PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who calls himself the “world’s greatest counterfeiter” has been granted compassionate release from prison, where he was serving a 15-month sentence for...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island police sergeant accused of striking a handcuffed man during an arrest has been suspended with pay.

Sgt. Joseph Hanley is charged with simple assault...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who intentionally struck a pedestrian with his vehicle last weekend during an argument has been charged with murder, police said.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Several Rhode Island farms have received grants to help make their operations more environmentally friendly.

The $100,000 in “green" grants from the Rhode Island...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Cranston man died in an early morning rollover crash in Providence, Rhode Island State Police said Friday.

The preliminary report indicates that Roberto Pichardo...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island will distribute thousands of masks and disinfectant products to businesses as the state gradually reopens its economy, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Twin River Worldwide Holdings Inc. (TRWH) on Wednesday reported a first-quarter loss of $8.9 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is committing $8.2 million to boost pay and help retain workers in the state's nursing homes, group homes and other congregate care facilities during the...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who freed himself from restraints and escaped policy custody in January has been caught in Puerto Rico, federal authorities say.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's state legislature could start getting back to work soon, the House Speaker says.

The House Finance Committee is aiming to meet Thursday for the first...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo said Friday she is signing an executive order that will give the state Department of Health the authority to fine or even shut down...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has met several benchmarks that Gov. Gina Raimondo said Thursday will allow her to lift the state's stay-at-home order Friday and initiate a phased-in restart...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Almost everyone in an indoor or outdoor public place in Rhode Island will be required to wear a face mask starting Friday to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus,...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to persuading four minor girls to send him sexually explicit photos of themselves after befriending them on social media, federal...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Textron Inc. (TXT) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $50 million.

On a per-share basis, the Providence, Rhode Island-based company said it had profit of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Gina Raimondo has issued an executive order she says will cut the insurance red tape for people seeking prompt and proper health care during the coronavirus...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A man who won a seat in the Rhode Island state legislature but resigned before being sworn in faces charges of embezzling from the state chapter of the Sierra Club and...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island chiropractor has agreed to plead guilty to health care fraud and tax evasion charges, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two men have been charged with defrauding banks in Rhode Island and Massachusetts out of a total of $150,000 through ATM skimming schemes, federal prosecutors in Rhode...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Citizens Financial Group Inc. (CFG) on Friday reported first-quarter earnings of $34 million.

The Providence, Rhode Island-based company said it had net income of 3...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo urged residents to continue adhering to social distancing guidelines and stay-at-home recommendations Thursday to keep the number of...

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) — Authorities in Rhode Island have released the names of the two people found shot to death in a car in Providence last week.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A storm with powerful wind gusts swept across New England on Monday, knocking out power to thousands across the region and bringing more misery to snow-clobbered...

OGUNQUIT, Maine (AP) — An art museum in southern Maine has named a Michigan art professor as its new executive director.

The Ogunquit Museum of American Art will be led by Amanda Lahikainen...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence police are investigating the suspicious deaths of two people discovered Friday evening.

The bodies were found in a car parked on train tracks. They were...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island woman who stole nearly $5 million from close friends and family was denied special release from prison because of the pandemic on Monday.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island woman who stole nearly $5 million from close friends and family is requesting that she be released from prison to home confinement until the coronavirus...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Easter Bunny is essential.

Gov. Gina Raimondo, in response to a question from a kindergartner who asked if the Easter Bunny was quarantined because of the...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island transportation officials have canceled plans to close a well-traveled highway exit as part of a major bridge project.

BOSTON (AP) — A panel of three appeals court judges upheld a previous ruling that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot enforce two Rhode Island cities to comply with a grant that they said in a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Three men broke into a sporting goods store at a Rhode Island mall that had been closed in response to the new coronavirus pandemic and stole more than $15,000 worth of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Three Rhode Island-based organizations have been awarded grants to provide affordable housing and strengthen communities.

SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) — A 54-year-old bridge in Rhode Island will close for more than two months as part of an approximately $515,000 repair project.

PROVIDENCE. R.I. (AP) — An 11-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was momentarily pinned against a building by a pickup truck that drove from the scene, police in Rhode Island...