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WESTPORT — The victim of last week’s hit and run in Westport has died at Rhode Island Hospital as a result of the injuries she sustained. Stephanie Tripp of Fall River was 30, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s office. Investigators are renewing their call for public assistance to find the driver of the car that struck Tripp on May 7 on Old Bedford Road. Police and prosecutors have been able to discern the type of vehicle likely [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is delaying any decision to impose auto tariffs on car and auto part imports, deciding against ratcheting up trade disputes or impacting talks with European nations and Japan.Trump announced his decision to delay for up to six months in a proclamation issued by the White House on Friday.He was required to make a decision on Commerce Department recommendations aimed to protect the U.S. auto industry, based on national security [...]

BARRINGTON — A man reported missing earlier this week has been reunited with his family, according to the Barrington police.Jeffrey H. Morgan, 28, was located early Friday morning by the MBTA police, according to a tweet from the Barrington police.Morgan's family had reported him missing on Wednesday.

A Johnston entertainer and an East Greenwich man were indicted Wednesday on charges of sexually assaulting a child.Tony Cerbo, 40, and Matthew Heuser, 37, were named in an indictment alleging they sexually assaulted a boy, then 13, in November.Cerbo had originally been arrested by Johnston police in November, and Heuser was [...]

PAWTUCKET — A 54-year-old Pawtucket man was charged with stabbing a man and a woman Thursday night in Pawtucket, according to the police.Daniel Greene, of Montgomery Street, was arrested Thursday night and is charged with two counts of domestic assault with intent to commit a felony, the police said in a news release. He was admitted to the hospital for unrelated medical issues and will be arraigned after his release, the police said.He is accused of stabbing a 52- [...]

NEWPORT — The Jane Pickens Theater & Event Center will host a screening of "The Bachelorette" episode, filmed in Newport during March of this year, on Monday, June 10."We are excited to watch the Newport episode together on our giant TV (better known as the big screen!)" reads the event description on the Jane Pickens website. "The JPT might just become an international 'star' location when this episode goes live on ABC 6."Hannah Brown, 24, of Alabama is “The [...]

PROVIDENCE — The state Department of Environmental Management has issued a notice of violation to an Allens Avenue wholesaler of petroleum products for odors arising from its storage of liquid asphalt.The DEM issued the notice, which carries a penalty of $22,500, to Sprague Operating Resources, of 120 Allens Ave., earlier this week after receiving repeated complaints from neighbors and conducting several site inspections in response. The notice orders Sprague to immediately [...]

TAUNTON — Following a foreclosure auction Friday morning in the parking lot, the Silver City Galleria mall has a new owner.Brockton resident and investor Chris Carney made the winning bid of $7.5 million at the auction following several bids heard by Boston-based auctioneer Dan McLaughlin starting at $4.25 million.Carney initially told the Gazette that he is the official owner of the property, but later stated that the owner would be William Thibeault, owner of Thibeault [...]

"There will be a lot of intervention from the state moving forward," Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green said in a taping of Channel 12's "Newsmakers" to air this weekend. "Everything is on the table. We have failed these kids."

The letter written in 1780 to the Marquis de Lafayette in Rhode Island details a British plan to attack Newport. The letter was stolen by an archives employee between 1937 and 1945, according to the federal government.