A former top Rhode Island official agreed Tuesday to pay a $5,000 to settle an ethics fine for his behavior on a Philadelphia business trip last year.… MORE
A former top Rhode Island official agreed Tuesday to pay a $5,000 to settle an ethics fine for his behavior on a Philadelphia business trip last year.… MORE
Families staying in overflow shelter sites in Massachusetts will soon have to document each month their efforts to find a path out of the overflow system, including looking for housing or a job, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday.… MORE
Warwick Police have identified the father who shot and killed his young son Thursday morning in their Frawley Street home.… MORE
A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s case to be returned to a lower court to probe claims of juror bias.… MORE
Doctors in Boston have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient, the latest experiment in the quest to use animal organs in humans.… MORE
Two people died, including a small child and an adult male in a Warwick home Thursday morning in what police characterized as a domestic disturbance and an “horrific crime”.… MORE
The Rhode Island Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would require all firearms, when not being used by the owner or another authorized user, to be stored in a locked container or equipped with a tamper-resistant mechanical lock.… MORE
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg pledged to help Rhode Island rebuild its crippled Washington Bridge following a tour of the span Tuesday, calling the state’s two-year timetable for a replacement, “an aggressive estimate that needs to be met, and we’re going to do everything we can to help make that a reality.”… MORE
The federal government on Friday designated a large area off the New England coast for offshore wind production development, setting the stage for a possible lease sale within the Gulf of Maine.… MORE
A critical Rhode Island bridge that was partially shut down over safety concerns in December will need to be demolished and replaced, Gov. Dan McKee said Thursday.… MORE