The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today that it will open the new linear park on the historic Washington Bridge in Providence on weekends beginning Saturday, May 2; this to allow the public to take advantage of the spring weather and enjoy the new bike path as soon as possible. The park will […]readmore
Baltimore is struggling to return to normal following a night of violence, with schools and other key parts of city life shut down. The city’s Major League Baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles, used social media to announce its second game postponement Tuesday, after canceling a game Monday night against the Chicago White Sox. «After consultation […]readmore
U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday said there’s “no excuse” for Monday night’s violence in the eastern U.S. city of Baltimore and called for those who looted and burned buildings «to be treated as criminals.» Riots erupted in the city after the funeral for 25-year-old Freddie Gray, an African-American man who died in police custody earlier […]readmore
The skies are dreary, the air is chilly and downpours are on the way, but the runners have hit the road for the 119th running of the Boston Marathon. Enveloped as it was last year in a heavy security blanket of multiple armed law enforcement agencies, the National Guard and bomb-sniffing canines, the world’s oldest […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Last week, Congress passed a bipartisan bill to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), as well as for community health centers. This is great news for thousands of children in low and moderate-income households in Rhode Island who will have health coverage through RIte Care as a result. […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor today released the following statements regarding the proposal to build a minor league baseball stadium in Providence. «The PawSox are an important institution in Rhode Island and our goal is to keep them in the state,» said Raimondo. «The idea of a stadium […]readmore
Fall River – Arron Hernandez’s verdict is guilty of Murder of First Degree. Jury also found Arron Hernandez guilty of firearm and ammunition charges. Hernandez is charged with killing Odin Lloyd in June 2013. Lloyd was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee. He was shot six times in an industrial park near Hernandez’s home. Hernandez’s mother, Terri, […]readmore
PANAMA CITY— The White House says U.S. President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, are expected to «see each other» on Saturday, in a historic encounter at the Summit of the Americas in Panama. The U.S. president’s deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, told reporters in Panama City Friday that the two leaders […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI- Derell Johnson, age 21, has been charged by the Providence Police Department with one count of 1st degree murder for the April 1, 2015 murder of Briana Giorgio, age 21 of Cranston, which occurred on Webster Avenue. Johnson is scheduled to appear in Superior Court at 2 p.m. today. “I commend the […]readmore
NAIROBI—Kenyan officials say 147 people are dead after al-Shabab militants attacked a university in northeastern Kenya Thursday. About 160 students are still unaccounted for, Kenya’s interior ministry said. Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery spoke as special forces tried to clear the assailants off the campus of Garissa University College, about 370 kilometers (230 miles) east of […]readmore