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Gov. Dan McKee (D-RI) signed into law a three-year ban on new charter schools in Rhode Island on Thursday. He told reporters that “the circumstances have changed,” despite saying five years ago that there was “no room for compromise.” The moratorium lowers the charter school cap from 35 to 28. The law also retroactivel

A Fall River man has been sentenced to up to a decade in prison following his third trial for a fatal street assault on Albion Street.

With 79 days to go until Rhode Island’s Democratic primary, the two Democratic frontrunners for governor officially filed their declaration of candidacy paperwork less than three hours apart Tuesday afternoon. But only one took questions from reporters. Gov. Dan McKee spared the fanfare as he officially filed his paper

Trajaun Albert, 39, pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court to cocaine trafficking, domestic assault, and stabbing charges.

Five additional reports have been made against a former BCA teacher and coach who was previously charged for allegedly grooming a student.

Hosts Ashley Erling and Audrey McClelland chat with Daley about being Miss RI and pageant life.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — One of the 13 companies sued over its work on the failed westbound Washington Bridge is no longer in the state’s crosshairs. Lawyers for the state have asked all parties to agree to remove the defendant — Commonwealth Engineers & Consultants Inc. — from the case, according to a court filing.

Torrential rains impacted roadways in areas like Fall River earlier Tuesday. A cluster of thunderstorms brought torrential rainfall to parts of Massachusetts Tuesday morning, flooding roads and trapping some cars. The flash flooding was mostly isolated to the South Coast, National Weather Service meteorologist Hayden F

A man was arrested in Providence after being accused of attempting to abduct two young children Tuesday morning. Police said a man, later identified as Dinis Pimentel, approached a woman who was walking with her children downtown and allegedly attempted to pull one of the children away. Investigators said Pimentel...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced the deportation of a man living in the Bay State. Sarath Lon, a criminal illegal alien from Cambodia convicted of second-degree murder for his role in a Fall River homicide, was captured in Concord, Massachusetts in May. On March 18, 2006, Lon drove...