
View Article25-year-old Warwick man dies after motorcycle-truck collision
By Tatiana PinaWARWICK, R.I. -- A 25-year-old Warwick man died after his motorcycle collided with a truck on Main Ave., Tuesday morning. The 25-year-old was taken to Rhode Island Hospital by Warwick...
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