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Traffic light destroyed in car accident
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WRPI) -- Travelers driving through North Providence should expect some delays in the coming days. Police are investigating a car accident that destroyed a traffic signal at the corner of Mineral Spring, Brookside and South Brookside Avenues. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation placed temporary stop signs at the intersection while crews work on repairing the ...
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14 years of school without an absence
BRISTOL, RI (WPRI) - Carrington Henley was watching a television show a year or so before he started kindergarten when he saw a child being interviewed about perfect attendance. "He told me he was going to do that," his mother Cynthia Henley remembers. "I sort of just nodded my head." Now, the Bristol High Senior is about 2 weeks away from perfection. His parents tell us his ...
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Wanted armed robbery suspect arrested
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (WPRI) -- Police have apprehended fugitive wanted in an armed robbery that allegedly occurred last month. Joshua Hightower, 26, was arrested in Pawtucket on Thursday night. On April 17, Central Falls police officers responded to the report of a robbery outside of a pub on Pine Street. Upon arrival, a victim told the police that a man had robbed him of his wallet and cell ...
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Ride to Work Day event draws hundreds
Providence, R.I. (WPRI) - Local cyclists hit the streets of Providence Friday for Bike to Work Day. Mayor Angel Taveras joined the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition and residents across the city for the annual event. May is National Bike Month, an event that encourages residents to bike to work as a healthy and safe alternative to driving. Hundreds of advocates and commuters took part, riding from ...
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Westerly residents stand together
WESTERLY, R.I. (WPRI) -- Thousands of South County residents gathered along the entire stretch of the Misquamicut shoreline on Friday morning. They linked themselves together by holding hands in order to symbolically show the strong sense of community that allowed them to overcome severe damage brought upon by Superstorm Sandy. Beaches are already starting to reopen, and several businesses in ...
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Teapot linked to Lizzie Borden donated
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- The Fall River Historical Society has been given an antique teapot with a direct tie to Lizzie Borden. Curator Michael Martins says the tiny teapot was a present from Borden to her hired companion, Gertrude May Russell. The teapot was donated by Russell's granddaughter, a member of the society who lives in Maine and wants to remain anonymous. The teapot, at least a ...
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WWII pilot from RI finally memorialized
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- A Rhode Island war hero was finally memorialized Friday, nearly seven decades after he lost his life protecting our country. The Rhode Island House of Representatives held a memorial service for Second Lieutenant Robert Thorpe. The Cranston native was just 20-years-old when his plane was shot down over New Guinea in 1944 during World War II. Lt. Thorpe was captured by ...
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State Police open one lane on Route 128 after five-car crash near Dedham
State Police have opened one lane and are working to move a tractor-trailer that is blocking most of Interstate 95 near Exit 16A in Dedham after a five-car crash paralyzed the southbound highway. The drivers of the tractor trailer, dump truck, and three cars involved in the crash were not injured, State Police said in a statement. Authorities warned drivers to expect a "extensive traffic ...
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Man freed because of Annie Dookhan case charged in Brockton murder
BROCKTON -- A man charged with committing a murder here Tuesday afternoon would have been behind bars, but he was free because his drug dealing conviction had been tossed out after it was discovered that disgraced state chemist Annie Dookhan handled the evidence and testified at his trial, officials said today. Donta Hood, 22, of Brockton, appeared today in Brockton District Court, where he ...
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Regulators to fishermen dont blame observers
BOSTON (AP) -- The top regulators of New England's flagging fishing industry are asking fishermen not to take out their frustrations at the onboard observers who monitor what they catch and what they throw ...
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Police ID woman killed in Foster crash
deadly accident on Rt. 6 in Foster. Tracy Guy, 38, of Griswold, Conn. was killed in the crash which happened around 1:40 p.m. Thursday, police confirmed in a news release. Investigators said Guy was driving her red Ford Focus on Rt. 6 and Will Girard, 19, was driving his gold Buick Regal on Rt. 94 when the two cars collided in the intersection. Police say Guy was pronounced dead at the scene. ...
