Category Archives: Local News

Photo by Lindsey Lerner. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Brown University police officer accused of assaulting a student from another college has been fired. The Providence Journal reports that the school a...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) - An 8-year-old Rhode Island boy with terminal cancer whose dying wish to become famous in China reverberated around the world has died. Dorian Murray died Tuesday, according to a ...

photo via flickr/Tom Blackwell by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO A new bill introduced at the General Assembly would require employers to give their employees at least two weeks’ notice of their work sc...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Animal abuse laws in Rhode Island could become tougher as lawmakers consider a group of new bills. The Providence Journal reports a bill pending in the House Judiciary Committe...

Robert Redford, founder and president of the Sundance Institute speaks at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP) PROVIDEN...

The good government group RI Taxpayers will cease operations on March 10, according to a statement released by the group on Tuesday. “It is with deep regret that we announce that R.I. Taxpayers ...

This is an undated photo of a Komodo dragon. (AP Photo/JusticeDeparment) FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - Three people were hospitalized and two people were arrested following a brawl in a Massachusetts pet s...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Students at a Catholic college who last month protested over alleged campus racism say they’re disappointed by the president’s response to their demands for a more ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Judiciary wants to collect more than $81 million in unpaid court fees. Judiciary spokesman Craig Berke tells WPRI-TV the state sent out 276,000 letters this we...