Rhode Island

Scarlett Doumato, a 10-year-old from Cumberland, R.I., submitted DNA evidence to the police to determine whether or not Santa Claus visited her home on Christmas Eve. This week, she received a response.

The girl, a Cumberland resident, had sent the cookie and carrot sticks to the town’s police department to ask if they can be tested for DNA.

A young Rhode Island girl has finally figured out how to determine if Santa Claus is real: DNA.

A man who has apparently trained various Celtics players and some NBA All-Stars appeared in court Monday on a fugitive from justice charge. Robert McClanaghan, 43, of Warwick, Rhode Island, was arrested Friday in East Greenwich. He was wanted on a warrant out of Boston Municipal Court for charges of rape and drugging for intercourse. He faced a judge Monday…

A judge in Scotland ruled Friday that a man who has spent almost a year fighting extradition to the United States is Nicholas Rossi, a fugitive alleged to have faked his own death to escape rape allegations.

As Rhode Island continued to be inundated by rain Tuesday, one of its U.S. senators asked the White House for urgent federal aid. Nearly 11 inches of rain had fallen in the city of Cranston by early Tuesday, according to a National Weather Service report, while some other areas of the state got around 8 inches of rain. And a…

Soaking rain has been unfolding Monday in much of southern New England, resulting in several flash flood warnings in Rhode Island, including Bristol, Kent and Providence counties. NECN and NBC10 Boston remain in a First Alert through Tuesday due to the impact on travel and the potential for localized flooding due to runoff into low-lying areas. Click here for active…

A 21-year-old man has been charged with breaking and entering after he allegedly entered a woman’s SUV while drunk and high on marijuana and then fell asleep on the floor of the back seat.

Authorities on the Rhode Island tourist hotspot of Block Island have voted to suspend the liquor and entertainment licenses of a beachfront resort that was the site of a brawl during a crowded music festival earlier this month that was later followed by a fight on a ferry to the mainland. The New Shoreham Board of License Commissioners unanimously approved a...

A Rhode Island man vacationing in Milwaukee fell to his death after a drawbridge was raised while he was walking across it.

A fight on the Block Island Ferry broke out Monday night, resulting in multiple injuries, according to NBC affiliate WJAR-TV. The Narragansett fire chief confirmed the incident to WJAR, which reported that the ferry was on its way back and headed toward the Point Judith ferry terminal. Crews with the news outlet saw multiple rescues and first responders at the…

Three adults and four children were sent to the hospital after a firework misfired during a town festival in Cumberland, Rhode Island on Saturday. A firework fired directly into a crowd of people during the packed festival at around 10 p.m., according to WJAR-TV. Members of the crowd say they noticed when they heard a strange popping noise and smelled…

The folk legend performed on Sunday at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island.

Following a month-long investigation, police announced Friday that a married couple from Cumberland, Rhode Island, died from an apparent murder-suicide. Authorities have determined Courtney Huard, 42, was fatally shot by her husband Eric Huard, 51, at the couple’s Birchwood Drive home last month, Cumberland police said, citing a “thorough investigation.” Eric Huard then turned the gun on himself. Police responded…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark abortion ruling overturning Roe v. Wade is prompting efforts in liberal states to protect providers and patients who have traveled for a legal procedure.

Dozens of dogs are closer to finding a forever home after they were released by a medical facility

Health officials announced the first probable case of monkeypox in Rhode Island on Thursday morning. The case is believed to be related to travel to Massachusetts, health officials said. No additional positive cases have been detected in Rhode Island. The case is in a man in his 30s who lives in Providence County, the Rhode Island Department of Health said….

A former Roman Catholic priest who served at several Rhode Island parishes has been indicted on a charge of sexually assaulting a juvenile about 40 years ago, the state attorney general’s office said Monday. Kevin Fisette, 66, is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on a charge of first-degree sexual assault, authorities said. The alleged assault on a boy occurred in…

The Rhode Island farmhouse that inspired the 2013 horror movie “The Conjuring” occurred has been sold to a Boston developer who plans to keep it open to the public.

A section of a hotel in Newport, Rhode Island, was destroyed in a fire Monday night. The fire broke out around 8 p.m. at the Wayfinder Hotel on Admiral Kalbfus Road, according to WJAR-TV. Nearly 100 firefighters helped battle the large blaze. Photos showed walls of flame erupting from the roof of the four-story hotel, and a large portion of…