Providence

Police in Providence, Rhode Island, are looking for a missing 14-year-old girl they say is endangered. Aliah Trinidad of Providence was last seen leaving a house on Progress Avenue on Friday, police said Monday. Trinidad may be in need of medical attention, according to police. Authorities describe Trinidad as a 5’5, 160-pound Hispanic girl with brown eyes and curly hair…

Police in Providence, Rhode Island, have arrested 14 people since the city formed a task force to crack down on illegal fireworks that have bedeviled cities across the country this summer. The department tweeted Saturday that six people were arrested Thursday and eight more on Friday. Police said they will “continue this enforcement indefinitely.” About a dozen officials from the…

Gov. Gina Raimondo on Monday signed executive order to remove the phrase “Providence Plantations” from various official state documents as well as executive agency websites. The move, which was formally announced at an afternoon press conference, came after several weeks of meetings with community and youth leaders and was an effort to address racial inequities in the state following a…

Providence officials are trying to crack down on the illegal sale and use of fireworks. Mayor Jorge Elorza and City Council Majority Leader Jo-Ann Ryan said the city will now require firework vendors to have a firework sales permit. It will cost $50 for a permit that’s valid for one year. City officials say sellers will have to file separate…

Derrick Garforth, 34, Charlotte Whittingham, 28, and Mackenzie Innis, 26, were all charged with desecration of a grave/monument and conspiracy.

A Rhode Island police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave while authorities investigate the use of a “less lethal device” that sent a man to the hospital during an outbreak of violence in Providence a week ago. The officer involved is a 13-year veteran of the Providence police department, according to an emailed statement late Monday from department…

Scores of protesters dressed in black rallied peacefully in downtown Providence on Friday to denounce police brutality against people of color. Chanting “hands up don’t shoot” and “no justice, no peace,” the protesters gathered in Kennedy Plaza downtown and by Central High School on the city’s west side before marching to the State House. At one point, the large...

A group of protesters stormed the Providence Place Mall, breaking inside around 11 p.m. Monday.

Members of the Providence city council are speaking out against a celebratory parade for graduates that drew crowds to a local neighborhood on Saturday, violating the social distancing orders. A spokesperson from Providence College told WJAR a group of parents organized the gathering that drew hundreds of students to the area. That sparked outrage among city council members. “After hearing…

Rhode Island health officials on Sunday reported 11 deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the state’s death toll 226. The fatal cases were comprised of a person in their 50s, four in their 70s, a person in their 80s and five in their 90s, officials said. The state also reported 310 new cases, bringing the total to 7,439. The number…

The number of new cases was down from the previous day’s, prompting Gov. Gina Raimondo to express cautious optimism that social distancing efforts were having a positive impact.

Gov. Gina Raimondo will address the public on Rhode Island’s response to the coronavirus outbreak Saturday at 1 p.m.

The new coronavirus has claimed another 13 lives in Rhode Island, bringing the state’s death toll from the pandemic to 215, the state Department of Health reported Saturday. There were 430 news cases of the disease, for a total of more than 7,100 positive cases, the agency said.

JetBlue announced Wednesday that it is consolidating service at Boston Logan International Airport and four other major metropolitan areas between April 15 and June 10 as a result of low demand due to the coronavirus outbreak. The airline said the revised schedules in Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., are aimed at reducing excess flying…

A man walking on an interstate highway in Rhode Island has been struck by several cars and killed. State police say 53-year-old Alfonso Rodriguez, of Providence was struck at about 5 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 95 in downtown Providence. They say it’s not yet clear why he was walking on the highway. The drivers of the three cars that struck…

A man authorities have identified as the leader of the Rhode Island chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club was arrested over the weekend after a scuffle at a strip club, police said. A man authorities have identified as the leader of the Rhode Island chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club was arrested over the weekend after a scuffle…

A Providence man left his 3-year-old autistic son locked in a car with no heat on a cold night while he was inside a Rhode Island casino, state police say. Mitchell Cuevas, 38, of Providence, was arrested for cruelty to or neglect of a child and obstructing an officer in execution of duty. On Feb. 29, the Rhode Island State…

An independent investigation has found that five former employees at Rhode Island’s Moses Brown School engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with students. The head of the prestigious private school in Providence in a letter to the school community Monday said the misconduct allegations date to the 1950s and occurred as recently as the 1980s. One former employee who faced...