Trashed Mass. lottery ticket a $1 million winner
By News staffNORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts couple has won $1 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket they dug out of the trash after inadvertently throwing it away. The state lottery...
View ArticleCouples may preregister for marriage licenses ahead of first day of RI...
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Anyone wanting to obtain a marriage license on Aug. 1, the first day that Rhode Island's marriage equality law goes into effect, can preregister next Monday, Tuesday...
View ArticleNorth Kingstown woman, 49, charged with stealing $200,000 from her elderly...
By Donita NaylorSCITUATE, R.I. -- A North Kingstown woman was arrested Friday on charges related to transferring more than $200,000 to herself while she had power of attorney over the affairs of her...
View ArticleSecond calf dies in Tiverton pasture linked to rabies concerns
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Department of Health has announced that a second calf that had been living in a pasture next to Gray's Ice Cream in Tiverton has died. Health departments...
View ArticleTime Lapse is on vacation this week
By Sheila LennonTime Lapse, our weekend history mystery, is on vacation this week, but you can look back at one of the 62 earlier stories sorted by lead photo at theTime Lapse Gallery or by headlines...
View Article3 RI beaches closed, 4 reopened to swimmers by health department
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Sandy Point Beach in Portsmouth and Fort Adams State Park in Newport have joined Scarborough State Beach in Narragansett as being closed to swimming because of high...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Sunken history discovered by divers
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Divers have discovered a World War II German submarine nearly 70 years after it sank under U.S. attack in waters off Nantucket. The U-550 was found in deep water...
View ArticleClear and warm, with increasing humidity
By Daryl Ann WestPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's blue skies and humidity for most of Rhode Island today. It won't be anything like last week's heat wave, but expect highs in the mid 80s inland and upper 70s...
View ArticleMan, 24, wounded near Providence club in exchange with police
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence police say a sergeant shot and wounded a gang member who fired at him in South Providence early Saturday morning. The police were called around 2...
View ArticleRabies ruled out for brown calf that died Friday in Tiverton; still a...
By Felice FreyerPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Laboratory tests have ruled out rabies as the cause of death for a brown calf that died Friday, the second of two calves that died near a Tiverton ice cream shop. But...
View ArticleSold-out crowd Saturday at Newport Folk Fest
By Andy SmithNEWPORT, R.I. -- A sold-out crowd of 10,000 poured into Fort Adams State Park for the Newport Folk Festival Saturday, a day blessed with flawless sunny weather. Scores of boats, kayaks and...
View Article2 Providence nightclubs closed after Saturday shootings
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two nightclubs have been temporarily closed by the city License Board after violence and gunfire erupted outside both early Saturday morning. A gang member shot...
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About 150 hold vigil for murdered Warwick runner
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Providence Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson Relatives of John Fay -- Adam Dupont, of Arlington, MA, and sister Melanie Dupont, of Providence -- place flowers at the spot in...
View ArticleToday in RI history: North Kingstown's Beisel wins silver in London
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: North Kingstown's swimmer Elizabeth Beisel wins the silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley at the London Summer Olympics. 5 years ago today: A jury rules...
View ArticleWest Greenwich man dies in Ledyard car accident; 2 Coventry men sustain...
By News staffA West Greenwich man died early Saturday in an automobile accident in Ledyard, Conn. The New London Day reports the victim, Ryan Partridge, 25, of West Greenwich, was found dead, trapped...
View ArticlePolice investigating early-morning homicide in Pawtucket
By Lynn ArditiPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Police are investigating the shooting death of a 41-year-old man at 112 Dawson St. shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday. Neighbors told police they saw two men fleeing the...
View ArticleSouth Kingstown man stricken during race, dies from heart attack
By News staffSOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A 70-year-old local man died Sunday morning after suffering what appeared to be a heart attack during a triathlon competition at the town beach, police said. James...
View ArticleUpdate: 27 of 44 arrested in Brayton Point protest now free
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.SOMERSET, Mass. -- A coordinator for the group that staged a large protest at the Brayton Point Power Station on Sunday said 27 of the 44 people arrested have been released on...
View ArticleFBI raids rescue 105 kids forced into prostitution
By News staffWASHINGTON (AP) -- Authorities rescued 105 children who were forced into prostitution and arrested 150 pimps and others in a three-day law enforcement sweep in 76 American cities, the FBI...
View ArticlePawtucket police identify man shot to death; motive, suspects, still unknown
By Amanda MilkovitsPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- While Pawtucket police have identified the man murdered in his home early Sunday morning, they are still searching for two suspects seen fleeing after the gunfire....
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