PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Restaurants in Rhode Island are free to welcome more customers and the state's houses of worship can welcome more of the faithful starting Friday.

Many businesses and other indoor spaces can now operate at 80% capacity under rules announced by Gov...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island police officer has been convicted of punching and kneeing a man in custody.

Cranston Officer Andrew Leonard, 40, was found guilty Thursday after a three-day bench trial of misdemeanor simple assault, and received a one-year suspended sentence with probation...

With Rhode Island fast approaching its goal of getting 70% of the eligible population at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the state is shifting its strategy to reach the roughly 280,000 eligible people in the state who have not yet received a shot, officials said Thursday...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A 20-year contract between Rhode Island and the state’s largest gambling companies was unveiled this week and will go before the House Finance Committee on Thursday.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee is working on a plan to boost the state's post-pandemic economy by distributing tens of thousands of $25 gift cards to residents to encourage them to shop at local businesses...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A blind Rhode Island teen and her family have filed a lawsuit with the Providence County Superior Court against a restaurant they say refused to seat them due to the presence of the teen’s service dog...

SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Fidelity Investments plans to hire 500 people for its Smithfield, Rhode Island facility, company officials and state leaders announced...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — High schools across Rhode Island have scheduled vaccination clinics for their students over the age of 16 this week, starting Monday at Cranston East...

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — The commute for motorists in Cranston is about to get a little more complicated, according to Rhode Island transportation officials...

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) — A fund that helps members of the military and their families from Rhode Island during times of crisis received a $50,000 donation on Friday, authorities said...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The owner of two Rhode Island hospitals has withdrawn its transfer of ownership applications with the state over objections to financial conditions placed on the transaction by the state attorney general's office...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Department of Health is partnering with nine colleges and universities across the state to make getting a coronavirus vaccine as easy as possible for all students, faculty and staff before the end of the spring semester...

Rhode Island is expanding its efforts to vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19 by bringing shots to businesses, colleges, high schools, and other sites, and offering no-appointment vaccinations, Gov...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The director of Rhode Island’s Department of Human Services has announced her resignation, effective May 14...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — People fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will soon no longer be required to wear face coverings when outdoors in Rhode Island, except when in crowded areas, the state Department of Health and Gov...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island coastal regulators, at the request of Gov. Daniel McKee, are delaying a key decision on an offshore wind farm to give the project developers more time to reach a compensation deal with the fishing industry...

BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) — Police in Bristol, Rhode Island said Tuesday they are investigating the discovery of several Nazi-themed stickers in town and have asked the civil rights unit of the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office to review the case as a possible hate crime...

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) — Zero patience for the company of others? Anyone who's ever wanted their own private island getaway now has a chance — and it might be less expensive than you'd think...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Islanders can resume getting Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations this week following a pause in their use over concerns about rare blood clots in a small number of people who received the shot, state health officials said...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s two largest health care systems have taken the next step in their proposed merger by filing their application with the state Department of Health and the state attorney general's office...

LINCOLN, R.I. (AP) — About 100 gallons of hydrochloric acid spilled at a Rhode Island manufacturing facility on Monday but there were no reports of injuries, authorities said...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is relaxing some restrictions on youth and high school sports on Monday, including allowing more fans at the games and permitting more close contact sports...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck has left one dead in Rhode Island...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island reported no new COVID-19 related fatalities on Friday.

The death toll from the pandemic remained at 2,660, with 259 new cases...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is loosening its pandemic-related economic restrictions in time for Memorial Day weekend in May...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has been awarded nearly $1.5 million in federal funding to expand efforts to track COVID-19 mutations, state officials announced Wednesday...