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Dumb-Ass Criminal of the Day -Man posts pics of himself in jailbird costume days before being sentenced for felony DUI Published on July 19th, 2008 PROVIDENCE, R.I. - ' Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged ...

A magistrate judge on the Caribbean island of Tortola ruled Thursday that enough evidence exists to prosecute former Jamestown Town Council member David Swain for murder in the 1999 scuba diving death of his ...

Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird." In the age of the Internet, it might not be hard to guess what happened to those pictures: ...

A 17-year-old West Warwick boy will be prosecuted as an adult for allegedly causing an accident that killed a mother of two.

Police have captured a suspect in the robbery of an East Providence bank earlier this week.

The two companies whose employees were arrested in immigration raids at Rhode Island courthouses this week have at least 45 other janitorial contracts with the state.

Minerals in the soil of Mars show it was covered once by lakes, rivers and other bodies of water that could have supported life, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.

A local boy accused of raping a 2-year old toddler was in court Tuesday after a family court judge ruled that he should be tried as an adult.

Eds: APNewsNow; Will be led. By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press Writer EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. Rhode Island Sen.

A 20-year-old man was shot in the back while sitting with a 15-year-old boy outside a building in the Pleasant Court apartment complex on Doyle Avenue yesterday afternoon.

One man is hospitalized after a shooting took place in the East side of Providence.

For a time, it looked like a memorable year for the prisoners rights lobby. Lawmakers secured more lenient treatment for suspected probation violators and eliminated mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

After a few hours' delay, Juan Diaz was arraigned in District Court in Providence this afternoon on charges that he shot and killed his girlfriend, 26-year-old Mayra Cruz, in their Pawtucket apartment.

A local youth accused of fatally shooting a Pawtucket teen in a fight earlier this year is being held without bail pending trial.

A Barrington school official who supported a crackdown on student drinking has pleaded not guilty to damaging a Mercedes while drunk.

No more excuses for staying sedentary new research shows that a variety of tricks and tools, from motivational programmes to scheduling workouts to suit a busy life, can get people off the couch.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court reversed a landmark verdict against three former lead paint producers Tuesday, dealing a major blow to Woonsocket, Pawtucket, Central Falls and other communities that want the ...

The former home of a couple found dead following a fire and apparent murder-suicide in April was also the site of five arrests following an attempted robbery last week, police said.

Tiffany Martinez, the 14-year-old girl who suffered brain damage after nearly drowning on Sunday, has died, hospital officials said yesterday.

The first person attorney Jack McConnell called last Tuesday with news of the Rhode Island Supreme Court's big decision on the state's landmark lead paint case was Liz Colon.