PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The developers of a new offshore wind farm said Monday that they're investing $4.5 million in Rhode Island to advance the industry in the state.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Police say a 4-year-old child found unresponsive at the bottom of a Rhode Island hotel's swimming pool remains in the hospital.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal government group that seeks to keep whales safe from threats is meeting in Rhode Island this week to try to find solutions to save the North Atlantic right...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police in Providence are investigating a late night shooting outside a city sports bar that sent one person to the hospital.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A legislative commission is recommending that adult education programs should be moved to the Department of Labor and Training.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's two senators are hosting an informational seminar for high school students interested in attending a military service academy.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A quasi-public agency says it's financing nearly $50 million in clean water projects in Rhode Island.

The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank said Friday the...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island transportation officials say they'll have 77 construction projects this year totaling $715 million.

The state began tolling trucks last year to pay for...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Providence man charged with fatally stabbed a man and assaulting three people has been sentenced.

Attorney General Peter Neronha said Friday that 30-year-old Nathan...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Rhode Island man arrested for trafficking in the powerful opioid fentanyl has been sent to federal prison for 2 ½ years.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Islanders of Southeast Asian descent say they are being increasingly racially profiled by Providence police.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence Police say a mother has been charged with murder in the death of her newborn son.

Police say 21-year-old Ginalys Velazquez Camara delivered the baby at a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence police have released the name of a homicide victim found shot to death in an SUV.

Police on Wednesday identified the man found at about 11 p.m. Tuesday in...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's attorney general has discovered more felony cases not prosecuted by his predecessor.

In addition to the 1,300 cases publicized in December, a review...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's child welfare agency says it has been determined that two children recently brought to Hasbro Children's Hospital were likely the victims of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to illegal firearms sales.

Federal and local authorities say 21-year-old Diosvany Cabreja...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A man who helped import and distribute hundreds of kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine to Rhode Island and Massachusetts has been sentenced to five years in...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police in Rhode Island are investigating the death of a woman who apparently fell from a third-story window.

Providence police are still trying to determine whether...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A new mayoral portrait is being unveiled at Providence City Hall.

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat, served two terms as mayor of Providence before...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island municipalities have been awarded nearly $25 million in federal funding to help revitalize local neighborhoods and support economic development and affordable...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two dancers at a famous Rhode Island strip club have pleaded no contest to misdemeanor prostitution charges.

The Providence Journal reports that 26-year-old Neish...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Providence police officer who had been placed on leave during an investigation into his possible involvement in a tire and rim theft ring has been cleared of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who had thousands of images of child pornography stored on electronic devices, including videos that depict him sexually assaulting a girl, has pleaded...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University is reviewing its policies and practices because of the nationwide college bribery scandal.

President Christina Paxson said in a letter distributed at...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who said he acted in self-defense when he fatally stabbed another man who had insulted his girlfriend on social media has been convicted of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump has renominated Rhode Island Public Defender Mary McElroy to be a judge on the U.S. District Court in Providence.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former nurse at the Providence VA Medical Center has been sentenced for tampering with hospital prescriptions.

Rhode Island U.S. Attorney Aaron Weisman said Friday...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence City Council has given initial approval to an ordinance banning single-use plastic bags in the city.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The mayor of Providence says he is pulling the plug on a plan to monetize the city's water system.

Democratic Mayor Jorge Elorza had previously touted the legislation...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A legislative committee in Rhode Island has advanced two bills dealing with overtime for firefighters.

One measure sponsored by Democratic House Majority Whip John...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is seeking to borrow $200 million to repair the viaduct bridges in Providence that carry parts of northbound Interstate 95...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island officials said at a rally Tuesday it's critical all residents are counted during the 2020 census, so the state doesn't lose federal funding or one of its two...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding a Rhode Island technology company out of more than $550,000 in reimbursements for business expenses.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island Republican State Central Committee member has resigned in protest over the election of the new state GOP chairwoman.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island House of Representatives committee is poised to vote on a proposal that would expand overtime pay for firefighters.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza says the city will make 700 more electric bicycles available for rental.

The JUMP bike influx will increase the total number of bikes...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man authorities say was driving drunk when he ran a red light and struck another vehicle, killing the driver and injuring the passenger, has been sent to...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man convicted of shooting his mother's boyfriend and then helping to dump and burn the body has been sent to prison for the rest of his life.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence Board of Licenses has temporarily closed a city nightclub following an outburst of gunfire over the weekend.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State environmental officials are asking residents to remove potential food sources from their properties as black bears emerge from hibernation.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police as well as child welfare officials in Rhode Island are investigating the death of an infant in a Providence home.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has crowned its 2019 "Cherry Blossom Princess."

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo and Yasuhiro Yamauchi, of the Consulate-General of Japan in Boston,...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a one-year extension of a humanitarian program that allows Liberians to live and work in the U.S., days before it was set to...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An astronaut currently stationed on the International Space Station sent a special greeting to patients at a children's hospital in Providence.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal report focusing on programs receiving federal grants through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act is criticizing several government programs in Rhode...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against the owner and managers of two Rhode Island restaurants alleging they didn't pay 11 workers properly for working...

NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — North Providence police have arrested the town's former school superintendent for allegedly misusing a school-issued credit card.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Outgoing Rhode Island Education Commissioner Ken Wagner says he is most proud of his work offering school choice, and he says there needs to be more of a student voice in...