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PROVIDENCE -- Expect mostly sunny skies today with a high near 42 degrees in Providence, the National Weather Service says.The normal high for this time of year is about 46 degrees, but warmer air should move in later in the week."High pressure slowly builds over the region through tonight with a return to cooler than normal conditions. Warming trend expected Wednesday through Friday, with a period of showers and gusty coastal winds Friday into Friday evening as a cold front [...]

A silver alert has been issued for an 86-year-old man last seen in Cranston.Quentin Turtle could be heading to Ellis Street in Barrington or the University of Rhode Island at Providence or Kingston, according to the alert.Turtle is 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighs about 185 pounds and is balding with gray hair. He was last seen in the area of Garden Hills Drive, Cranston. He was wearing blue jeans, a tan jacket, white sneakers and a navy URI hat.His car is a blue 2003 [...]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. said late Monday that it is pulling its last remaining diplomats from Venezuela, saying their continued presence at the country's embassy in Caracas had become a "constraint" on U.S. policy as the Trump administration aggressively looks to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro.The announcement came from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a tweet shortly before midnight comes as Venezuela struggles to restore electricity following four days of [...]

Middletown man also must serve three years supervised release after completing his sentence.

NEWPORT — The first person charged under Kristen's Law, who was arrested after the overdose death of a Newport man, has been indicted.The Newport County Grand Jury returned an indictment Friday charging Cary Pacheco, 54, of Westport, Massachusetts, with one count of delivering a controlled substance (fentanyl), death resulting; one count of delivering a controlled substance (fentanyl); one count of delivering a controlled substance (tramadol); and one count of conspiracy. [...]

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Tuesday charged more than 30 people - including two television stars - with being part of a long-running scheme to bribe and cheat to get their kids into big-name colleges and universities. The alleged crimes, according to officials, involved cheating on entrance exams, as well as bribing college officials to say certain students were coming to compete on athletic teams when those students were not in fact athletes. [...]

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has asked the state Superior Court to dismiss a court filing by Anne Armstrong and Alan Gordon, the 2018 "Compassion Party" candidates for governor and attorney general, to stop the legislature from debating abortion rights at taxpayer expense.In their filing in January, Armstrong and Gordon — [...]

PAWTUCKET — On Friday, April 5, the International Charter School will present “Documenting Our Identities,” an exhibition of digital photography by its third grade dual-language students.The opening celebration with the student photographers is from 6 to 7 p.m., and the exhibition will remain on display throughout the month of April. Both the opening and the exhibition are open to the public.Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, “Documenting [...]

PROVIDENCE — The son of the late Mafia capo Frank L. “Bobo” Marrapese Jr. is suing the Cranston police, the Adult Correctional Institutions, and former Attorney General Peter Kilmartin alleging that he was falsely imprisoned for a weekend in 2017 on a warrant for his father.Frank Marrapese III, 41, of Cranston, recently filed suit in U.S. District Court, [...]

BRISTOL -- The Bristol police chief is stepping down.Josue D. Canario, who has headed the department for 11 years, submitted his intent to retire on Friday, according to Town Administrator Steven Contente.Contente said Canario would be on voluntary medical leave until the effective date of his retirement on May 9."I wish to thank Chief Josue D. Canario for his 33 years of dedicated service to the Town of Bristol," Contente said in a news release.Brian P. Peters, [...]