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PROVIDENCE — A home invasion led to an armed standoff between police and suspects who were holding a family hostage Tuesday morning in South Providence.By the time the dangerous impasse on Norwich Avenue had come to an end at about 9 a.m., three suspects were in custody and four people -- including an 8-year-old boy -- had escaped or were freed unharmed.“The most important thing is everyone is secure, everyone is safe and the suspects are in custody,” said [...]

PROVIDENCE -- Providence police charged a man with illegally carrying a gun after the car he was riding in smashed into two police vehicles in Silver Lake Monday.While 39-year-old Pablo Lopez Baez was just a passenger in the Buick, he was actually the reason that undercover detectives were trying to stop the vehicle. A detective had gotten a tip that Baez was going to be carrying a gun when he got into the Buick, so police started watching his residence at 454 Union Ave. and waited [...]

FALL RIVER — “Why here?” Jeffrey Weissman’s teenage grandson asked him Sunday, when they discovered dozens of headstones defaced with anti-Semitic epithets and swastikas at the Hebrew Cemetery on McMahon Street.Weissman, who as president of Congregation Adas Israel is in charge of the cemetery, didn’t have an answer.“How do you explain something like this to people?” he said Tuesday. “It’s right after (the mass [...]

Angélica Infante-Green, Gov. Gina Raimondo's pick to oversee elementary and secondary education, was greeted with cheers at her State House introduction on Tuesday, where she said she is committed to R.I. for "the long haul" and dedicated to ensuring educational equity for all students.

NEW YORK — Talk show host Stephen Colbert has postponed what was supposed to be a surprise visit to New Zealand following the terrorist attack in Christchurch that killed 50 people.Colbert's "Late Show," the top-rated American late-night show, said that he was supposed to travel to New Zealand on Wednesday for a week of shows. He was invited last fall when New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was a guest on "Late Show."Colbert, on [...]

Marta immigrated to Providence at age 11 knowing no English, went to urban public schools, by 17 was living alone and ultimately got into Georgetown.

Marie Bernardo-Sousa, a '92 grad, has filled many roles in the administration

PROVIDENCE — A federal judge dismissed the trucking industry's lawsuit against Rhode Island's truck toll program Tuesday, saying the case needs to be brought in state court.In a 17-page ruling, U.S. District Court of Rhode Island Chief Judge William Smith wrote [...]

In the wake of a decision that upholds a costlier pension system for Warwick firefighters, Mayor Joseph J. Solomon launched another salvo of attacks on his predecessor Tuesday and also promised that his administration will work with firefighters to move forward.

SCITUATE — Incoming Col. James M. Manni took the helm March 1 and days later instituted a new command staff to help lead the department.Second-in-command will remain Deputy Superintendent Lt. Col. Kevin M. Barry, a 25-year member of the force who has worked as a detective in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Task Force, the Intelligence Unit and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. He will oversee the detective and patrol bureaus under the revamped organizational structure. [...]