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(WJAR) — The Massachusetts State Police Department responded to a vehicle fire on I-195 in Swansea on Tuesday morning. Crews responded around 7:30 a.m. to the westbound lanes. A couple of lanes were blocked while the flames were being put out, police say. It took them about an hour...

JOHNSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — A surveillance camera from a local business captured a crash involving a Rhode Island Public Transit Authority van in Johnston on Monday. The crash occurred at the intersection of Killingly Street and Oakdale Avenue. A surveillance camera from a local business captured a crash involving...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — Rhode Island State Police arrested a Providence driver early Monday after they said she traveled south in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 for nearly 10 miles. Troopers received reports of the wrong-way driver at about 1:30 a.m. near the Smithfield Avenue area of Providence,...

Thousands of residents in the East Bay had no power Saturday morning.

Rhode Island may not have any amusement parks in operation today, but many years ago, the Ocean State was full of them, from Crescent Point to The Enchanted Forest to Rocky Point Amusement Park . Theme parks were a historic Rhode Island tradition, full of attractions such as carousels, Ferris wheels and, of course, ple

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A 60-year-old Washington County man, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health, has been diagnosed with Powassan virus- a rare tick-borne disease. The Department of Health says that this is the third case of Powassan virus detected in the state this year, and only...

The stabbing death of an 18-year-old on Charles Street in Providence on Saturday was the city's fifth homicide of the year.

(WJAR) — Crews responded to a trailer fire in Scituate early Monday morning. Firefighters responded around 1:00 a.m. to the fire near Snake Hill Road. An NBC 10 news crew observed a heavily damaged trailer on scene. The American Red Cross says one adult is being helped after being...

BELLEVILLE, Ontario (TNND) — A man accused of opening fire on a police officer outside an Ontario synagogue during Yom Kippur has been identified as a 29-year-old from nearby Quinte West, authorities said Monday. The shooting outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, about 110 miles east of...

(WJAR) — A Florida man walking to all four corners of the continental United States to raise awareness about mental health brought his journey through Rhode Island on Monday. Kyndal Ray Edwards walked from Narragansett to Warwick as he continued the final leg of a nearly five-year mission built...