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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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. […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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, […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
Providence –According to an order issued by the Supreme Court, Fox consented to disbarment in an affidavit filed with the court’s Disciplinary Board March 16, just two weeks after admitting to accepting bribes and using campaign funds for personal expenses as part of his plea agreement with prosecutors. On Wedsnesday, Rhode Island College rescinded the honorary degree it […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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