Rhode Island – Authorities in Rhode Island canceled the Amber Alert they issued on Thursday for the disappearance of Daniel Britt 6 years of Woonsocket who was found unharmed in the home of relatives in a suburb near Seattle in Washington State. His mother, Andria Britt is in custody. Alerta Amber Cancelada Rhode Island – […]readmore
Rhode Island – A new report on traffic stops in Rhode Island shows that minorities are more likely to be stopped by the police than whites in most communities , but are less likely to be fined. Northeastern University researchers reviewed nearly 154,000 traffic stops made by 39 law enforcement agencies last year between January […]readmore
Massachusetts – Police responded early Thursday morning to a 911 call and arrived at the corner of Myrtle and Cedar Grove in New Bedford where they found an man injured by a gunshot wound and was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital where he later died. Authorities identified the deceased as 23 Patrick Alves of New […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Federal, state and local leaders are expected to attend a rally Friday for comprehensive immigration reform hosted by Congressman David N. Cicilline, (D-RI) and his guest, Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Cicilline’s office said.readmore
REVERE – Thursday, January 16, 2013 – Governor Deval Patrick today signed Executive Order No. 548 establishing a cross-Secretariat Task Force on School Safety and Security. This task force will be charged with developing a model school safety and security plan that school districts can adapt and implement to ensure that students and educators are […]readmore
Buttonwood Park Zoo Makes In Defense Of Animals’ 2013 List Of “Ten Worst Zoos For Elephants” – Grabs Fourth Spot San Rafael, Calif. – In Defense of Animals (IDA), an international animal protection organization, released today its list of the Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants for 2013. This marks IDA’s ten-year anniversary of exposing the […]readmore
Rhode Island – The Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin said that his office has joined a multi-state investigation into the massive security breach announced by the Target chain, last month. Kilmartin said the research aims to discover how big was the failure occurred and how. Initially, Target Corp. announced that some 40 million credit […]readmore
Massachusetts – Authorities say a boy and his sister, Lexi and Sean Monroe, both under 10 years old apparently died after being trapped in a trunk at their home in Franklin, Massachusetts. The police came to the residence at around 8 pm on Sunday after the family discovered the young children who were taken to […]readmore