U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy on Aug. 12 issued a 24-page ruling throwing out Tempest’s last remaining effort to hold authorities liable for what he alleged was his wrongful conviction in ...

PROVIDENCE – Shouts of encouragement, a few complaints about cheating and a lot of splashing marked the annual end-of-summer swim meet put on by the Providence Recreation Department for more than 200 ...

A Rhode Island doctor has been fined and reprimanded for performing laser eye surgery on the wrong eye of a patient, ...

A man who allegedly faked his own death to avoid rape charges has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a former ...

A man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges has been found guilty of sexually ...

Imagine this: you’re nodding off as you drive along the highway, the next rest stop is still 40 miles away, and even then, it’ll be a pain to ...

Ray Rickman says he is on a mission to prevent drownings by offering free swim lessons to Rhode Island youths.

The Strengthening Local Food Security Act would create a permanent grant program for states to buy food from local farmers ...

Bristol and Barrington are set to roll out the state's first municipal pickup programs for composting, starting Sept. 18.

Richard Leclerc, director of the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals ...

Three out of four men charged with burglaries targeting those of Indian and South Asian descent have pleaded guilty.

Former Rhode Island fugitive Nicholas Alahverdian has been found guilty in Utah for a sexual assault he committed in 2008.Alahverdian, known as Nicholas Rossi i ...