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Mayor Charles A. Lombardi appeared in Superior Court Monday as the firefighters' union continued its legal campaign to save the Geneva fire station from closure.

Three Providence, R.I., police detectives have been shot and wounded during a drug raid.

Academics, entrepreneurs, public officials and medical experts gathered at Brown University Monday to discuss how to revitalize Rhode Island's economy by transforming the state into a hub for biotechnology.

The police are investigating several leads but have made no arrests yet after two teenage brothers were shot at a house on Public Street early Sunday where a woman was throwing a party for a 15-year-old. A 15-year-old boy who was shot once in the abdomen was in critical but stable condition late Sunday afternoon, Police Capt.

A 30 year-old Providence man was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident around noon on Sunday, according to Warwick Police.

Providence Rhode Island is a great place for a getaway. Whether you are doing a girls getaway or a romantic getaway with your significant other, there are enough things to do to keep you pleasantly occupied.

A busy street crossing may not seem the most sensible place for a dance floor but a retired US police officer has been delighting motorists with his moves.

Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 9:56 a.m. PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Long before trendy nightclubs used velvet ropes to keep out unwanted guests, Caroline Astor was maintaining exclusive lists of socialites deemed worthy of an invite into her Beechwood mansion in Newport.

Unprecedented effort grew out of Mayor Cicilline's vision of enhancing the metropolitan area's transit system to create jobs and fuel the economy PROVIDENCE Mayor David N. Cicilline joined the , business leaders, environmental advocates and representatives from the General Assembly and Congressional delegation to present a proposal to create a ...

Presented here, is an article which offers brief profiles of the top seafood restaurants located in Providence, Rhode Island.

The Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design says it's getting ready to receive an ancient sarcophagus from the City of Providence, after the planned transfer last month was delayed.

A 17-year-old youth has changed his not-guilty plea and admitted that he shot and killed Jeffrey Lopez, 19, and wounded Carlos Javier, 19, as the victims stood on the front porch of Javier's house at 145 Camden Ave.

Friday, December 11, 2009 at 4:29 p.m. PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A man who acts as a mascot for the New England Patriots is among 14 people who have been arrested for prostitution-related crimes in Rhode Island since a new law went into effect that banned indoor prostitution.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court on Friday upheld the second-degree murder conviction of Pedro Muriel Reyes, found guilty in 2002 of killing Angel Martinez, a 19-year-old Woonsocket man.

The wanted man is an associate of Pvt. Daniel Christian, 24, of North Providence, R.I., who was apprehended Wednesday at his home and charged with six felony counts, authorities say.

Two people are dead, and another seriously injured following an overnight crash in Providence.

A former worker for Rhode Island's trash agency whose job was to visit schools and encourage children to recycle has been arrested for allegedly falsifying mileage forms.

The group Insurrecta Nex plans to demonstrate in front of Hartford's Saint Joseph Cathedral at 3 p.m. Thursday, to urge bishops to deny communion to all Catholic members of Congress who vote for health care reform that includes money to pay for abortions.

At 8:59 on the button, the national anthem spilled though the third level of the Rhode Island Convention Center on Thursday morning.

A Rhode Island police officer was arrested Thursday, accused of brutally beating a teenage boy and then encouraging fellow officers to lie about it to the FBI.