Rhode Island

A man was killed in a head-on crash between two vans in Cranston, Rhode Island, according to NBC affiliate WJAR, which cited the city’s police. Another person was seriously hurt during the crash, which happened Monday night on Scituate Avenue. Police told the news outlet it appeared that the vans were driving in opposite directions when one o...

A Rhode Island landlord whose tenants have long complained about lead hazards, rodent infestations and other problems with their apartments has been sued by the state attorney general, who said conditions at many properties put renters’ health and safety at risk. Attorney General Peter Neronha said in the complaint filed Tuesday that Pioneer Invest...

The New England Patriots have bolstered their wide receiver depth by signing a local player who grew up a fan of the franchise.

The Rhode Island house made famous by the 2013 horror film, “The Conjuring,” is now letting people camp on its grounds in an experience it calls “ghamping” (ghost, plus camping, equals ghamping).

Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee has signed a bill into law that would let state funds be used to pay for health insurance plans that cover state workers and Medicaid recipients seeking abortions. The signing ceremony was held Thursday almost immediately after the Rhode Island Senate approved the measure. The 24-12 vote followed less than an hour of ...

Prosecutors have dropped charges against a personal trainer who’s worked with NBA players after the Rhode Island man was arrested last year on suspicion of drugging and raping a woman in downtown Boston. The charges of rape and drugging for intercourse against Robert McClanaghan were dismissed by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s O...

Leaders of a chain of addiction treatment centers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts conspired to defraud patients and insurance companies by cycling people through treatment sessions as short as five minutes but billing for longer ones, federal prosecutors alleged Thursday. The CEO of Recovery Connections Centers of America, Michael Brier, was arre...

A Rhode Island man has been charged with using his accounting and consulting businesses as a front to launder more than $35 million in internet fraud schemes. The 73-year-old man from Cranston is accused of founding dozens of shell companies in the United States and using them to open business bank accounts in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the U....

Rhode Island’s Democratic governor and top officials have urged the state legislature to pass a bill banning assault weapons. Gov. Dan McKee, Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, Secretary of State Gregg Amore, Attorney General Peter Neronha and General Treasurer James Diossa say they want to ban the sale of assault-style weapons in Rhode Island to help keep com...

A Rhode Island man accused of running over and killing his on-and-off girlfriend during an argument has been sentenced to life in prison. The attorney general’s office says James Grilli was sentenced Monday after pleading no contest to second-degree murder and leaving the scene in the death of Erika Belcourt. Authorities say the pair had been...

A man who shot and injured a Rhode Island police officer during an exchange of gunfire outside a laundromat in 2019 has been sentenced to serve 40 years in prison. Tyrone Robinson, 22, of Providence was sentenced this week after pleading no contest to several charges including intent to commit murder, according to the state attorney general’s offic...

Democrat Dan McKee was sworn in for his first full term as Rhode Island’s governor Tuesday, saying he has never believed more strongly in the state’s future. He says this is Rhode Island’s moment to shine. McKee is a former lieutenant governor who became the state’s chief executive in March 2021 when two-term Gov. Gina Raimondo was tapp...

A Massachusetts man has died following a crash on New Year’s Eve in Rhode Island, state police announced.

A Massachusetts man was allegedly driving impaired early Saturday morning when he crashed his vehicle head-on against a barrier as he tried to enter the access portion of Route 146 in Lincoln, Rhode Island, killing one of his two passengers.

A Rhode Island man is facing multiple charges in connection with a rape that occurred in downtown Boston where the victim was allegedly drugged, police said Saturday.

A Rhode Island police officer charged with punching a political rival at an abortion rights rally has been acquitted of a misdemeanor simple assault charge. The judge at the jury-waived trial determined Wednesday that the actions of Providence Police Patrolman Jeann Lugo during the June 24 protest were justified to maintain public order, even thoug...