PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Frank Williams, a retired Rhode Island Supreme Court chief justice who worked to broker a settlement, announced the deal in state court in Providence Thursday. He called it an «awesome achievement, shortly before Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter convened a court session to hear motions in the trial. The settlement proposal includes cost-of-living […]readmore
PROVIDENCE – Police have identified the woman who was shot dead in her car next to an elementary school on Sterling Avenue Wednesday night. The victim is Briana Giorgio, 21, of Cranston, which is the second homicide for Providence in two days. Giorgio was transported to Rhode Island Hospital and pronounced dead. Police said they don’t believe […]readmore
Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces that on Thursday, April 2, 2015, Troopers assigned to the Hope Valley Barracks arrested a New York man and seized approximately eighty-five (85) pounds of marijuana during a motor vehicle stop on Route 95 in the Town of […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today continued to outline her proposed jobs package to move Rhode Island forward. Along with community leaders, she renewed her call to raise the minimum wage and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). These proposals will boost the local economy and help make work pay for Rhode Islanders […]readmore
Two New York City women have been charged with trying to build a homemade bomb to launch a terrorist attack in the United States. A federal criminal complaint made public Thursday says Noelle Velentzas and Asia Siddiqui were arrested on charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. Prosecutors say undercover investigators determined the […]readmore
«We must reinvigorate Rhode Island and state government with fresh ideas and new ways of doing things, so that we can enhance accountability and get better results for our citizens.» – Governor Gina M. Raimondo With the state facing structural deficits, Rhode Island must transform state and municipal government to be more innovative and responsive […]readmore
House Speaker John Boehner is expected to move soon — as early as Wednesday — to bring up the clean bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for a vote on the House floor, according to two House GOP sources familiar with leadership discussions. A clean bill to fully fund the Department through the […]readmore
From 2020 to 2034, about 14 million new jobs will be created in the United States and 75 percent of them—approximately 11 million—will be filled by Hispanics. In the nearer future, over the next five years, Hispanics are expected to fill 40 percent of all new jobs. A wave of baby boomer (people born between […]readmore
On February 7, 1964, the Beatles, a British rock-and-roll quartet that had just scored its first No. 1 U.S. hit six days before with «I Want to Hold Your Hand,» made their first visit to the United States. At Kennedy, the «Fab Four» were greeted by 3,000 screaming fans who caused a near riot when the […]readmore
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (NNS) — The nine Marines from Rhode Island who died on Oct. 23, 1983 in the terrorist truck bombing attack at the Marine barracks, Beirut, Lebanon, were memorialized, Oct. 23, at the 31st anniversary Beirut Memorial Service conducted in the Portsmouth Historical Society chapel. The ‘Rhode Island Nine’ were honored as heroes during […]readmore
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