Provides the latest RSS feeds for Rhode Island News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Rhode Island State News.net http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/cat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 11:19:47 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:19:47 -0400 30 WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) -- Four people are rushed to the hospital following an early morning crash in Warwick. Police tell Eyewitness News an officer had stopped the car early Sunday, when the teen driver sped off. Authorities say the car crashed on Posnegansett Avenue, went through a field, and came to a stop on Negansett Avenue. Fire officials say three people were taken to Rhode Island Hospital, ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214613411/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sun, 19 May 2013 06:24:34 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214613411/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Movie star Angelina Jolie made headlines — and fueled a national discussion — last week with her announcement that she had a double-mastectomy to prevent breast cancer because she carried a gene associated with the ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214613016/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sun, 19 May 2013 05:46:34 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214613016/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a The Powerball numbers have been drawn in tonight's $600 million lottery. The numbers are: 10 13 14 22 52 and Powerball is 11. It was not immediately known if there are one, or more than one, winner in the lottery that is now played in 43 states. The cash option is worth an estimated $376.9 million and a Massachusetts winner would receive a lump sum payment of approximately $263.8 ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214610028/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 23:23:42 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214610028/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a At exactly 9:36 this morning, the CapeFlyer -- the MBTA's new train service from South Station to Hyannis -- set off on its inaugural ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214608420/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 20:52:36 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214608420/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI)-- Lottery players tried their luck, buying Powerball tickets ahead of Saturday night's drawing. The prize is up to $600 Million dollars. It is the second largest Powerball prize in its history. The odds of winning are one in 175 Million. The lottery commission also announced that 80% of possible combinations have been purchased. The drawing will be held Saturday ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214608081/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 20:03:45 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214608081/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP)-- U.S. Rep. David Cicilline is co-sponsoring three bills designed to maintain low interest rates on student loans, hoping to prevent young people from ending up with excessive debt. Cicilline announced Saturday that the proposals would revamp the way that student loan interest rates are calculated. He says the measures would help students avoid massive debts associated with ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214607385/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 19:08:47 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214607385/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Suzanne Kreiter/Globe StaffPaul (left) and J.P. Norden, brothers who each lost a leg in the Marathon bombings, shared a laugh after a press conference Monday at Spaulding Rehabilitation ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214607386/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 18:54:17 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214607386/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island U.S. Rep. David Cicilline is co-sponsoring three bills designed to maintain low interest rates on student loans, hoping to prevent young people from ending up with excessive ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606657/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 18:09:42 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606657/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Police arrested two men from Somerville and Dorchester after allegedly seeing them exchange heroin and cash at the JFK/UMass Red Line T station in Dorchester Friday night, Transit Police said in a statement. Plainclothes Transit Police officers reported they overheard Daniel Merrill, 28, of Somerville, saying the words "buying" and "dealer" in a conversation around 9 p.m., ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606800/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 18:00:27 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606800/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a New York Rangers center Derick Brassard (16) jumps out of the way of a teammate's shot as Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask, left, makes a save during the first period in Game 1 of an NHL hockey playoffs Eastern Conference semifinal game in Boston, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606131/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 17:36:57 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606131/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- A Rhode Island woman who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombings is preparing to attend a welcome home party at Rosecliff, a Newport mansion featured in the film version of "The Great ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606298/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:44 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606298/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Scott Bartelson is a twice-daily commuter on Connecticut's Metro-North Railroad, which takes him between his hometown of Stratford, Conn. and his job at a small non-profit theater company near the train station in Darien, Conn. On Friday night, Bartelson's familiar commute home suddenly turned into chaos when his eastbound train derailed and then was struck by a train traveling in the ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606135/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 17:14:14 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606135/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Rhode Island honored a World War II pilot from Cranston Friday, 69 years after his capture and execution by the Japanese. Governor Lincoln Chafee and state lawmakers held a memorial service for Lieutenant Robert Thorpe, a 20-year-old Cranston native whose P-47 was shot down in the Pacific. Thorpe was interrogated and tortured by Japanese soldiers before being executed because he refused to ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606299/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 17:04:56 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606299/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a LOWELL -- Boston's Police commissioner returned today to the city where he grew up, winning thunderous applause at UMass-Lowell's commencement, where he was the keynote speaker, for his performance in the aftermath of the marathon bombings. "Every decision I made ... was based on the totality of my life's