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PROVIDENCE It's no secret that Joe Hassett wears his love for the Providence Friars on his sleeve. The former PC basketball great and current radio voice also believes that disaster isn't imminent in the wake of Ed Cooley's decision......

A special prosecutor with a reputation for winning complicated cases has been hired onto the case of five white Louisiana law officers charged in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene. But Hugo Holland may be an unlikely......

Travel last summer was, in a word, wild....

For over 20 years, the work of gospel music composer Charles Henry Pace sat in 14 unorganized crates, dirty and decomposing. This was until a music historian at the University of Pittsburgh was inspired to uncover the true history behind......

TikTok's CEO plans to tell Congress that the video-sharing app is committed to user safety, data protection and security, and keeping the platform free from Chinese government influence. Shou Zi Chew is due to answer questions Thursday from U.S. lawma...

A strong late-season Pacific storm that brought damaging winds and more rain and snow to saturated California is blamed for two deaths. Forecasters say additional flooding is possible Wednesday. Tuesday's storm focused most of its energy on central an...

Wall Street quietly drifted between small gains and losses ahead of a closely-watched decision by the Federal Reserve on whether to raise interest rates in the midst of a global banking crisis. Futures for the Dow inched less than 0.1%......

BOSTON (AP) — BOSTON (AP) — Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. (SPPI) on Wednesday reported a loss of $9 million in its fourth quarter....

It's one of the world's most vital resources. In Paraguay, a man displaced by a rising river hauls heavy buckets of it to his temporary home. In the Philippines, a girl uses a manual pump to get just enough to......

Laundry detergent is looking a little different these days. A growing number of companies are making bulky plastic jugs smaller and concentrating the detergent or soap....

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The attorneys general for 23 states including Rhode Island and Connecticut are coming together to demand comprehensive action from Kia America and Hyundai Motor Company due to the companies' failure...

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The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has been reimagined and reborn without animals as a high-octane family event with highwire tricks, soaring trapeze artists and bicycles leaping on...

HOPKINTON — A request by Vice President Scott Bill Hirst that the Town Council take a stand by voting as an elected body against the Chariho School Committee's proposed 2023-24...

WESTERLY —The Town Council on Monday passed a resolution authorizing up to $500,000 to replace the grass at Augeri Field and the Westerly High School quad with artificial turf....

WESTERLY — Michael J. Hobin, the principal of Westerly High School since 2018, has accepted a position with the Rhode Island Department of Education....

Spring has sprung: Monday marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. But what does that actually mean? The Earth sits on a tilted axis as it travels...

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PROVIDENCE — The average cost for a gallon of gas has remained stable in recent weeks, and officials said Monday that a plunge in oil prices could contribute to declines...

The 16-year-old driver involved in a deadly crash early Sunday on a New York parkway that also took the lives of four young relatives did not have a license or...

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Humanity still has a chance, close to the last one, to prevent the worst of climate change's future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday. But doing...

WESTERLY — A local man is facing drug charges after the police said he attempted to flee from a traffic stop on foot, leading to the discovery he was in...

STONINGTON — The Board of Finance approved a tentative $80.2 million spending plan for the 2023-24 fiscal year last week, sending a budget plan that will increase expenditures while simultaneously...

PROVIDENCE (WPRI) On the season finale of 'PC Hoops with Coach Cooley', Morey Hershgordon was joined live by Friars Athletic Director Steve Napolillo for an exclusive interview.......

PROVIDENCE (WPRI) On the season finale of 'PC Hoops with Coach Cooley' Morey Hershgordon is joined by Kevin McNamara, Bill Koch and Brendan McGair to dissect Ed Cooley's c......

UBS to buy Credit Suisse for nearly $3.25B to calm turmoil...

PROVIDENCE (WPRI) With the 2022-23 season in the books, Providence College men's basketball coach Ed Cooley goes 1-on-1 with Sports Director Morey Hershgordon to discuss his team......

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's latest plan for the state's homelessness crisis asks voters to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental illness and addiction. Newsom announced Sunday that he will ask allie...

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It could be argued that no other businessman from Hopkinton was more successful than George E. Greene. He was a pharmacist who navigated the changing world from his humble roots...

It could be argued that no other businessman from Hopkinton was more successful than George E. Greene. He was a pharmacist who navigated the changing world from his humble roots...

In the hours after some of Silicon Valley Bank's biggest customers started pulling out their money, a WhatsApp group of startup founders who are immigrants of color ballooned to more...

WASHINGTON — A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has shown that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch those...

MIAMI (AP) — Jose Vilela fled Cuba for the United States when he was 14 years old after spending six months in a concentration camp. Like many of his compatriots, he settled in Miami's Cuban neighborhood, Little Havana....

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MADISON, Wis. — Just two days before he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing six people and injuring more than 60, Darrell Brooks Jr. had...

Miami Beach officials imposed a curfew beginning Sunday night during spring break after two fatal shootings and rowdy, chaotic crowds that police have had difficulty controlling. The city said in a news release the curfew would be from 11:59 p.m.......

Two Cranston churches and a temple will hold a joint service Sunday addressing the 'rising tide' of hatred and discrimination....

We have introduced legislation requiring a very effective program to be taught in all RI driver education classes....

"My biggest hope is Rhode Island Kids Count will continue to grow stronger and have even more impact. That would be the best legacy I could think of."...

LINCOLN, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island State Spelling Bee was held at Lincoln Middle School on Saturday morning. The event — which was held in person for the first time since the pande......

The whole premise of a hush trip might help expose problems in the workplace to begin with....

The freshman from Queens, New York, batted with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and grounded out to first...

Republican lawmakers blasted the prospect of former President Trump being indicted after he revealed he expects to be arrested next week, calling the potential move "politically motivated" and an "......

Alzheimer's disease is expected to spike nationwide in future years, and according to new data released by the Alzheimer's Association, there is a significant shortage in the dementia c......

he Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) says a 66-year-old man who shot a herd of elk in Tillamook County blamed the shooting on "elk fever" when turning himself in to the poli......