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Providence students stage quiet sit-in aimed at Education Commissioner Gist
By Linda Borg THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL / KRIS CRAIG Education commissioner Deborah Gist tells Providence high school students waiting at the RIDE offices this afternoon that she would not talk to them...
View ArticleMarathon bombing suspect's college friends deny obstruction charge
By News staffBy BRIDGET MURPHY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- Two college friends of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect pleaded not guilty Tuesday to allegations they conspired to obstruct...
View ArticleR.I. Turnpike & Bridge Authority chairman recovering from heart attack
By Bruce LandisDavid Darlington, the chairman of the state Turnpike and Bridge Authority, said he is recovering from a heart attack he suffered last Monday while a guest on a radio talk show. He said...
View ArticleUpdate: Warwick's Councilman Donovan apologizes after pleading guilty to...
By Barbara PolichettiWARWICK, R.I. - A city councilman who was charged in June with driving under the influence and a felony weapons charge, last week pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated,...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Waterspout spotted off Prudence Island
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: A family member discovers Lucy Ponte, 54, of Larchwood Drive, East Providence, severely injured at her home. Soon afterward, the body of her husband, Mario Ponte,...
View ArticleDry, comfortable stretch of weather
By Jack PerryPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A nice stretch of weather begins today, according to our weather partners at WPRI. Expect mostly sunny skies, less humidity and highs in the upper 70s today. The only...
View ArticleRebuilding Liberia: UN peacekeepers prepare to hand over reins to Liberia...
By Philip MarceloEditor's note: Journal Staff Writer Philip Marcelo is spending two weeks in Liberia this August to report on that country's progress 10 years after the end of a devastating civil war....
View ArticleRI Governor Chafee to host White House environmental adviser
By Jack PerryPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island's governor is meeting with one of President Barack Obama's top environmental advisers. Gov. Lincoln Chafee is scheduled to host Nancy Sutley, the...
View ArticleMass. prosecutors mull state charges vs. Bulger
By News staffBOSTON (AP) -- Prosecutors in Massachusetts plan to meet with their federal counterparts to determine whether murder or other charges can be brought against James "Whitey" Bulger or his...
View ArticleObama has a date night during Vineyard vacation
By News staffNEDRA PICKLER Associated Press MENEMSHA, Mass. (AP) -- It was date night Tuesday for President Barack Obama and his first lady. With their daughters yet to join them on vacation, the...
View ArticleRI ed board discusses retreat after judge's ruling
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The Rhode Island Board of Education is scheduled to discuss a private retreat, which a judge says must be at least partially open to the public if members want to...
View ArticleShooting leaves 3 people injured in Providence
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A local man and a couple from Cranston were wounded in a shooting in the city's West End late Tuesday night. Someone opened fire on people outside 17 Hudson St....
View ArticleSuspect in Johnston double homicide was arrested with .357 Magnum
By Mark ReynoldsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 28-year-old man who is accused of shooting and killing two Johnston women early Sunday morning was armed with a .357 magnum when Providence police arrested him...
View ArticleBus tour visits Providence to address climate change
By Richard SalitPROVIDENCE -- Top elected and environmental officials in Rhode Island greeted the "I Will Act on Climate" 27-state bus tour as it made a stop here today. The bus tour -- whose...
View ArticleNorth Providence man, 82, avoids prison in $18M Navy kickbacks scheme
By W. Zachary MalinowskiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The elderly father of a man described as the mastermind of a multimillion dollar kickback scheme with Navy contractors was sentenced to two years of home...
View ArticleMayor Diossa to run for re-election in Central Falls
By News staffCENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- James A. Diossa, the city's first Latino mayor, announced on Friday that he will seek re-election this fall for a new four-year term as the city's top elected...
View ArticleNJ man denies taking girl from RI for sex
By John HillPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A New Jersey man pleaded not guilty in federal court this morning to charges he transported a teenaged girl from Rhode Island to his home in New Jersey with the intent...
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Photo: A two-wheeled presidential motorcade on Martha's Vineyard
By News staff Jacquelyn Martin/ Associated PressPresident Barack Obama and daughter Malia ride bicycles Friday in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, after first lady Michelle Obama, with daughter...
View ArticleSen. Reed tours Arcade Providence as building renovations near completion
By Paul GrimaldiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Sen. Jack Reed spent about a half hour Friday morning with Evan Granoff, owner of the Arcade in Providence, on a tour of the historic building downtown. Work...
View ArticleHighway crews restoring defaced Macaulay mural / photos
By News staffRhode Island highway crews are in the process of restore a defaced Route 95 mural designed by award-winning author and illustrator David Macaulay. Providence Journal columnist Edward...
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