PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Thousands of people, many decked out in pink, showed in Providence for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A ban on single-use plastic bags in the city of Providence is going into effect.

The city says the ordinance takes effect on Tuesday. It prohibits retailers form...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence police are investigating a shooting that left the victim in critical condition.

Police say a 24-year-old man was shot at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday on...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities say the suspect in a fatal stabbing at a Rhode Island hookah lounge earlier this month has been apprehended.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence Police Department is looking to bolster its ranks.

City Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare (pah-REE') said during the launch of a recruitment drive...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's transportation department has launched a new youth bicycle safety program.

Transportation Director Peter Alviti visited the William D'Abate Elementary...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A campaign aide to the state House speaker has been indicted on a charge of money laundering, Rhode Island's attorney general announced Friday.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State environmental officials say criminal charges won't be filed after a fatal boating accident in Rhode Island.

The Newport Daily News reports the Department of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence Board of Licenses has approved a three-week suspension of the license for a hookah bar where a man was stabbed to death earlier this month.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Citizens Financial Group Inc. (CFG) on Friday reported third-quarter profit of $449 million.

The Providence, Rhode Island-based company said it had profit of 97 cents...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island legislative task force says schools in Woonsocket and Pawtucket are badly underfunded.

WPRI-TV reports that the special Senate task force said...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Textron Inc. (TXT) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $220 million.

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

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A city councilor in Rhode Island says she thinks the recent vandalism to a Christopher Columbus statue is a good thing.

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has been charged with collecting $1,000 apiece from as many as 58 people for a Caribbean getaway that was never booked.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The state takeover of the struggling Providence schools will begin Nov. 1.

Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green issued a long-awaited order...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have issued a subpoena to the state of Rhode Island seeking records related to a chiropractor who has received state money for a controversial brain...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The mayor of Providence said Tuesday he would consider moving a Christopher Columbus statue that was vandalized.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Several Christopher Columbus statues were vandalized with red paint and messages against the 15th century Italian navigator Monday when the U.S. holiday named for one of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Latest on Columbus statues defaced around the country (all times local):

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A statue of Christopher Columbus in a Southern California park was found...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police are looking for five people they say were involved in an early morning home invasion in which a victim was struck in the head with a hammer.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Members of a religious group have filed lawsuits accusing Providence police of violating their rights during a near-raid on their temple.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island officials are asking for the public's input on how to spend $10 million approved for climate resilience projects.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — In a story Oct. 10 about the number of work days Providence Public Schools employees missed because of Department of Children, Youth and Families investigations, The...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say seven people have been indicted for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to ship drugs from California to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The father of a man accused of fatally stabbing a man at a Rhode Island hookah lounge has made a plea for his son to turn himself into police.

WOOLWICH, Maine (AP) — Police say a tractor-trailer driver fell asleep at the wheel and drove off an embankment into water near Route One in Maine.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's largest school district is now giving every student access to free breakfasts and lunches without having to apply for a free or reduced-price lunch...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence school department says two dozen school employees placed on paid leave last year pending Department of Children, Youth and Families investigations missed a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The deaths of hundreds of fish in a Rhode Island pond are being blamed on a project to repair a dam.

Providence approved plans to repair the low-level outlet on the...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza's proposal to expand a charter network to 3,000 students is close to becoming a reality.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo says some Providence schools may have to be merged or closed as part of the state's takeover of the district.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence Board of Licenses is scheduled to review the license for a hookah lounge where a man was stabbed to death.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Members of a Providence, Rhode Island community held at a small vigil at the site of a double shooting that left one person dead to ask for a larger police presence in...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jack Reed is hosting a financial aid workshop for students who need help paying for college.

The Rhode Island Democrat says his annual college financial aid...

BOSTON (AP) — The defense lawyer for a Rhode Island man charged in connection with the death of a woman whose body was later found in the trunk of his car is requesting additional...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities continue to look for the suspect in a fatal stabbing inside a Rhode Island hookah lounge.

The victim of the stabbing late Wednesday night at the Nara...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police say a confrontation between two men inside a Rhode Island hookah lounge ended with a 47-year-old man stabbed to death.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence Public Schools have received their second scathing report of the year, this time on the resources to English learners in the district.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Violent and property crimes are declining in Providence, Rhode Island according to new data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Guatemalan man who had been deported from the U.S. in 2004 has pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the country and then selling a kilogram of heroin while...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former altar boy says in a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence as well as its current and former bishops that he was sexually abused by a priest...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island woman has been sentenced to serve six years behind bars for fatally stabbing a 15-year-old boy, a sentence that outraged the victim's...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two men already serving life sentences on murder convictions in Rhode Island's state prison were sentenced to another two years behind bars each for their roles in a plot...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police say the Massachusetts woman killed and another woman injured in a shooting outside a Providence nightclub were not the intended targets.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A woman has been killed and a second injured in an early morning double shooting in Providence.

The shooting occurred at about 2 a.m. Sunday on Detroit...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence officials say they have decided to dismantle the city's first two-way bike lane a month after its installation following public criticism.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island State Police have created a new hotline for people to report allegations of clergy sexual abuse.

The State Police announced the new telephone line...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is planning to visit Rhode Island this fall.

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, announced this week Powell will...