Amazon founder Bezos to buy Washington Post
By News staffWASHINGTON (AP) -- Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is buying The Washington Post and other newspapers for $250 million. The longtime publisher, The Washington Post Co., announced the deal...
View ArticleBulger's lawyer says underworld witnesses told lies
By News staffBy DENISE LAVOIE,AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) -- James "Whitey" Bulger's lawyers used their closing arguments Monday to go after three gangsters who took the stand against the...
View ArticleRI issues warning about shellfish from Conn. sites
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Health officials in Rhode Island are warning restaurants, seafood markets and consumers not to eat recalled shellfish harvested from specific sites in Connecticut....
View ArticleRI State Police take 1st place in National Law Enforcement Challenge
By Richard C. Dujardin SCITUATE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island State Police has been named a winner of the 2012 National Law Enforcement Challenge sponsored by the International Association of Chiefs of...
View ArticleMan in scooter accident in Westerly airlifted to hospital
By Richard C. DujardinWESTERLY, R.I. -- A man seriously injured in a scooter accident on White Rock Road near Cottage Street was being airlifted a hospital Monday night. The police said the accident...
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Rebuilding Liberia: Arrival in Monrovia
By Philip Marcelo Photo / Philip Marcelo Dixon Sherieff and his wife, Mercy, tend to their two-week old son, Shetra, in his mother-in-law's home, which has no running water or electricity. Sherieff...
View ArticleToday in RI history: More medical waste washes up on RI beach
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: With the Sept. 11 primary just five weeks away, the Secretary of State's Office is in the thick of an effort to provide identification cards to people who will need...
View ArticleACLU to ask judge to stop RI education board's retreat
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union will ask a judge to stop the state Board of Education from holding a private retreat at which they...
View ArticleAnother great summer day
By Jack PerryPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Expect another beautiful day with a lot of sunshine and low humidity. The temperature dropped into the 50s, even the 40s in some areas, overnight, but it will warm...
View ArticleCVS Caremark's 2Q profit climbs 16 percent
By News staffWOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) -- CVS Caremark says its second-quarter earnings climbed 16 percent, as the company booked revenue gains from both its drugstore and pharmacy benefits management...
View ArticleLawyer Kyle A. Rocha faces disciplinary hearing Wednesday
By Tracy BretonPROVIDENCE, RI -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court's disciplinary board has scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday at 1 p.m. on ethics charges brought against lawyer Kyle A. Rocha, who...
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Duplex fire in Portsmouth sends occupant to hospital / Photo
By Donita Naylor The Providence Journal / Frieda Squires PORTSMOUTH, R.I. -- A fire in a duplex at the end of Duffy Terrace sent one occupant to the hospital and went to a second alarm. Deputy Fire...
View ArticleMotorcylist seriously hurt after hitting tree in Johnston; cycle's owner...
By Richard C. DujardinJOHNSTON, R.I. -- A motorcycle crash that seriously injured the cycle's operator led to the arrest the cycle's 19-year-old owner Sunday night after police determined that the...
View ArticleHomeless woman charged with pouring urine in building shared by Richmond...
By Donita NaylorRICHMOND, R.I. -- A homeless woman was arrested Tuesday on a felony charge of desecrating a place of public assemblage after she was caught on a security camera pouring a liquid that...
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Silver alert issued for 81-year-old Cranston man
By Richard C. Dujardin CRANSTON, R.I. -- Police have issued a silver alert for an 81-year-old man, John Hanrahan, who was last seen leaving his home at 160 Orchard St. around 5 a.m. Tuesday. The police...
View ArticleSen. Whitehouse to hold community dinner in Pawtucket Thursday
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will host a community dinner in Pawtucket Thursday to talk to constituents and take questions. A representative from HealthSource RI,...
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Barrington Planning Board OKs plan, 7-0, for affordable housing development...
By Christine Dunn Courtesy of Union Studio A watercolor sketch of the proposed Palmer Pointe development, as it appeared in February. BARRINGTON, R.I. -- The Planning Board voted 7-0 Tuesday night to...
View Article10 people forced to flee fire on Oxford Street in South Providence
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Ten people living in a three-story house at 282 Oxford St. on the city's South Side were forced to flee the building Tuesday after residents discovered a fire...
View ArticleSilver Alert canceled for 81-year-old Cranston man
By Richard C. DujardinCRANSTON, R.I. -- A silver alert issued earlier in the day for an 81-year-old man who had been missing since 5 a.m. Tuesday was canceled around 10 p.m. after he turned up at Rhode...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Lifeguards, divers search for man in Lincoln pond
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: A sample of mosquitoes collected July 30 in the Smith Hill area of Providence has tested positive for West Nile Virus. 5 years ago today: Animal control officers in...
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