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CT assault charge may impact RI case
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Attorney General Peter Kilmartin said a pending case in another state could stall Rhode Island's prosecution of a man charged ...
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Catherine E. Greig’s 8-year-prison sentence was justified federal court rules
Catherine E. Greig was properly sentenced to eight years in federal prison for helping her long-time love James "Whitey'' Bulger remain on the run from racketeering and murder charges for 16 years, a federal court ruled today. "On June 22, 2011, Greig's many years of harboring Bulger came to an end,'' Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson wrote for the unanimous ...
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2nd man charged after assault on Brown athlete
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A 22-year-old New York man has been charged with disorderly conduct following an incident in which a Brown University basketball player was assaulted and suffered severe head ...
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Top military scientist building a cyber army with few qualified recruits
At least that is the word from Mark Maybury, a computer scientist at the government-funded MITRE corporation in Bedford who was tapped in 2010 to serve as the chief scientist for the US Air ...
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Bruins back line boosted by rookie defensemen
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Bruins have three rookie defensemen in the lineup for the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York ...
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Prov. PD honors memory of officers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- Providence Police officers and family members gathered Friday morning to pay tribute in a memorial service to officers who've died in the line of duty and retired members of the force who've passed away. One officer whose loss is still greatly felt is Officer Max Dorley, who was killed when his patrol car slammed into a utilty pole as he was responding to a ...
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Pawt. practices for high-rise fires
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) - It's the best way to be ready for disaster: practice, practice, practice. Friday, the practice stretched high above the city of Pawtucket, at a high-rise building of apartments for seniors. Recently, "We seem to have had more than our fair share of fires," said the Pawtucket Housing Authority's Director of Protective Services, Jim Ruthowski. ...
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Conn. woman killed in 2-car collision in RI
FOSTER, R.I. (AP) - A 38-year-old Connecticut woman was killed in a crash in Rhode Island that sent two vehicles across highway traffic and into the ...
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Tsarnaev’s lawyers seek permission to photograph him to show ‘evolving mental and physical state’
Lawyers for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect want to be able to take pictures of the 19-year-old now and over time to show evidence of his injuries and his "evolving mental and physical state," according to a filing in federal court in Boston. As the defense team for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev argues against the death penalty, it would use the photo evidence to challenge whether he was fit ...
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RI memorializes WWII pilot 69 years after death
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island memorialized a World War II pilot from Cranston on Friday, 69 years after his capture and execution by the ...
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Mass. state trooper convicted of extortion
A Massachusetts State Police trooper was convicted in federal court Friday of extortion for threatening a gambler who owed their fellow bookie more than $3,000 in debts. John M. Analetto, 49, of Belmont, a trooper for more than 20 years, remained silent but shook his head in apparent disappointment as the jury rendered its verdict and for several minutes thereafter. His family members and ...
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RI unemployment rate now 6th highest in US
The U.S. Department of Labor released jobless rates for all 50 states on Friday, and Rhode Island’s was number six. Nevada has the highest rate, 9.6 percent. Illinois was next with 9.3 percent, followed by Mississippi, with 9.1 ...
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Suspect in Brown University attack headed to R.I.
A man accused of assaulting a Brown University basketball player from Norwood, Mass., has waived extradition from Connecticut and is headed to Providence. Tory Lussier was taken into custody Wednesday at his home in Vernon on a felony arrest warrant. Providence police said Lussier, 25, is expected to be returned on Friday for an appearance in Providence District Court. A spokesman for Rhode ...
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Award for Cranston officers heroism
BOSTON, Mass. (WPRI) -- A Cranston police officer was honored Friday for some heroism while she was off duty -- back in 2011. The Massachusetts State Police and the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security honored Officer Mallory Reis with an award for saving a 3-year-old boy's life at a ceremony at the Massachusetts State House in ...
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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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