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Ieva Jusionyte was wrapping presents for a holiday party when she started receiving a series of texts warning of an active shooter on campus at Brown University, where she's a professor of international security and anthropology and studies gun violence. "I thought, oh no — but maybe this is a...

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (WPRI) — Ten people were forced from their home late Tuesday night after a fire broke out in Central Falls. Crews responding to Darling Street just before midnight were met with heavy fire coming from the first floor. Neighbors say they saw residents escaping down the fire escape, as well as a […]

Christmas came early this year for Vietnam War veteran Joseph Machado.

The arrest video of Maria Bucci, a Democratic politician from Cranston, Rhode Island, is going viral. According to bodycam footage, she berated a cop after getting stopped for allegedly driving under the influence. A video from Thursday, December 18, capturing the conversation between Maria Bucci, 51, and East...

Wrentham police are warning pet owners after coyotes killed two dogs, urging residents to keep pets leashed and supervised outdoors.

A man falsely accused on social media of being the suspect of a fatal college shooting in Providence, RI earlier this month is deciding his next move. Mayor-elect of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, announced on social media Tuesday night that he had spoken to Mustapha Kharbouch, the man targeted by some as the man...

KILLINGLY, Conn. (WJAR) — Connecticut State Police said a Scituate man was arrested at a barbershop after a disturbance last week. According to officials, they responded to The Chop Shop on Hartford Pike in Killingly for a disturbance at around 3:15 p.m. last Wednesday. The business owner told state...

Brown University's powerful board of trustees, including Bank of America CEO, remains silent after campus murders. Boston Globe reports security failures.

WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — It's a day of stress for some but for others the best time of the year!. Christmas Eve-eve is a day known around the world as the time for some last minute shopping. Warwick Mall, Dave's Marketplace, and Haxton Liquors had some packed parking lots.

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (WJAR) — A graduation ceremony was held for the Rhode Island Department of Corrections Training Academy graduates on Tuesday. According to officials, the ceremony for academy class 94 was held at Camp Fogarty's Joint Force Headquarters Auditorium in East Greenwich at 10:30 a.m. Multiple awards...