Crime and Public Safety

2+ day, 10+ 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…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (135+ words) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A nurse who was critically injured in a patient attack at Rhode Island Hospital in 2023 has reached a settlement with the hospital’s security company, according to his lawyer. Scott Amaral accused Allied Universal of negligence in hiring, training…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1049+ words) The personal information of more than 600 Rhode Island residents who worked for or bought products from Hasbro Inc. may have been exposed during a two-part data breach earlier this year, according to an Oct. 7 email sent to the Rhode Island…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (383+ words) You may have noticed white outlined boxes around Providence, and if you're wondering what they are for, the answer is scooters and bikes. Shiina LoSciuto shares more. The Conservative Party leader also pledged to cut the cost of hiring 21 to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1127+ words) Oct. 3—The two largest not-for-profit health care organizations in Washington state — MultiCare and Providence — have both reached settlement agreements in two class-action lawsuits after a neurosurgeon purportedly conducted unnecessary or improper spine surgeries to increase profits over the course of…...

2+ week, 1+ 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....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (712+ words) PROVIDENCE – A 19-year-old University of Massachusetts Dartmouth student was acting in self defense when he fatally stabbed a football player from the school and wounded another in an altercation in Providence earlier this month, his attorney said Monday. Chukwunonso Uzoma-Eze…...

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…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (519+ words) They hail from Maine, New York, Washington, D.C., California, Oregon and even Utah, and own second – or perhaps third or fourth – homes in Westerly, Charlestown, South Kingstown, Newport and elsewhere in the Ocean State’s coastal communities. Forty property owners are coming…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (54+ words) According to Providence Police Major David Lapatin, the club appeared to be overcrowded and the doors were shut so more people couldn’t get in. That’s when he says a fight broke out in the parking lot, which led to the…...