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Providence Crash Driver Refuses Breath Test After Hitting Four Cars on Union Avenue
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (365+ words) A chaotic crash on Union Avenue in Providence sent two passengers to the hospital late Friday night after a westbound vehicle swerved across oncoming traffic and slammed into four other vehicles, with the driver now facing a string of summonses…...
Providence to settle class action suit for patients of former Walla Walla surgeons
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (308+ words) Providence St. Mary Medical Center, 401 W. Poplar St., in Walla Walla. Providence plans to settle a class action lawsuit filed by patients of former Walla Walla neurosurgeons who allegedly performed unnecessary surgeries and committed insurance fraud while working at Providence St....
RI gun owners renew push to overturn magazine ban
2+ week, 6+ day ago (422+ words) The Big Bear Hunting and Fishing store in Glocester and other gun owners are once again challenging the high-capacity firearm ban, arguing it represents an unconstitutional block on the possession of magazines owned by millions of Americans, including many Rhode…...
A tale of two notices: Rhode Island redesigns public benefit letters to make decisions clearer
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (553+ words) Each month, approximately 60,000 benefits decision notices travel through Rhode Island's mail. When the notices land in residents' mailboxes, they tell people when their Medicaid coverage and other public benefits have been approved, denied, or changed. This month, the state gave…...
RI judicial selection panel to weigh campaign contribution disclosures to applicants
3+ week, 1+ day ago (611+ words) 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 themselves from considering those candidates. That question before the Judicial Nominating Commission comes from a petition…...
RI judge reverses Trump administration’s cancellation of $7B solar grant program
3+ week, 1+ day ago (592+ words) More than a year after federal regulators abruptly canceled a $7 billion solar energy grant program — with funds already distributed and even partially spent — a Rhode Island federal judge has ordered them to revive the program. But it's too early for…...
Haunted by questions about his mother's death, RI man sues Narragansett police
3+ week, 1+ day ago (95+ words) His mother's death was ruled a suicide, but William Soares believes there's more to the story, and is fighting for answers. Haunted by questions about his mother's death, RI man sues Narragansett police Liliana Turano-Morris made for a fierce single…...