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Northeastern University student charged in second sexual assault near Huntington Avenue
A Northeastern University student accused of sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint in the Mission Hill neighborhood Saturday was charged today in a second assault that occurred less than an hour later, prosecutors said. Patrick Barry, 21, is set to be arraigned on assault with intent to rape charges in West Roxbury District Court today in connection to the second attack. Both assaults ...
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RI high court upholds murder conviction of parolee
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of a man who killed a Warwick man during a 2007 home invasion while he was out on parole after decades of incarceration on another murder ...
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Ex-hitman details more killings
BOSTON (AP) -- Former hitman John Martorano has described more killings as he testifies for a second day in the racketeering trial of James "Whitey" Bulger in Boston. On Tuesday, Martorano gave chilling details about murders he committed after they were ordered by Bulger and his partner, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi. He also described a 1975 killing he said Bulger and Flemmi ...
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Small fire on RIC athletic center roof
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP/WPRI) -- Workers accidentally started a fire Tuesday morning while installing a new roof at the Rhode Island College athletic center in ...
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Chafee reiterates call to pay 38 Studios bonds
BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Lincoln Chafee says a rating agency’s move to review Rhode Island’s credit rating shows there will be consequences if the state refuses to pay back bonds issued for a $75 million loan guarantee granted to the now-failed video game company of former Red Sox pitcher Curt ...
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Electric vehicle network launched in RI
BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is building a network of electric vehicle charging stations and has announced plans to transition to alternative fuels in state ...
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Troubled fire district may lose truck
COVENTRY, R.I. (WPRI) - The financially-strapped Central Coventry Fire District can keep its ladder truck, for now. A hearing to return the fire truck for failure to make an annual payment was scheduled Tuesday before Superior Court Judge Brian Stern, who is overseeing the case of the troubled fire district. Court-appointed receiver Richard Land said all parties involved agreed to hold off on a ...
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Confessed killer John Martorano details series of murders linked to Whitey Bulger
His calm voice in sharp contrast to the horrors he described, former hit man John V. Martorano today outlined multiple murders in which James "Whitey" Bulger allegedly played a role, including Bulger's fatal shooting of a Dorchester man in a phone booth in 1975. Martorano is a key prosecution witness against Bulger, the notorious gangster accused in a sweeping federal indictment ...
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Two Boston-area rock climbers injured in fall in Maine national park
Two rock climbers from the Boston area were injured when one of the climbers and a guide fell more than 20 feet off a cliff, landing on the other climber, in Acadia National Park near Bar Harbor, Maine, officials said. After the fall on Sunday, the injured climbers waited for more than three hours at the base of the seaside cliff as rescuers worked to remove them without causing further ...
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Worker badly burned in freak accident
SWANSEA, Mass. (WPRI) -- A construction worker at an area mall suffered serious burns to his arms and chest after he was splashed with gas during an industrial accident. Fire crews responded to a construction site at the Swansea Mall in southeastern Massachusetts after receiving a report of an injured worker. According to the foreman at the construction site, the worker was working on a ...
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Gas leak prompts evacuation in Tiverton
TIVERTON, R.I. (WPRI) -- Residents of a Tiverton neighborhood were evacuated from their homes Tuesday morning after reports of a gas leak. Emergency crews were called to the area of Hooper Street between Main Road and Shove Street just before 9 a.m. At total of five houses were evacuated as a result of the leak. Members of the Tiverton Fire Department and National Grid were at the scene working ...
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Heavy showers possible this afternoon followed by dry conditions for the rest of the week
It's the last one and then we're done -- for the week. One final slug of showers will roll in this afternoon before skies clear and the Bay State can dry out over the rest of the workweek, the National Weather Service said. The morning should be dry, with highs in the mid-70s, ahead of the showers. The raindrops are expected to start falling in Boston between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., ...
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Clipboard An end to hospital CEO bonuses
Yet, Jay Hancock’s excellent stories for Kaiser Health News and ABC News show that many executives are still paid bonuses based on how many patients their hospitals get through the ...
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RIPTA board OKs reorganization of routes
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has approved a reorganization plan that eliminates service in low ridership areas while increasing it in areas where public transit is ...
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Woman sought in Bobs Store theft
CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) -- Cranston police are working to identify a female suspect who stole from the Oaklawn Avenue Bob's Stores on June 5. According to police, the woman exited the store with a pair of Nike sandals and Union pants before paying for the merchandise. She was then seen leaving the scene in a gold-colored vehicle. The suspect is described as white, in her mid-to-late forties, ...
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Death of a man in North Attleborough industrial park under investigation prosecutors say
The death of a man whose body was found Monday in an industrial park in North Attleborough is under investigation by Bristol District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter Jr.'s office. The body was found around 5:30 p.m. Monday. Sutter's office would not release the name of the street where the body was found and would only say it was discovered in "an industrial park in North ...
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Mom RI theater threw out disabled girl over noise
OAKLAND PARK (CBS4) – A 5-year-old girl is in critical condition after Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies say she fell out of the window of her seventh story apartment. BSO spokesperson Mike Jachles told CBS4′s Carey Codd that there were two adults and three children in the condo Friday night when the 5-year-old girl was put to ...
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Sword stolen decades ago on way back to Brown U.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Brown University spokesman says a Virginia antiques collector has turned over a Civil War-era sword that was stolen from the Ivy League school in the 1970s.Last week, a federal judge in Virginia ordered Williamsburg collector Donald Tharpe to surrender the Tiffany silver sword to Brown. Tharpe bought it for $35,000 in 1992 after it had passed among dealers for years.A ...
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Mom Happy noises get New Bedford girl tossed
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - A New Bedford mom says she and her 5-year-old developmentally disabled daughter were thrown out of a Providence, R.I., theater during a performance of ‘‘Beauty and the Beast’’ because the little girl was making giggling and humming noises she makes when she’s ...
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Search warrant for DUI suspects blood
arrested and charged with DUI for causing a three-car crash that resulted in the death of a Florida man. Portsmouth police said a search warrant was obtained for Kalen's ...
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Judge drops theft charge against Warwick worker
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island judge has dismissed a larceny charge against a Warwick Department of Public Works employee who had been accused of stealing from the ...
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Rask blanks Hawks Bruins win Game 3
Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (37) congratulates Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40), of Finland, on his shutout to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 in Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals in Boston, Monday, June 17, ...
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RI budget faces key hearing vote
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An $8.2 billion state budget proposal is facing its first major test in the Rhode Island General Assembly, and school funding, business tax cuts and a proposal to default on debt relating to 38 Studios could be riding on the ...
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Body discovered in North Attleboro
NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) - An investigation is underway after police in North Attleboro found a body. The body was discovered on John Dietsch Boulevard. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office told Eyewitness News, based on the nature and circumstances of the discovery, Massachusetts state police detectives and the District Attorney's office were called in to ...
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Leaders work to solve violence problem
eighth homicide of the year, community leaders say the violence has gotten out of control. On Sunday, 12-year-oldAynis Vargas of Providence, was fatally shot during a party on Hartford Avenue. Three others were also ...
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Rhode Island offshore wind farm contraversey
There is division in the ranks over a wind farm planned for construction off Block Island, while officials in the state government have accused future surveys for potential new sites of lacking in scope.
Deepwater Wind is becoming a controversial name in Rhode Island over plans to build an off shore wind farm just off the coast of Rhode Island. While not as controversial as Deepwater Horizon, the BP oil rig that caused the mess in the Gulf of Mexico, the renewable energy plans of Deepwater Wind are certainly raising some hackles. Read more
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