New guilty pleas in East Coast serial rapes
By News staffMANASSAS, Va. (AP) -- A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to two more rapes that authorities attribute to a serial rapist who attacked at least 17 women along the East Coast for more than...
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Judge acquits former Chariho school board member of failing to render...
By Tracy BretonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- District Court Judge Mary McCaffrey has acquitted former Chariho School Committee member Terri Serra of failing to render assistance during the early morning hours of...
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Union president Weingarten likens teachers' work to heroism of first...
By Linda Borg Providence Journal photos / Bob Breidenbach PROVIDENCE, R. I. -- Randy Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, told 200 teachers gathered in Providence Friday that...
View ArticleFeds charge West Warwick Social Security worker in ID theft
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former Social Security manager in Warwick was arrested at his West Warwick home Friday on charges that in 2010 he stole the identity of a Coventry man,...
View ArticleNew, returning R.I. lawmakers to gather for first time for 'holiday celebration'
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For state legislators, the holiday-celebration season begins this Sunday with an "open-house'' that House Speaker Gordon D. Fox and House Majority Leader Nicholas...
View ArticleCasey Family Services to remain open under new operator, name
By Lynn ArditiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island division of Casey Family Services, a nonprofit funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, has found a new operator and is gearing up to recruit more...
View ArticleJWU may construct up to 3 new buildings with new land
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R. I. -- After more than a year of negotiations, Johnson and Wales bought two sections of land -- freed by the relocation of Route 195 -- from the state for $3.9 million....
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WaterFire performer Spogga moving to New Orleans
By Bill Van Siclen Providence Journal files / KRIS CRAIGSpogga the Firedancer is heading south. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's official: Spogga Hash, the fire-twirling prodigy who performs as Spogga the...
View ArticleApartment fire on Providence's Rugby Street confined to one room
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A fire in an apartment building at 99 Rugby St. was confined to one room, Deputy Assistant Fire Chief James Mirza said Friday. The call came at 3:42 p.m. for a fire...
View ArticleJudge affirms R.I. law requiring sex offenders to live at distance from schools
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court judge has rejected a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against a law requiring registered sex offenders to live at least 300...
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Saturday's snowy start will turn to rain in R.I. this afternoon
By maria caporizzo Providence Journal photo A runner makes his way across a snow-strewn Henderson Bridge Saturday morning. Many Rhode Islanders awoke this morning to a dusting of snow. WPRI...
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Cumberland sanctuary director: AIDS battle in 2012 is for drugs that are not...
By Mike McKinney Providence Journal photos / Bob Thayer Colleen Scanlan, director of the House of Compassion, puts up a banner Friday for World AIDS Day. CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- As World AIDS Day is marked...
View ArticleAnnual AIDS deaths in RI have declined sharply since 1993
By Felice FreyerMore than 2,000 Rhode Islanders are living with AIDS, 10 times more than the number in 1993, as drug therapies and earlier diagnosis keep many people alive. Related Cumberland sanctuary...
View ArticleBrown's Watson Institute names new head from MIT
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A political scientist and deputy dean at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been named director of Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown...
View ArticleNewly rebuilt Coventry bridge to bear Revolutionary War hero's name
By maria caporizzoCOVENTRY, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island is renaming a bridge to honor one of its leading Revolutionary War heroes. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation says the newly rebuilt...
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Brown team decodes Roger Williams' margin notes
By News staff Over on the Subterranean Blog, Sheila Lennon posts a story about a Brown team that has cracked the shorthand Roger Williams used to scribble notes in the margins of a 17th century book....
View ArticleC-SPAN coming to Providence to film literary, historic sites
By Tony LaRochePROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The cable network C-SPAN will be in the capital city next week to film various literary and historic sites for its cities tour program, which has visited 19 cities...
View ArticleNew England students receive EPA research money
By News staffBOSTON (AP) -- Several New England college students have received research fellowships from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study environmental science, pollution prevention...
View ArticleBipartisan child porn legislation sponsored by Sen. Whitehouse awaits...
By News staffThe Associated Press A bipartisan bill that increases maximum penalties for possessing child pornography has recently been passed by Congress. The legislation, known as the Child...
View ArticleNorth Kingstown council allows controversial development project to move forward
By Andy SmithNORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- In a rare Friday night meeting, the Town Council approved zoning amendments that will allow a controversial residential/commercial development at Routes 2 and 102...
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