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Rhode Home Rescue, a Rhode Island-based nonprofit and federal 501(c)(3) dog rescue, says it has “a solution… and it’s 75 pounds of pure perfection.” The rescue is spotlighting Houston, an adoptable dog they describe as “still looking for a home,” and urging potential adopters to apply through its adoption form.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A disbarred Providence immigration lawyer, who was also a municipal judge in Central Falls, reaches a plea deal with federal prosecutors nearly a year-and-a-half after federal agents raided his office on Dorrance Street. Prosecutors accused Joseph Molina Flynn of defrauding clients. According

A bank employee's second phone call may have stopped an alleged $30,000 identity theft scheme before the money left a Somerset, Massachusetts, man's account. Five people were arrested after police said they tried to withdraw $30,000 from the victim's account at Rockland Trust Bank on Slades Ferry Avenue. The suspects h

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Providence police said a man is facing charges in connection with the Federal Hill motorcycle crash earlier this month. According to officials, investigators determined that 35-year-old Robert Maggiacomo allegedly threw a trash can at a moving motorcycle during the Feast of St. Joseph on June

A Woonsocket, Rhode Island man has been charged with cyberstalking and harassing a Boston woman for over a year on multiple social media platforms.

Rhode Island’s governor and commissioner of education spent nearly seven years haggling over whether the state or the city would be most successful at improving the forlorn Providence district schools. In the end, the tug-of-war over control of the schools produced a lot of sound and fury, but zero substantial changes

(WJAR) — Food and beverage workers for Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport will announce the results of their strike authorization vote on Monday. Workers have been on the job without a union contract for a year since last June and are asking for a fair contract. A strike...

Troopers Return Fire After State Police Cruiser Struck by Gunfire in Springfield. State and local police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Friday night on Massachusetts Avenue in Springfield. According to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office, the incident happened at approximately 7 p.m. ne

(WJAR) — Rhode Islanders who buy their own health insurance could be facing another year of significant premium increases. The Office of Health Insurance Commissioner announced Monday that health insurers have submitted their requested rates for 2027 coverage, and some plans are seeking double-digit increases. For peop

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The U.S. and Iran have reportedly reached a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz. While details on the agreement are still largely unknown and both sides have yet to put pen to paper, people who have been upset with high gas prices are hopeful it could eventually trickle down to t