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A civil lawsuit brought against security company Allied Universal Security Services over an incident in which a nurse at Rhode Island Hospital was critically injured by a patient settled earlier this month. Scott Amaral, the nurse in the suit, was allegedly attacked by a psychiatric patient while working his regular...

Around one month after Providence Public School Department Superintendent Javier Montañez proposed two school consolidation projects, the Providence School Board voted in favor of the mergers at Wednesday’s meeting. The project seeks to merge Young Woods Elementary School with Roger Williams Middle School, as well as Anthony Carnevale...

On Wednesday, Providence community members rallied at Kennedy Plaza for the Housing Now National Day of Action, calling on Mayor Brett Smiley to increase housing accessibility and take action against alleged police misconduct that occurred at the plaza. The rally was organized by the Rhode Island Homeless Advocacy Project, a...

TAUNTON — Jack Ferreira loves the movie "Beetlejuice" so much he decorated his home with its characters and creatures. “It’s one of my favorite movies,” he said while standing outside his home at 50 Caswell St. in East Taunton finishing up his decorations for Halloween . People going by Ferreira’s home can see it all on his front lawn: Barbara Maitland (Geena Davis’s character), in her deformed self, sitting on a bench; the sandworm hanging from the front porch; Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder’s chara

WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — A budget battle is brewing in Warwick, where the school district faces a $2.6 million deficit for fiscal 2027. From rising costs to unfunded state mandates, Warwick School Committee Chair Shaun Galligan said district officials knew as early as last spring that the district was in trouble.

(WJAR) — Nearly two years ago, Rhode Island opened the first state-sanctioned and regulated overdose prevention site in the country. It's located in Providence, not far from the Rhode Island Hospital campus. The prevention center allowed NBC 10 inside that center before it opened, back in January of 2025....

The fire broke out Thursday afternoon on University Avenue in the Blackstone neighborhood of Providence.

A Thanksgiving table can cover a surprising amount of Rhode Island acreage. In Farm Fresh RI’s Local Harvest Box, Brussels sprouts come from Ward’s Berry Farm, carrots and parsnips from Four Town Farm, mushrooms from RI Mushroom Co., and garlic from Southside Community Land Trust, with more growers filling in the squash, potatoes, onions, and herbs. Packed together, those ingredients make enough food for a holiday meal serving six to eight people, and this year Farm Fresh RI hopes 350 donated bo

A new movie theater has opened in the Fall River area. Entertainment Luxury Cinemas announced Thursday morning that they have begun showing movies in Swansea. The theater is located at 207 Swansea Mall Drive in the Swansea Crossing Plaza, the same spot that previously housed Regal Cinema before it closed in late 2020.

The property where a popular Warwick restaurant is situated will soon be on the auction block, 12 News has learned.