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Providence, RI – Authorities are warning Rhode Island residents to be on alert after reports surfaced of a phone scam involving callers falsely posing as members of the Rhode Island State Police. According to a statement from the Rhode Island State Police shared Friday, residents have reported receiving phone...

Six weeks ago, it was clear that Rhode Island’s largest health system stood on rocky financial ground when it contemplated closing the Newport Hospital birthing center. What executives at Brown University Health didn’t say at the time: Its Rhode Island hospitals and physician groups are performing quite well. Brown...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom announced that an Ecuadorian national has pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal re-entry and also faces state child molestation charges. Manuel Yochuzga-Yopangue, a/k/a Manuel Yupangui, 34, pleaded guilty in Rhode Island federal court to the...

A SEVERE WEATHER ALERT from the Boston 25 Weather Team.

If the fact that Rhode Island’s child welfare system wastes lives isn’t enough to prompt real change, consider the staggering waste of money. New data show Rhode Island spending on child welfare is proportionately the highest rate in the nation — well over triple the national average. The amount is equal to $11,244...

BRISTOL – A life-size bronze memorial honoring the lives of enslaved people and acknowledging Bristol's involvement in the slave trade has been erected on the Bristol waterfront. The memorial, called "Our Ancestors Come With Us," was developed by the Bristol Middle Passage Port Marker Project and unveiled at a...

Frank Caprio was more than just "America's nicest judge," especially to his five children.

Fall River Police have made an arrest in a recent city shooting. According to police, on July 22nd, at approximately 10:12 p.m., the Patrol Bureau officers responded to reports of a firearm discharge near the 800 block of King Philip Street. Major Case Detectives immediately arrived on scene with Patrol and started...

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's board approved a proposal to address its financial troubles that includes some service reductions and fare increases during a meeting on Thursday.

WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE)– Many residents at the Shalom Apartments in Warwick are upset about the planned closure of a store located in the lobby of one of the apartment buildings. The store has been in operation for 47 years, and according to residents, they’ve been told that it will...