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Skywatcher: Fireball streaks across the sky
By Thomas J. Morgan PROVIDENCE -- Spaceweather.com on Friday reported a "major fireball event." On Wednesday night a meteoroid weighing 100 pounds and traveling 53,000 mph hit the atmosphere over the...
View ArticleJWU opening cooperative housing option in Cranston
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Johnson & Wales University is marking the official opening of a cooperative-style housing option the school says is the first of its kind in Rhode Island. A...
View ArticleR.I. Health Department suspends license of Lincoln doctor
By Lynn ArditiThe Health Department suspended a Rhode Island physician's license to practice medicine after a review of six patients' deaths showed that he had inappropriately prescribed them...
View ArticleAP Source: Tim Tebow cut by Patriots
By News staffFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- A person familiar with the situation says Tim Tebow has been cut by the New England Patriots. After being let go by his third team in 18 months -- and with the...
View ArticleObama seeking lawmakers' approval for Syria strike
By News staffWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack. But he says...
View ArticlePolice investigate early-morning stabbing in downtown Providence
By Lynn ArditiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Police are investigating the stabbing of two young men and a juvenile in downtown Providence at about 2 a.m. Saturday, police said. Allen Bello, 21, was at the corner...
View ArticleRain to continue Sunday and throughout Labor Day weekend
By News staffPicnic plans this Labor Day weekend? You may be dodging quite a few raindrops. According to the National Weather Service, scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue Sunday and into...
View Article6 people taken to RI hospitals after boat runs aground in Bay
By Alisha A. PinaPRUDENCE ISLAND, R.I. -- Six people were taken to area hospitals Saturday night after a boat they were in ran aground between Prudence and Patience Islands. Coast Guard Petty Officer...
View Article2 horses die in morning barn fire in Hopkinton
By Mike McKinneyHOPKINTON, R.I. -- A 6-year-old horse and a 17-year-old horse died in a barn fire, believed to have been caused by a lightning strike, on Sunday morning at 24 Prospect Square. According...
View ArticleConn. State Police seeking help with fatal head-on collision
By Alisha A. PinaNEW LONDON, CONN. -- Connecticut State Police are looking for information regarding a head-on collision early Saturday morning that left one driver dead. The police responded to the...
View ArticleNYC music fest canceled after 2 drug-linked deaths, including RI woman
By News staffNEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City dance music festival featuring high-profile acts including Avicii, David Guetta and Diplo has been canceled after the deaths of two attendees were...
View ArticleRhode Island included in recall of 370,000 Ford cars
By News staffNEW YORK (AP) - Ford is recalling 370,000 cars due to potential corrosion to their steering shaft that may result in loss of steering. No incidents or injuries have been reported. The cars...
View ArticleRI Police: Man allegedly tried to cheat a Twin River table game
By Mike McKinneyA Cranston man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to cheat at a casino game at the Twin River slot parlor in Lincoln, the Rhode Island State Police said in a news release...
View ArticleStudents, the new and the returning, arrive on College Hill
By Mike McKinneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University sophomore Madeline Pesec, of Cleveland, was doing her best on Thayer Street on Sunday to hold up three hefty boxes stacked on a dolly. In the boxes...
View ArticleDealers overwhelmingly ratify Foxwoods contract
By News staffMASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) -- Dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino have overwhelmingly ratified a contract that raises salaries and preserves what the union says is the dealers' right to decide...
View ArticleLightning-struck transmission lines lead to power failures in RI
By Mike McKinneyLightning that struck two of National Grid's main transmission lines early Sunday morning spawned power failures that a company representative said reached a peak of 10,000. By about...
View ArticleRescue crews called out to 'entrapment' in vehicle in Scituate
By Mike McKinneySCITUATE, R.I. -- Emergency responders are at the scene of a car accident Sunday afternoon in which a person may be trapped inside a vehicle. The reported entrapment is on Route 6 at...
View ArticlePolice: Pitbull attacks 4-year-old boy in Providence Sunday
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A four year old Providence boy was hospitalized Sunday afternoon after being attacked by the family pitbull, according to the police. Lt. Richard Fernandes said the...
View ArticleDanger: Weather Service issues flash flood watch for region
By Peter PhippsAfter a weekend of rain, the National Weather Monday morning urged residents to be on alert for heavy rainfall of 1 to 3 inches that could cause flash flooding. The flash-flood watch...
View ArticleWoman airlifted to hospital after rollover crash in Scituate
By News staffSCITUATE -- A woman who was trapped in her car for nearly an hour after a rollover crash on Sunday was airlifted to the hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries. WPRI-TV...
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