R.I. Republican Rep. Costa taking new job at state GOP
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State Rep. Doreen Costa, R-North Kingstown, is leaving her sales job at WPRO-radio for a new full-time job as the state Republican Party's finance director. Costa...
View ArticleVideo: Heather Abbott takes early steps with new prosthetic leg
By maria caporizzo Providence Journal video by Kris Craig MIDDLETOWN, R.I. -- Heather Abbott of Newport, a Boston Marathon bombing survivor, went in for her regular physical therapy session on Friday...
View ArticleVideo: In Cranston, gay bingo raises money for AIDS Care Ocean State
By maria caporizzo Providence Journal video by Glenn Osmundson CRANSTON, R.I. -- Every third Thursday of the month, except in the summer, the Riviera Bingo Hall in Cranston hosts Gay Bingo with Miss...
View ArticleSaturday's weather: Flood, high wind advisories, but turning partly sunner...
By News staffThere is an area flood watch for Rhode Island in place today, with a river flood warning for the Pawtuxet River. There are also wind and high surf advisories in effect along the coast....
View ArticleAndrea's remnants moving out of New England
By News staffEAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- The remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea moved quickly through Southern New England on Saturday morning after bringing strong winds, soaking rains and isolated...
View ArticleAdvocacy group hails Senate action on tax-incentive scrutiny
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An advocacy group is hailing a Senate committee's passage of legislation to require reviews at least once every three years of what Rhode Island has gotten in...
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Weakened Andrea breaks Northeast rainfall records
By News staffAP photo/ Michael DwyerPedestrians in Boston brave Friday's heavy rain from the remnants of tropical storm Andrea.NEW YORK (AP) -- The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season...
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Red Sox draft Lincoln High's Zammarelli
By News staff Providence Journal photo/ Andrew Dickerman The Boston Red Sox have selected Lincoln High School star Nick Zammarelli in the 28th round of the Major League Baseball draft, with the 833rd...
View ArticleNational Weather Service extends flood warning for southern Rhode Island
By Mark ReynoldsThe National Weather Service has extended a flood warning for areas along the Pawtuxet River in Cranston and Warwick and parts of southern Rhode Island, urging motorists to avoid...
View ArticleMinor flooding of the Pawtuxet and Pawcatuck rivers reported
By Kate BramsonThe National Weather Service reported minor flooding Saturday evening of the Pawtuxet River in Cranston and the Pawcatuck River in Westerly. Both were still rising around 9 p.m.,...
View ArticleWarwick woman arrested, charged with assault with a deadly weapon
By Kate BramsonRICHMOND, R.I. -- The Rhode Island State Police arrested a 24-year-old Warwick woman early Saturday and charged her with domestic assault with a deadly weapon, reckless driving and...
View ArticleCoast Guard, local police search Seekonk River following report of person in...
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Coast Guard and area police crews are searching the waters of the Seekonk River, by India Point in Providence, after a report of a man who may have fallen into...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules claim on crowded RIPTA buses Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Public transportation was one of the topics when Abel Collins, program manager for the Rhode Island chapter of the Sierra Club, was a guest on the June 2...
View ArticleComments sought on RI draft plan to deal with Alzheimer's
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Anyone who wants to comment on state's proposed plan for dealing with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders is invited to read it here. Public comment will be...
View ArticleFire puts 10 occupants out of dwelling in Providence
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Firefighters contained to one level a back porch fire in a three-story wood-frame dwelling Wednesday at 14 Curtis St., Deputy Assistant Chief Joseph Desmarais said.....
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Photo: A laugh between quarterbacks at Patriots mini camp
By News staff Providence Journal / Bob Breidenbach New England Patriots continue mini camp Wednesday at the practice facility at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. Tim Tebow, left, shares a laugh with...
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It's summer scam season, attorney general cautions
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Watch out for scams relating to summer rentals and vacations, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin cautioned in a news release Wednesday. He issued the...
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Feds: Bulger at center of murder, mayhem in Boston
By News staffBy DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) -- A federal prosecutor said in opening statements Wednesday at James "Whitey" Bulger's racketeering trial that the reputed mobster was...
View ArticleCranston drug raid finds children, dogs amid squalor
By Amanda MilkovitsCRANSTON -- Three small children and seven sick pit bulls were rescued during a drug raid Monday from a home caked in excrement and buzzing with flies. Cranston narcotics detectives...
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Jury in defense lawyer's bribery trial fails to reach verdict Wednesday
By Katie MulvaneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The jury in the trial of a defense lawyer accused of bribing a witness not to testify went home Wednesday without a verdict. Providence Journal photo / Bob...
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