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Ioannis Miaoulis, in a photo distributed by Roger Williams University on February 13, 2019 BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) – Roger Williams University in Rhode Island has named Ioannis Miaoulis as its new pr...

Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence's police chief says violent crime and property crime dipped in the city last year. Police Col. Hugh Clements Jr. credited Tuesday a ...

photo via CNN PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island state senator is trying to get the state to ban 3D-printed plastic guns. Democratic Sen. Cynthia Coyne, of Barrington, introduced the legisla...

photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – New proposed changes in Rhode Island’s state Senate could consolidate power with the Senate president and prevent a filibuster from...

  Michelle Carter and her attorney Joseph Cataldo listen as a judge in Taunton District court orders her to begin serving her 15-month sentence for involuntary manslaughter for her role in the 20...

A speed camera watches over traffic on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Records show Providence collected $3.2 million in fines durin...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – A third person has been arrested in connection with the theft of a Boston police officer’s gun in Rhode Island. Pawtucket police say 24-year-old Kyle Benford conspir...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Democratic anti-abortion legislator from Rhode Island told WPRO’s Matt Allen that he isn't pursuing a police complaint about a letter submitted to the House Judiciary C...

photo by Joe King via Flickr Creative Commons PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would impose a new fine on people who drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs or...

WPRO News and the Associated Press CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Representative Patricia Serpa tells WPRO’s Tara Granahan that Rhode Island's Executive Office of Health and Human Services has received m...