Providence RI

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Welcome aboard the Cap’n Bert, a University of Rhode Island research vessel and the home of Shark Camp. “We’re fishing for marine life. We’re gonna catch some sharks, along with a lot of other things,” said URI Professor Dr. Brad Wetherbee.

LINCOLN — Rhode Island State Police made six arrests over the weekend on charges ranging from driving under the influence to outstanding warrants. On Saturday, Aug. 30 at 10:14 a.m., troopers arrested George Collazo, 48, of Newport, for an active Superior Court bench warrant for failure to appear on the original...

PROVIDENCE — A 58-year-old Providence woman was arrested Sunday morning on charges of willful trespass at a Rhode Island gaming facility. Debra Tereshka of 530 North Main Street, Apartment 24, was taken into custody at 6:30 a.m. Aug. 31 by the Gaming Enforcement Unit with assistance from the Lincoln Woods Barracks.

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s (RIPTA) approved a plan that reduces service on 46 of its 67 bus lines — cuts not as deep as predicted, but painful to riders nonetheless. As Christopher Shea explains in an article for Rhode Island PBS, a prior plan would have...

A tribute honoring the life and legacy of the late Judge Frank Caprio will be viewable at the State House starting Tuesday.

This year, comprehensive privacy laws are going into effect in eight states to regulate how businesses handle digital information and to give consumers more protections over their personal data. The laws in Delaware, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Tennessee have taken effect already this...

A University of Rhode Island (URI) student has sued the school, after she says a man in a unisex bathroom on campus recorded her while she was showering - and that the university subsequently “defamed” her. The woman, who is represented by attorneys Steven Fanning and Brie Fanning-DiLibero,...

The game’s jackpot has surged to an estimated $1.3 billion.

SEEKONK TO FALL RIVER – The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has announced that it will be performing ancillary structure inspections on Route 6 eastbound and westbound from Seekonk to Fall River. The work is scheduled to take place between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., beginning Tuesday, September 2nd, through...

Wikimedia Commons/Views of Providence printed by L.H. Nelson Company. Roger Williams’s Providence Colony and Religious Liberty Experiment. Roger Williams had a wild idea in 1635: let folks pray how they want. It cost him his home in Massachusetts when leaders kicked him out for his “dangerous opinions.”. He...