Providence

The circumstantial evidence against Nathan Carman had been lying in plain sight for years before his surprising indictment and arrest. This month, allegations he killed his mother at sea off New England in a plot to inherit millions of dollars are brought to light. Federal prosecutors in Vermont are not commenting on the timing of their decision to put the…

As Providence, Rhode Island, gears up to provide reparations to Black residents for centuries of injustices, city officials are looking beyond just the city’s role in the slave trade.

Paige Bueckers made her first start since getting injured two months ago and Christyn Williams scored 16 points in her final regular-season game to lead No. 7 UConn to an 88-31 rout of Providence on Sunday. Bueckers played 13 minutes again, scoring two points and had five assists in her second game since returning from the left knee injury that…

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Tom Brady has returned to New England ahead of his highly-anticipated matchup with the Patriots Sunday night. The Buccaneers quarterback and his teammates arrived at T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, just before 8 p.m. Saturday night. They quickly loaded into buses waiting on the tarmac before a police escort led them to their team hotel in...

Jake Kenyon started selling hand-dyed yarn as a side hustle and hobby. But as the pandemic popularized crafts like knitting and crocheting, sales jumped from $33,000 in 2019 to $125,000 in 2020. So in January, he quit his job to focus on his side hustle. Here’s what he learned from turning his passion into a full-time job.

An exclusive Rhode Island beach club tied to Democratic U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has broken its silence to defend itself from claims that it only allows white people after the controversy garnered national attention

Nine people were wounded Thursday evening in Rhode Island’s capital in what police there believe to be the largest shooting in city history. Of the nine, three had serious injuries and were “maybe critical,” Providence Police Chief Col. Hugh T. Clements told reporters at the scene. He said multiple guns were used and it involved an “ongoing feud” between...

The Uconn men’s basketball team’s game at Providence next week has been postponed as an ongoing result from a positive COVID-19 with a player. The Connecticut Department of Public Health advised UConn against playing in an intercollegiate games before the team completes its modified quarantine of 14 days, according to the university. The game was originally scheduled for Thursday,...

A Massachusetts woman who stopped to help the victim of a crash on Interstate 95 in Rhode Island was killed by a hit-and-run driver early Sunday. Jennifer Toscano, a 34-year-old nurse from Stoughton, was struck and killed while trying to help the victim of a rollover crash near Exit 30 in Pawtucket. The driver who hit her then fled 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…

International flags flutter from the ceilings of the outdoor hallways at Valencia Newcomer School, where more than 200 children from around the world are learning English skills and American classroom customs they need to succeed. When the school year begins, the refugee and immigrant children often don’t know the rules. A kid might be fascinated with a light switch they...

Hollywood stars, musicians, professional athletes and public officials are getting behind an effort to fight chronic absenteeism in Providence, Rhode Island public schools.

Barbara Myers started work as an apprentice electrician in 1995, and over the years she learned to shoot back sexual banter on the job site as much as she had to take it from some of her coworkers. Those days, she says, are starting to change. “I have worked over the last several years, actually, to really be much more...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island has released a list of clergy, religious order priests and deacons who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children. The list of roughly 50 names posted on the diocese website Monday includes 17 men who are still alive, although all have been removed from ministry.

The Providence, a reproduction of one of the Revolutionary War’s most famous ships, is scheduled to make its permanent home in Alexandria late on July 1.

Blogger Charlotte Smith could win 10,000 for charity.

Blogger Charlotte Smith could win 10,000 for charity.

Phil Mickelson says he might be “more shocked than anyone” to learn that a college consulting company he has used the last three years has been accused of orchestrating a massive bribery scheme. He said he never contributed to William “Rick” Singer’s foundation tied to his California-based company, Edge College & Career Network, but used the service to find the...

Police have found two children and their mother who were reported missing from Waterbury in Rhode Island on Wednesday.