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A police officer in Johnston, Rhode Island, shot a man who drove a car at him at a gas station late Saturday night. According to WJAR, the shooting stemmed from an incident around 11:30 p.m,. Saturday, when Johnston police responded to a report of a disturbance at a Shell gas station on Hartford Avenue. A…
A federal judge on Thursday extended an order barring the Trump administration from withholding billions in congressionally approved funds to 22 states and the District of Columbia. The ruling, which builds on the judge’s temporary order instructing the government to keep the money flowing, sets up a broader clash between Democratic states’ attorneys general over…
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee released a video Monday announcing that he plans to seek reelection in 2026. The 3-minute long video highlights McKee’s major successes since he became governor in 2001 following the appointment of former Gov. Gina Raimondo as U.S. Secretary of Commerce. The video cites lifting pandemic restrictions, boosting education funding and…
A person uses a mobile phone with the U.S. Capitol building in the background, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from freezing federal loans, grants and other financial assistance to 22 states, barring the Republican for now…
A 4-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a car in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Monday morning, WJAR-TV reports. Police say 4-year-old Eliza Khan was walking with her 32-year-old mother on Hamlet Avenue when they were both hit by a car around 7 a.m. The child was critically injured and taken to Hasbro Children’s…
A man died after a stabbing on Monday night in Providence, Rhode Island, according to the NBC affiliate there. A 36-year-old man was killed at an apartment complex on Bailey Court, WJAR-TV reported. Police have someone in custody in connection with the incident, the news outlet reported. Police on scene said that they found the…
A day after the robbery of a FedEx driver in Harvard, Massachusetts, was caught on video, four people believed connected to the theft were arrested in Rhode Island following a police chase that ended in a crash on Interstate 95, police say. The vehicle crashed near the Providence-Cranston line, according to Providence Police Chief Oscar…
Police in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, are set to hold a press conference Wednesday, several days after four people were found dead inside a home there. NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR reports the news conference is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the West Greenwich Town Hall. Police have released very little information to this point. The…
Four people were found dead in a Rhode Island home Friday, authorities said, noting all had suffered from gunshot wounds. NBC affiliate WJAR reported that the bodies were discovered in a house on Cheyenne Trail in West Greenwich. Chief Richard Ramsay of the Greenwich Police Department said authorities were waiting for information from the medical…
The hackers behind a major cyberattack that hit the State of Rhode Island’s online system for delivering health and human service benefits have released some residents’ files to a site on the dark web, state officials announced Monday. “Unfortunately, Deloitte has informed us that the cybercriminal released at least some RIBridges files to a site…
