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Boston, MA – New England could experience a warmer-than-normal start to November, with federal climate outlooks favoring above-normal temperatures across much of the region from Nov. 1-5. Cities including Boston, Providence and Manchester are within the broader area where warmer-than-usual conditions are favored, while precipitation prospects suggest a potentially unsettled opening to the month.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Dozens of participants, including state lawmakers, joined pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from around the state outside CVS in Wakefield on Oct. 23 to rally against what they allege are unfair working conditions and bad-faith bargaining by the health care giant that calls Rhode Island its home. Pharmacy technicians at the Wakefield store, along with those at the Middletown location and two CVS pharmacies in Westerly , unionized two years ago. Now, as members of The Pharmac

A second bear sighting in Coventry concerned some local residents as the animal appeared to have injured its paw. In a video shared on Facebook, the bear was seen wandering around a backyard in Wood Estates on Sunday afternoon. Leslie Sormanti-Folco, a resident who captured the video, said the bear appeared to have an injured paw and that this was one of many bear sightings in the area. "People are still leaving their bird feeders out so this is attracting" the bears, she added. Another bear sig

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (WJAR) — A proposed ordinance in East Greenwich is working to restore historic homes in the town, just in time for its 350th anniversary. Although, if passed, it could force select homeowners to spend money on restoring their buildings, that they might not want to spend.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A police pursuit that began in Warwick was called off before the driver crashed in Providence and ran onto Interstate 95, where officers arrested him Monday afternoon, according to police. Providence police said Nelson Pires allegedly punched a detective in the face while trying to...

(WJAR) — Rhode Island voters will be asked to vote on five statewide bond questions on their Nov. 3 ballots. The first–and most expensive–question asks for approval for the state to borrow $275 million to make capital improvements to Rhode Island’s higher education facilities at the University of Rhode Island, Community College of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The U.S. Attorney's Office of Rhode Island announced on Monday that a Providence man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a fraudulence scheme involving thousands of gift cards. Esteban “Steven” Antonio Perez, 69, was sentenced to 36 months of incarceration and 3...

Under the plate-reader policy Rhode Island State Police sent to every department on Oct. 19, a photo of your car's back end can sit in a police database for up to 30 days. Flock Safety, which makes most of the cameras, cut its own recommended default to seven days in August.

A Target 12 analysis found that as of this week, there are 223 active automated license plate readers between local and state police departments alone in Rhode Island.

PROVIDENCE – A Providence man has been sentenced in federal court in Rhode Island for his role in a yearlong scheme involving the fraudulent use of thousands of gift cards purchased for charities, schools, and community organizations. According to the Department of Justice, 69-year-old Esteban “Steven” Antonio Perez was...