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Bomb-sniffing dog reunited with former handler at RI state police ceremony
By Donita Naylor Providence Journal photos / Kathy Borchers Lance Corporal Bradley O'Keefe and his sister Rachel Lawson, greet Earl, the bomb-sniffing dog, he worked with in Afghanistan. Earl is...
View ArticleStarting Sunday: Lizzie Borden, her life and trials / Video
By News staff This month marks the 120th anniversary of the trial of Lizzie Borden, who was accused of hacking her parents to death with a hatchet in their Fall River, Mass., home. The gruesome tale...
View ArticleR.I. has paid nation's top bond rating services more than $573,000 since 2010
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. - When Moody's Investors Service waded into the Rhode Island debate this past week over paying the bonds that financed Curt Schilling's failed 38 Studios, it was not...
View ArticleVideo: Purple Heart recipient is reunited with military K-9
By maria caporizzo Providence Journal video by Kathy Borchers SCITUATE, R.I. -- Lance Corporal Bradley O'Keefe, Purple Heart recipient, was reunited with his military K-9 partner, Earl, after being...
View ArticleToday in RI history: A challenge to pension overhaul; a rat-infested barge
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Rhode Island's public-employee unions file their long-anticipated challenges to the dramatic overhaul of the state's pension system for state workers, public school...
View ArticleFirst weekend of summer looks like a beauty, weather-wise
By News staffOur news and weather partners at WPRI say it's going to be a great first weekend of summer. Saturday will be mostly clear, with highs temperatures in the low 80s. Sunday will start a...
View ArticleRI reopens Sandy Point Beach, Hazard's Beach
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island health officials have reopened Sandy Point Beach in Portsmouth and Hazard's Beach in Newport to swimming. The Department of Health announced Friday...
View ArticleBrockton man accused of attacking homeless man outside Providence club
By Barbara PolichettiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Brockton, Mass., man was arrested early Saturday morning after police officers say they saw him allegedly attacking a homeless man outside a Pine Street...
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Man killed in shooting, Providence's 9th homicide this year
By Karen Lee Ziner Providence Journal photo/ Kathy BorchersA memorial has been set up where homicide victim Jose Sanchez was found. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man believed to have ties to street...
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Fundraising gala will help preserve RI's historic charter
By Barbara Polichetti Providence Journal photo/ Steve SzydlowskiDetail shows England's King Charles II, on the the Charter that was given to Rhode Island in 1663. PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - Take a whirl...
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Super full moon shines brightly this weekend
By News staff AP Photo/Julio CortezThe moon in its waxing gibbous stage is seen behind a statue entitled "Enlightenment Giving Power" by John Gelert, which sits at the top of the dome of the Bergen...
View ArticleProvidence teen shot, but he won't talk to police
By Karen Lee ZinerPROVIDENCE, RI -- A 16-year-old city youth was shot through the leg Friday on Violet Street, police said. The police responded at 6:30 p.m. to a report of shots fired at Violet Street...
View ArticlePolice and dogs converge at Hernandez home
By G. Wayne MillerNORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) -- State police officers accompanied by dogs are searching the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez during a probe into the killing of a...
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Police tight-lipped at Hernandez residence
By Paul DavisNORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A crowd of about 60, including many members of the media, remain outside the home of Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez at this hour as police investigate the...
View ArticleFour people injured in Providence shooting
By News staffFour people, including two 16 year olds, have been injured in a violent double drive by shooting in Providence, according to WPRI. The shooting took place on Curtis St. around 10 p.m. at a...
View ArticleMan arrested for climbing Mount Hope Bridge tower
By Bruce LandisThe State Police said they charged a Portsmouth man with willful trespassing after one man videotaped another on top of a Mount Hope Bridge tower in February and put a video on the...
View ArticleWest Warwick's bonds downgraded as council prepares budget
By Alex KuffnerA national service has lowered the rating by two notches on West Warwick bonds as the Town Council prepares a budget for a voters' referendum. Fitch Ratings lowered to BBB- from from...
View ArticleFour shot in Olneyville, latest in a series of city shootings
By Bruce LandisPROVIDENCE - Four persons were shot outside a birthday party Saturday night on Curtis Street, the police said. They were the latest victims in a series of shootings in the city. The...
View ArticleRI Supreme Court orders new trial in drug case where prosecutor accused of...
By Tracy BretonPROVIDENCE, RI -- The state Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of drug offenses, saying that the prosecutor in the case prejudiced his right to a fair trial by...
View ArticleProvidence man wounded in drive-by shooting
By W. Zachary Malinowski PROVIDENCE -- A 22-year old Silver Lake man was wounded in a drive-by shooting on Monday afternoon on Sterling Avenue in the city's Silver Lake neighborhood. Detective Capt....
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