PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An independent review of the Providence public school system has found severe dysfunction, including rampant bullying and fighting among students, crumbling facilities, and...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police say a man has been shot to death while waiting for his car to get fixed at a Rhode Island auto body shop.

Providence police Maj. David Lapatin says the man in...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence School Board is expected to appoint a new acting superintendent.

Board President Nicholas Hemond told the Providence Journal that Dorothy Smith, a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Opponents of Rhode Island's new abortion rights law are asking a judge to declare it unconstitutional.

The Providence-based advocacy group Catholics for Life and...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Proposals to gives victims of childhood sexual abuse more time to sue, to compensate people who have been wrongfully imprisoned, and to update the state education system...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The nomination of Rhode Island Public Defender Mary McElroy to be a judge for the U.S. District Court in Providence has been approved by the U.S. Senate Judiciary...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Jim Taricani, an award-winning TV reporter who exposed corruption and served a federal sentence for refusing to disclose a source, has died. He was 69.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's House of Representatives passed a nearly $10 billion state budget Saturday that would expand the state's pre-kindergarten program and add six new medical...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's House of Representatives will finish voting on a nearly $10 billion state budget on Saturday.

House leaders had hoped to finish voting Friday night and...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who participated in a violent armed home invasion in which the victims were threatened with death has pleaded guilty to related charges.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello says he's pulling $1 million from the state budget for a controversial treatment for brain injuries pushed by a Cranston...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo signed a bill Wednesday to preserve federal abortion protections in state law.

The Senate passed the bill and immediately transmitted it...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to serve seven years in prison in Rhode Island for kidnapping and assaulting his 74-year-old mother.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's House speaker explained to lawmakers what's in the budget and why on Tuesday, answering several of their questions about the planned increase in medical...

WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — The Catholic Diocese of Providence is merging two of its parishes.

WJAR-TV reports that St. Mary Parish and SS John and James Parish of West Warwick will merge on...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island police have arrested a man they say stabbed a panhandler to death on a Providence street.

Maj. David Lapatin says 51-year-old Antonio Bryant was...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island State Police have arrested seven people in connection with a pair of gang-related shootings at Providence nightclubs that injured three people.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A registered sex offender who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and to sending sexually explicit text messages and images to a 14-year-old girl has been...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Providence College sophomore says in a lawsuit the school failed to investigate and protect her from being sexually harassed and assaulted by a male student she calls a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island congressmen are meeting with business and community leaders to discuss issues facing the local business community and current events in Washington.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence is no longer allowing an alternative magazine to hold its annual theater awards show at a church-owned facility after the magazine...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has received a $2.8 million federal grant to boost efforts to bring an Amtrak stop to the state's main airport.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island legislative committee on Friday approved a nearly $9.97 billion state budget that would expand the state's pre-kindergarten program and add six new medical...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The head of the Rhode Island chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has been charged with armed assault and other offenses after police battered down the...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who pretended to be a 16-year-old girl online in order to get teenage boys to engage in explicit sexual activity in live stream videos has pleaded...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who worked as a sleep technologist at a children's hospital has been charged with possessing child pornography.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island hotel is removing portraits of late Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci (see-AN'-see) in response to a complaint about his criminal history.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge has sided with two Rhode Island cities in their suit against the Department of Justice over immigration enforcement conditions placed on public safety...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — In a story June 10 about an investigation into the president of the U.S. Naval War College, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to serve 20 years in prison for fatally stabbing another man he says insulted his ex-girlfriend on social media.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence Police say a man who was apparently sleeping in the roadway has died after being run over by a vehicle.

Police Commander Thomas Verdi tells the Providence...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Community College of Rhode Island is using a sensory tool to help the public understand what it's like to live with dementia.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The city of Providence is holding its signature arts festival this weekend.

PVDFest is a free, four-day festival that celebrates artists. It began...

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Islanders are commemorating their ancestors' role in helping spark the American Revolution.

The annual Gaspee Days celebration gets under way on Saturday with a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State police in Rhode Island say they have arrested a woman suspected of shooting a gas station clerk in Massachusetts.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Senate is backing legislation to authorize a pilot program to attempt to establish supervised injection sites for drug users.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A famous Rhode Island strip club has reached a settlement with Providence officials that will allow it to keep its licenses and reopen a so-called "VIP" area.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A bill that would ban single-use plastic bags at all checkout counters in Rhode Island stores has passed the Senate.

The legislation approved unanimously on Thursday...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Senate has approved a bill to allow political candidates to use campaign funds for child care while they are participating in elections...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $57.1 million.

On a per-share basis, the Providence, Rhode Island-based...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor is conducting an audit in connection with the resignation of a Providence, Rhode Island city official.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has nominated a new chair to lead the state's Public Utility Commission.

The Providence Journal reports that energy attorney Laura S....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence officials say a voluntary energy reduction program for large buildings in the city has begun to show results.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island coin dealer serving a 660-year prison sentence for laundering more than $135 million for a Colombian drug cartel is requesting compassionate...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A priest is asking parishioners not to leave his church over a tweet by Rhode Island's bishop urging Roman Catholics to not support or attend LGBTQ Pride Month...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop on Sunday defended a tweet urging Catholics to not support or attend LGBTQ Pride Month events, saying it was his obligation to teach...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The state has awarded nearly $100,000 in grants to help food and farming businesses start or expand operations in Rhode Island.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island School of Design is awarding degrees to about 500 undergraduate students at its 136th commencement ceremony.