experiences that spanned the three decades since I earned my college ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214605184/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 15:10:40 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214605184/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a The home will be built by "Homes for Our Troops," a nonprofit headquartered in Taunton, and is expected to take 5 months and about $500,000 to complete. All the time and money will be ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604637/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 14:28:07 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604637/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a BOSTON - Boston Bruins defenseman Wade Redden has returned to practice but says he isn't quite ready to play after missing Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Rangers.Redden took part in some of the Bruins' activities during their off day Saturday. His injury has not been disclosed. Coach Claude Julien says it will be a game-time decision whether Redden can ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604489/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 14:23:11 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604489/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Captain Kenneth Furtado of the Warwick Police Department tells Eyewitness News that it's not yet clear whether the person was a victim or a crime, or it is a ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604059/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 13:28:29 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604059/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- More than 3,250 students at the University of Rhode Island are set to get their undergraduate degrees. URI's 127th commencement exercises are taking place Sunday afternoon at the Ryan Center arena on campus. The university moved the ceremony indoors this year for security reasons. Despite student complaints, officials cited heightened concern after the Boston ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604060/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 13:28:27 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604060/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Officials are describing a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut. They say it's fortunate no one was killed. Seventy people were sent to the hospital Friday evening after the crash, which damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the Northeast Corridor. Gov. Dannel P. ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604061/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 13:28:26 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604061/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a The collision of two commuter trains in Connecticut Friday evening left rail traffic in the busy Northeast Corridor at an indefinite standstill today, causing delays and headaches for travelers headed south from Boston. At South Station, where Amtrak trains depart for New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., passengers were instead booking bus tickets. "We looked at the board, and the ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603916/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 13:22:48 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603916/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a A tanker rolled over on Route 3 in Chelmsford near the Lowell Connector shortly after 11 Friday night, spilling fuel on the road and causing road closures. State Police are investigating how much fuel leaked and why the tanker, which was carrying 11,000 gallons of fuel, rolled over, according to a statement the agency released this morning. Investigators are probing whether another vehicle cut ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604062/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 13:12:54 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214604062/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Detectives say they assumed the role of the victim and were contacted by phone by the robbers, who told them to go to the corner of Wittenton Street and Lawrence Street at about 3 p.m. Thursday with cash to get the phone ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603459/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 12:26:30 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603459/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a STORRS, Conn. (AP) - The University of Connecticut is hosting a training session for New England educators this week on how to prepare and respond to a ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603301/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 12:20:49 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603301/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Mayor Angel Taveras of Providence donned a helmet and rode his bike Friday with members of his staff from his home to downtown as part of Bike to Work Day. The annual event, held across the country, is sponsored locally by the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition. Hundreds participated in a Bike to Work celebration at Burnside Park. Taveras announced at the event that Providence will hold an expanded ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603460/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 12:11:30 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214603460/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, the owner of St. John’s Health Center, plans to sell the Santa Monica hospital to Catholic chain Providence Health & ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214602436/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 11:23:19 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214602436/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Some 3,500 runners are expected to take part in a marathon and half-marathon in and around Providence that will see the temporary closure of some city ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214602180/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 10:26:14 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214602180/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- Police are investigating two separate overnight stabbings that occurred just hours apart. Around 11:30, one person was rushed to the hospital after they were reportedly stabbed on the 400 block of Potters Ave. Detectives were there investigating, but so far there's no word on that victim's condition or any arrests. Around 2:30, a woman was reportedly stabbed ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214600642/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 07:19:05 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214600642/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a FAIRHAVEN, Mass. (WPRI) -- Crews are searching for a missing boater in the waters off of Farihaven. Police say a 57 year old man left work around 12:30 p.m. Friday for an afternoon sail. He was last heard from around 2:30 p.m. when he called work to say he was running behind, and would be back later than expected. One of the man's employees called police when he did not return to work, and ... http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214600174/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a Sat, 18 May 2013 06:15:28 -0400 http://www.rhodeisland.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214600174/scat/ada84cfc9fc8ad6a