PROVIDENCE — Mayor Angel Taveras has proposed agreements under which the tax-exempt tenants of the proposed South Street Landing development project will pay taxes to the City of Providence. As currently envisioned, the former South Street Power Station on Dyer Street would be leased to Rhode Island College and the University of Rhode Island for […]readmore
A Newbury man was going for a walk with his dog on Plum Island Beach Saturday when he stumbled upon the unexpected—a human leg. Carrie Kimball Monahan, spokeswoman for the Essex County District Attorney’s office, said the leg was the first body part of several others to wash ashore this weekend. The remains were confirmed as […]readmore
National Basketball Association superstar Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers is now the league’s third all-time leading scorer, supplanting the legendary Michael Jordan. Entering Sunday night’s road game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Bryant needed nine points to better Jordan’s career total of 32,292. The tying and go-ahead points came on two free throws with […]readmore
WASHINGTON— Court officials canceled a two-day pretrial hearing for suspects in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Monday at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a U.S. Army spokesman said.The hearing, intended to examine allegations the FBI tried to infiltrate legal defense teams, according to a docket on a Pentagon website. It would have been […]readmore
The suspect at the center of the Sydney hostage drama winding down Tuesday has long been on law enforcement officials’ radar. Man Haron Monis, an Iranian-born refugee and self-styled sheik, was alleged to have taken at least a dozen people hostage and holding them for nearly 17 hours at the downtown Lindt Chocolate Cafe. Security […]readmore
A daylong standoff in Sydney, Australia, ended after heavily armed police stormed the cafe where a man reportedly held at least a dozen people hostage, leaving two hostages and the gunman dead. Heavy gunfire and loud bangs from stun grenades filled the air around 2 a.m. local time (1500 GMT on Monday) after security forces […]readmore
FOXBORO — There was a point when the Patriots’ Sunday afternoon matchup with the Dolphins looked like it would be a close one. There was a time when Tom Brady and the offense looked inept. There was a moment when it looked like the Patriots wouldn’t clinch their sixth consecutive AFC East title. Then the third quarter […]readmore
CRANSTON, R.I. – Three people face charges of driving under the influence after car accidents this weekend – two of which involved Cranston police cruisers. The police charged Alex Sanville, 24, of 43 Baptist St., Swansea, with driving under the influence and refusing a breath test after the car he was driving struck an unattended […]readmore
During nationwide marches protesting the killings of unarmed black men by white police officers, families of the victims urged demonstrators to continue pressing for changes to the criminal justice system. In Washington, relatives of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin gathered on Saturday at Freedom Plaza, near the White House, before peacefully […]readmore
Hundreds of armed police in Sydney, Australia, have sealed off an area of the central business district where gunmen are holding what appears to be more than three dozen people hostage inside a cafe. Live television from the scene showed people inside a Lindt chocolate cafe standing with their hands pushed up against the windows. […]readmore