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NORTH PROVIDENCE — One man is dead and a second is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries following stabbings at a home in North Providence.According to a news release, North Providence police and firefighters went to 8 Gale Court at about 5 p.m. following a report of an unresponsive male.After forcing entry into the house, they found a person dead from a stabbing.Elsewhere in the home, they found a second male suffering from stab injuries to the neck and [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining to intervene in a fight over the control of a historic Rhode Island synagogue and its religious bells worth millions.The justices' decision Monday not to take up the case means that a lower court ruling that a New York synagogue owns Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, stays in place.Congregation Jeshuat Israel has worshipped at Touro Synagogue since the late 1800s. It wanted control of the synagogue and the ability [...]

If appointed by the state Board of Education, Angelica Infante-Green, a Latina, first-generation American and a champion of English language learners, will succeed current commissioner Ken Wagner.

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PROVIDENCE — A Superior Court judge on Monday ruled a Providence man was not entitled to immediate access to internal affairs reports generated by the Pawtucket Police Department without additional court arguments over whether they are public records.Dimitri Lyssikatos had asked Superior Court Judge Melissa Long for summary judgement in his suit against the Pawtucket Police [...]

WARWICK — Students at St. Kevin School are resuming classes Monday in their building on Cathedral Road, nearly three and a half months after a burst water pipe caused extensive damage.The Roman Catholic private school building closed in late November for cleaning and restoration.The school staff moved back in on Friday, and school resumed Monday.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A reputed Connecticut mobster who federal authorities believe is the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in history criticized government officials Monday as he adjusted to being back home after finishing a four-year prison sentence for weapons crimes.Robert Gentile, 82, also maintained he knows nothing about the unsolved theft of $500 million worth of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990. He was released [...]

A Providence man was arrested Monday morning and charged with driving drunk, and driving the wrong way, according to a news release from the Rhode Island State PoliceHector Martin Rodriguez Montufar, 35, of 36 Wendall St., is charged with driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor/drugs, first offense, B.A.C of .15 or greater (Phase I: .199 / Phase II: .215)According to the news release, state police received multiple 911 calls around 3:30 a.m. Monday for a wrong-way [...]

Three men who police say are members of local street gangs were charged with carrying guns on Federal Hill on Friday, bringing the tally to 10 guns that were seized by the Providence police in slightly more than 24 hours.

New Zealand's stricken residents have been reaching out to Muslims around the country, with a fierce determination to show kindness to a community in pain. During a court appearance Saturday, the 28-year-old shooting suspect appeared to make a hand sign, similar to an OK sign, that is sometimes associated with white nationalists.