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R.I. receiving $77K from multistate settlement with mortgage servicer

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive about $77,000 as part of a $15.5 million multistate settlement with NewRez LLC over the mortgage servicer’s improper...

Election26: Block sees third way as a solution to state’s economic...

(Editor’s note: This is the fourth in an occasional series of stories speaking with this year’s gubernatorial candidates about their economic vision for Rhode...

Providence nightclub ordered closed for a month following fatal stabbing

PROVIDENCE – Mezzo Lounge has been ordered to close for one month following a deadly stabbing of a University of Massachusetts Dartmouth football player...

Was the state right to start over with its application process...

Rhode Island in August unveiled a new application process for adult-use dispensary licenses, dropping a residency requirement that led to three lawsuits questioning its...
JOSEPH MOLINA-FLYNN, formerly a practicing immigration attorney in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of tax evasion before U.S. Chief District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr. on Tuesday. / PBN FILE PHOTO

Former judge and immigration attorney pleads guilty to defrauding clients

PROVIDENCE – A former municipal court judge and immigration lawyer who was accused of professional misconduct after allegedly defrauding 10 clients out of thousands of dollars each,...

R.I. judicial selection panel to weigh campaign contribution disclosures to applicants

The panel tasked with selecting Rhode Island’s judges on Tuesday will consider whether its members must disclose campaign contributions to judicial applicants and recuse...

Arbitrator finds T.F. Green officials lacked cause to fire union leader,...

An arbitrator has ruled that the head of the union representing police and firefighters at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport can return to...
BOARDS COVER the windows of the Gabriel House assisted living facility in Fall River, where a fire in July 2025 killed several people in Fall River. Thirty-nine plaintiffs affected by the fire have united their lawsuits into one master complaint. / AP FILE PHOTO/KIMBERLEE KRUESI

39 plaintiffs consolidate lawsuits against Gabriel House in master complaint

FALL RIVER – Thirty-nine plaintiffs affected by a fatal fire at an assisted-living house in July 2025 have united their lawsuits into one master...

Report: 2 NYC men charged with stealing cooking oil from Cranston...

PROVIDENCE – Two New York City men have been arrested and charged for stealing cooking oil from a Cranston restaurant, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported...

Ex-Barrington Christian Academy teacher indicted on federal child exploitation charges

PROVIDENCE – A federal grand jury has indicted a former Barrington Christian Academy teacher who was already arrested accused of inappropriate conduct with a...
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