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Police and doctors didn't believe a 46-year-old man who swore that he hadn't had alcohol before he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. His blood alcohol level was 0.2, more than twice the legal limit for operating a car. He refused a breathalyzer test, was hospitalized and later released. But the facts remained in contention. Then researchers discovered the unusual truth: Fungi in the man's digestive system was turning carbohydrates into [...]

PLAINVILLE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been charged with stabbing his mother to death.Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey and Plainville police Chief James Alfred say 21-year-old Sean Murphy is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on a murder charge.Authorities say police responding to a Plainville home at about 10:15 p.m. Thursday found 51-year-Caryln Murphy dead from "apparent stab wounds."Police say there is no threat or danger to the community. [...]

WASHINGTON - The Washington Redskins player and his agent met Cindy Lin in 2015 at a suburban Porsche dealership. She told them she was only in her 30s but was wealthy, well-connected and ready to buy a majority stake in the city's NBA team. According to a letter the agent wrote to the court, they eventually invested in what they thought was a bid for the Washington Wizards. After a time the two became suspicious. There were inconsistencies in her [...]

A 33-year-old Providence man was intercepted after stealing memorabilia, including a Tom Brady jersey from a locker room exhibit inside the Patriots Hall of Fame, according to the Foxboro police.The department reported the news in a post on its Facebook page under this title, "Police make interception on items stolen from Patriots Hall of Fame."Contacted by security at the stadium Thursday, police officers went to the stadium and, working with security guards, tracked down the [...]

BURRILLVILLE — Four people were seriously injured early Friday morning when a car, previously spotted traveling at 95 mph, struck a tree and caught fire on Victory Highway, according to the Burrillville police.Police officers put out the fire. The driver and front-seat passenger were trapped in the vehicle and had to be extricated.The police haven't released the names, ages or hometowns of the people involved in the crash.Burrillville [...]

WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts State Police trooper is facing charges for allegedly drunkenly exposing himself and punching a man in the face during a concert last summer.Police say 32-year-old Andrew Patterson masturbated in front of a woman and punched her boyfriend during a Luke Bryan show at Gillette Stadium in June.Patterson is charged with lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct. Arraignment was scheduled for Nov. 8.Patterson was suspended without pay [...]

While on parole for second-degree murder, a 50-year-old West Warwick man sent “indecent material” to a person he believed was a 14-year-old boy, the state police said Friday in announcing the convict’s arrest.Christopher M. Rocheleau, of 78 Esmond St., was charged with three counts of electronically disseminating indecent material to a minor, state police Capt. Robert Creamer said in a news release.Rocheleau, says the release, pleaded no contest in 1995 to [...]

BURRILLVILLE — The Burrillville School Committee called allegations that fans at a recent girls volleyball game make racist comments "outrageous," and said people who made the allegations "should be ashamed of themselves."The School Committee, however, stood by its decision not to appeal a Rhode Island Interscholastic League ruling that put the high school's athletics program on probation for a year. The Town Council on Thursday had urged the committee to reconsider [...]

Head of Disability Rights Rhode Island calls practice "a form of torture for people with mental illness”

The Rhode Island State House art collection contains dozens of works, by many renowned painters, but with a somewhat limited subject matter focused on powerful men in dark suits.For a broader aesthetic, descend the marble stairs to the dimly lit basement where lobbyists and bureaucrats prowl on General Assembly nights and a new contemporary art exhibition is brightening the hallways.Called "ReSeeding the City: EthnoBotany in the Urban," the exhibition is the first in what is [...]