Providence News

Taking the news pulse of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, by Providence Journal and projo.com staff, from 7 to 7, every business day Monahan said a Cranston family adopted Lucy but returned her for snapping when anyone came near while she was eating.

A Providence woman basked in her 15 minutes of fame Wednesday. Jane Darcy was one of four woman to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as part of talk show host's "Step Out of Your Box Challenge." The goal is to encourage people to face their fears.

Emergency crews were called early Friday morning for the report of a shooting in the vicinity of Broad and Aldrich streets, according to the Fire Department.

The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 - and is likely to go higher.

The Rhode Island Convention Center Authority has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Providence city ordinance that requires the convention center, the Dunkin' Donuts Center, the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, and three downtown hotels to retain employees for up to six months following a change in management.

A Providence apartment so overrun with animal waste it left animal control officers vomiting was condemned today.

Rhode Island will allow a struggling slot parlor in Lincoln to offer gambling around-the-clock. Twin River spokeswoman Patti Doyle said Wednesday that the facility hasn't decided when its schedule will change.

Mayor David N. Cicilline 's reelection campaign hosted a fundraiser in Olneyville on Monday night, and among those groups and individuals invited was the Olneyville Neighborhood Association, or ONA.

The city is seeking $93,000 in reimbursement for expenses related to a $7.3-million tax incentive granted last year to the delayed American Locomotive Works project, according to city Director of Planning Thomas E. Deller.

The end of the "Great Recession" is in sight, but economic recovery in Rhode Island will lag behind its New England neighbors and the rest of the nation in the coming months, according to Andres Carbacho-Burgos, an economist with Moody's Economy.com. "Rhode Island, like the rest of the United States, is emerging from the Great Recession," he told a ...

Fire officials are investigating a firebombing at a two-story house on Union Street in Providence.

An East Side mother of two who lost her job in March and separated from her husband took a step outside her comfort zone in mid-October and landed on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Judy D'Arcy, 46, sent an e-mail responding to a plug on Oprah.com "for women who were ready to shake up their lives." She got a call the next day.

Former U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente says he's not running for governor. Corrente confirmed Monday that he had recently met with representatives from the Moderate Party about joining next year's race.

Governor Carcieri signs legislation making indoor prostitution illegal in Rhode Island Tuesday.

A Las Vegas gambling executive who had applied for a license to operate a gambling facility in Rhode Island with an eye toward taking over the financially troubled Twin River slot parlor, has withdrawn his application as he turns his attention to Massachusetts.

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What's next for health care? A A Nov. 2: Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean and the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart talks about the future of health care reform as a full debate is set to hit the House floor this week.

The Warwick Police Department, assisted by the Providence and Cranston Police Departments, has arrested two subjects in the investigation of a shooting at #8 King St.

Thirteen East Providence police officers laid off last month may be back on the job later this week.

Mayor David N. Cicilline joined with leaders of a Newport-based company that turns discarded cooking oil into clean fuel to promote its partnership with 100 Providence restaurants.