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PROVIDENCE -- Suspects in a home invasion that turned into an hours-long standoff with hostages are expected in District Court Wednesday.Providence police on Tuesday morning arrested three men who they say tried to rob a Norwich Avenue home. One of the four people living in the second-floor apartment jumped out of a window and alerted police, who arrived quickly [...]

42 people from 24 counties were sworn in as U.S. citizens Monday in Federal Court by U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of a petition to review the local congregation’s ownership claim to Touro Synagogue was a bitter blow to those who worship there. The nation's oldest synagogue and its valuable bells worth millions of dollars now legally belong to a New York City congregation.

FALL RIVER -- Swastikas and anti-Semitic language were written on at least 30 gravestones at the Hebrew Cemetery on McMahon Street over the weekend, police said.The police department became aware of the graffiti Sunday after receiving a report that a suspicious vehicle had been parked in the cemetery for two days, said police Sgt. J.T. Hoar.The vehicle was gone when a police officer arrived at the cemetery Sunday afternoon, he said. No arrests have been made yet and an [...]

Speakers of many faiths as well as public officials gather outside Masjid al-Kareem on Monday night in solidarity with Muslims in Rhode Island.

FALL RIVER — Swastikas and anti-Semitic language were written on at least 30 gravestones at the Hebrew Cemetery on McMahon Street over the weekend, police said. The police department became aware of the graffiti Sunday after receiving a report that a suspicious vehicle had been parked in the cemetery for two days, said police Sgt. J.T. Hoar.The vehicle was gone when a police officer arrived at the cemetery Sunday afternoon, he said. No arrests have been made yet and an [...]

PROVIDENCE — Marie Bernardo-Sousa has been appointed president of the Providence campus of Johnson & Wales University.Bernardo-Sousa has been senior vice president of administration and enrollment management at Johnson & Wales since 2014. She replaces former Providence campus president Mim L. Runey, who was named chancellor of Johnson & Wales' four campuses in August. Bernardo-Sousa lives in Seekonk and grew up in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.She [...]

A West Warwick fight preceded the assault, the police said.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Wells Fargo Securities has agreed to pay an $800,000 civil penalty to settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit over Rhode Island's failed $75 million deal with former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company.Wells Fargo and the SEC announced the proposed settlement in filings Monday with the U.S. District Court in Providence. A federal judge must approve it.According to details of the agreement, Wells Fargo does not [...]

PROVIDENCE — If history repeats itself, hundreds of people on both sides of the gun debate will descend on the Rhode Island State House in their signature yellow and orange T-shirts to testify Tuesday night on a raft of gun bills, including Governor Raimondo's push to ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and guns on school grounds.In recent days, the Rhode Island Firearm Owners League put out an urgent call to its followers on Facebook to send form letters drafted by [...]