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PROVIDENCE -- A Providence woman was charged with punching a nurse who she accused of “judging” her at the Women & Infants Hospital emergency room Sunday, city police say.Tiana Solis, 24, was charged with assault on health care providers or emergency services medical personnel, Commander Thomas Verdi said. Police responded at about 6 p.m. to the emergency room. Nurse Monica Engenheiro, 34, told police that a patient, Solis, had assaulted her.The [...]

BALTIMORE — A Brown University student whose photo was misidentified by the Sri Lankan government as a suspect in the Easter Day bombings said Friday that the mistake prompted death threats against her and distress for her family in Sri Lanka."I received so many death threats because of this horrible mistake, so many people just calling for [...]

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A man who pawned rare coins stolen from Rob Gronkowski's home while the now-retired New England Patriots tight end was away to play in the Super Bowl has been placed on two years of probation. Norfolk District Attorney's Office spokesman David Traub says Eric Tyrrell, of Foxborough, was sentenced last week after pleading guilty to two counts of receiving stolen property. Tyrrell was also ordered to stay away from Gronkowski's [...]

PROVIDENCE — A Scituate man this week admitted to evading more than $400,000 in taxes by falsifying tax returns for 10 years. Billie R. Schofield, 63, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to one count of tax evasion for misleading the federal government about his earnings from a New Bedford seafood processing business, a New Mexico-based consulting firm, and from marijuana sales in Rhode Island from 2005 through 2016.According to U.S. Attorney Aaron Weisman's [...]

CENTRAL FALLS – The board of the Wyatt Detention Facility met in a private session on Wednesday morning and took a series of votes pertaining to a federal lawsuit involving the facility.Board Chairman Joseph Molina Flynn said he could not disclose the details of the votes taken in executive session. [...]

WARWICK – Graduates of the Rhode Island Nursing Institute will now be able to enter the Community College of Rhode Island's nursing program and complete their associate degree in two years.Thanks to a partnership between the two organizations, CCRI will reserve seats for eligible charter school students. Students who identify CCRI as their college of choice and who have met qualifications will receive additional support and guidance from a CCRI adviser while they are in high [...]

FALL RIVER — Nostalgia proved dangerous for a city man.The man was taken to Charlton Memorial Hospital and Extra Space Storage was shut down for several hours Tuesday night after the man opened a bottle of rat poison, fire officials report.Fire officials were called to the facility at 7:30 p.m. after a customer complained that his hands and throat were burning after he opened an antique bottle.“The man said he bought a bunch of older bottles at an auction [...]

BOSTON (AP) — The owners of New England's largest supermarket chain are projecting around $100 million in losses from the labor strike that ended Easter Sunday. Ahold Delhaize, the Dutch company that owns Stop & Shop, [...]

The pervasive Britney Spears rumor - that she's being held against her will at a mental health institution - and the related campaign to "save" her prompted the pop singer to reassure her fans that "all is well." As #freebritney mania spread from social media to the streets in West Hollywood, Spears surfaced on Instagram to "promise I'm doing what's best at this moment." "My family has been going through a lot of stress and anxiety lately, so I just [...]

PROVIDENCE – Providence College will feature Steve Pemberton, a motivational speaker and human rights advocate, as its commencement speaker.Pemberton authored a book about his struggles growing up as a foster child in New Bedford before graduating from Boston College and becoming a corporate executive. Pemberton’s book, "A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, A Mysterious Past, and How He Found A Place Called Home," has been translated into several languages and made into [...]