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Ideal Design Center provides a full suite of design solutions in expanded Hyannis showroom. What began over 40 years ago as a specialty flooring store has evolved and expanded into Ideal Design Center—Cape Cod’s complete destination for inspired design. Today, Ideal Design Center, located in Hyannis, MA, offers an...

Firefighters used rescue tools to free one person who was trapped inside the car.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A vacant triple-decker on Pine Street in Providence caught fire again early Thursday morning, and city officials say demolition is finally moving forward after years of problems. The Providence Fire Department said crews responded to 431 Pine St. just after 2 a.m. Flames were visible...

Mayors in big cities are calling for a new partnership with the federal government to support local police departments.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — RIPTA riders are bracing for changes taking effect on Saturday as the bus agency faces a multimillion-dollar budget gap. Those changes mean service reductions for several dozen routes. According to RIPTA they are: 3, 4, 6, 9X, 12X, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Pawtucket man has been acquitted of all charges two years after a deadly stabbing in Cumberland. Following a trial, the jury found Robert Perry not guilty of first-degree murder and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime. Perry, 36, was arrested on Sept. 26, 2023, three...

Woonsocket, Rhode Island, doesn’t look like a major destination. An hour’s drive southwest of Boston, the small city has corporate parks and a Holiday Inn Express — like any other in New England. But for music lovers across the country, visiting Woonsocket is a bucket-list item: for...

(WJAR) — The man charged in a deadly shooting in Pawtucket is expected in court on Friday. Kenji Ingram is accused of killing Larry Rose on Broad Street back in June. Ingram was charged with first-degree murder and multiple gun charges.

Albany, NY (WRGB) — Joseph Osei, a Canadian citizen formerly residing in Albany, has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for orchestrating a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits using stolen identities. The sentencing was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney John A....

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha is closing in on a decision to enter next year's race for governor.