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A Providence firefighter was charged with DUI and driving to endanger following a motorcycle crash in Cranston early Sunday morning, according to the Cranston police.Joseph Bouchard, 39, of Concord Ave., Cranston, is accused of leaving the scene of the crash near 485 Natick Ave., according to the Cranston police.Witnesses told the police that the motorcyclist…

Below normal temperatures should continue for a third day, according to the National Weather Service.Expect a high near 77 degrees in Providence under partly sunny skies, the Weather Service says. The normal high for this time of year is 82.After the first 14 days of this month brought above average temperatures, Saturday and Sunday were…

PARIS — The French government is sending riot police to the Marseille region to help enforce mask requirements, as more and more towns and neighborhoods are imposing mask rules starting Monday to slow rising infections.Government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced Monday that 130 police officers are being sent to the Marseille region, which expanded its outdoor…

Another cooler than normal day on Sunday. Cloudy, with a high near 75 with a chance of a few spot showers possible later in the day and Sunday night. East wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.Sunday night, cloudy, with a low around 65 with chance of showers according to…

Extensive water damage at the Providence-based therapeutic school sends students home to resume virtual instruction just weeks after their return to in-person learning. Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71.The president visited his brother at a New York City hospital on Friday…

Police around Rhode Island stopped Black and Hispanic drivers at a significantly disproportionate rate in 2018, a state-commissioned study released late last month found.The study cautions that the disparities are not proof of racial profiling by the police. But, the experts behind the research say, the data presents an undeniable portrait of racial and ethnic…

PROVIDENCE — Activists who oppose Gov. Gina Raimondo’s policy for launching the school year protested Friday afternoon at the State House.More than 20 people assembled in front of the capitol to hear critics of the governor’s plan. A few dozen cars and SUVs circled the perimeter of the State House, drivers blasting their horns.Some of…

Alex Fischer was not entirely a stranger to big explosions before last week.During a stint working in Baghdad, Fischer sometimes heard booms in the distance. One time, in 2016, he was much closer to a blast that killed more than 300 people.On Aug. 4, in Beirut, Fischer’s trained ears detected an initial rumble. It was…

After the third heat wave of the summer, the weekend could feel a bit like fall, according to the National Weather Service.The high temperature today should reach 87 degrees under mostly sunny skies in Providence, but then stay in the mid 70s Saturday and Sunday.”It will still be warm this (Friday) afternoon, but high pressure…

MIAMI (AP) — Josephine just barely held on to its tropical storm status early Friday as it moved over the Atlantic Ocean as the earliest “J-named” storm in a record-setting hurricane season.The storm had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and was located about 680 miles (1,090 kilometers) east-southeast of the northern Leeward…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer who was fired for decorating a Christmas tree with racist items has been reinstated through arbitration, a process that makes it difficult to fire officers and has been cited as an obstacle to police reform.The arbitrator ruled that Mark Bohnsack was wrongly terminated for the November 2018 incident,…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S., a U.S. military official said Thursday.The U.S. military’s Central Command published a black-and-white video showing what appeared to be special forces fast-roping down from…

The third heat wave of the summer could break today, but not by much.The National Weather Service is forecasting a high temperature of 87 degrees in Providence, three degrees shy of the temperature needed to continue the heat wave.There’s a 30% chance of rain, scattered showers with thunderstorms also possible.”It will remain quite warm today…

The operator of the marine vessel involved in a fatal boating collision last summer — which resulted in the death of a Tiverton woman — had no criminal charges levied against him, but Frank Teixeira’s lawyer on Wednesday entered “guilty” pleas at the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal to the four citations his client faced.Teixeira, 76,…

Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin stirred up social media with a Tweet claiming that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden isn’t a Catholic.”Biden-Harris. First time in awhile that the Democratic ticket hasn’t had a Catholic on it. Sad,” Tobin tweeted at 5:46 p.m. Tuesday.The tweet has generated a flurry of responses, with some accusing Tobin of…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota survived a stiff Democratic primary challenge Tuesday from a well-funded opponent who tried to make an issue of her national celebrity, the latest in a string of victories by a new generation of emboldened progressive lawmakers.Omar, seeking her second term in November, easily defeated Antone Melton-Meaux, an…

A heat advisory remains in effect until 8 p.m., as “oppressive heat and humidity continues today,” the National Weather Service says.Showers and thunderstorms are also in the forecast. The chance of precipitation is 40%.The high in […] Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

PROVIDENCE – The public art installation outside the Wexford Innovation Center was destroyed by fire early Monday morning, according to a statement from Providence City Councilman John Goncalves.The piece, “Like a buoy, like a barrel,” was made from collected raw plastics by visual artist Steven Siegel and installed last year.Police are investigating the cause of…

The Providence police are investigating a shooting late last night on Federal Hill.It happened near the intersection of Carpenter and Bridgham streets, according to a resident.The resident was inside his apartment and heard what he thought could have been a car or motorcycle backfiring.He later saw a crime scene around a car with the front…

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for most of Southern New England for heat index values that should rise between 95 and 102 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.”Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause […] Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service

BARRINGTON — The case of a 71-year-old Barrington man, who is accused of unleashing racial slurs as he assaulted a neighbor in an affluent Rumstick Point neighborhood, fueled a wave of activism Sunday afternoon on the front lawn of Town Hall.Posts on social media and local news coverage initially drew attention to Friday’s arrest of…