WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — A man was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital and underwent surgery after a stabbing on Sunday in ...

Woonsocket police are investigating a stabbing that happened on Sunday evening, leaving a man in critical condition. Around 6 ...

The Rhode Island house have passed a COVID-19 vaccine protection bill, and the senate will consider a bill on cell phone and digital device bans in schools.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A former Woonsocket gym teacher was ordered to serve 10 years in prison for molesting a girl under the age of 14 in Warwick in 2023. Steven Porricelli, 53, of Warwick ...

Globe Park Elementary School is extending its school days by 28 minutes for the remainder of the year in an effort to comply with the state’s guidelines.

The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office is working with the state Health Department to "assess potential next steps" after the CDC terminated $31 million in grants to the agency.

That’s because the Brickle Group, a Woonsocket-based textile manufacturing company, produces the yarn inside every single baseball used in every game all season. That’s more than 270,000 ...

Since the start of the pandemic, health care workers have put in extra hours to facilitate adequate patient care, according ...

March marks five years since Rhode Island identified its first case of COVID-19. Trump breaks with 175 years of Smithsonian tradition and pushes for more control to rid it of ‘anti-American ...

In many ways, COVID-19 served as a boot camp, preparing health officials and infectious diseases doctors for future health crises. Were there a bird flu outbreak, the state is better positioned to ...

Five years after the novel coronavirus emerged, historians see echoes of other great illnesses, and legacies that are unlike any of them. Credit...Katherine Lam Supported by By Gina Kolata Five ...