WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy will return to Congress Tuesday after an absence of about four weeks to undergo treatment for addiction, his office said Monday.
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Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly was crowded for the third consecutive day Monday. |
WESTERLY -- "Today it's really beautiful," said Carmella Perrone, 60, as she waited for friends to meet her at Misquamicut State Beach on Monday. "A beautiful, gorgeous day." She stood at the beach end of a path, scanning the two-thirds full parking lot for her friends. |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Even though Nicholas Gianquitti will probably spend the rest of his life in jail, his family will continue to collect his disability pension from the city, based on less than three years as a Police Department employee.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A city man has been accused of murdering his live-in girlfriend in their Silver Lake residence over the holiday weekend. Johnny Tineo, 35, was arrested in New York City Sunday night, hours after the body of 34-year-old Ingrid Gonzalez was found in the home they shared.
WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- A 50-year-old Warwick man who was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver as he was walking across Main Street in West Warwick a month ago still focuses on this piece of the night -- the driver of the sedan left the accident.
That ranks the state ahead of the national average of 67.1 percent and places Rhode Island in 11th place in the country, but it still lags behind all but one other state in New England.
NEWPORT -- The arrival of a new command -- and with it 20 military positions and 40 civilian jobs -- will be cause for celebration at Naval Station Newport on Wednesday.
PROVIDENCE -- Nirut "Shorty" Seng, a leader in the Young Bloods street gang, has been charged with possession of a shotgun and drug counts following a recent police search of his house in the city's West End.
ACLU sues state, claims food stamp applicants go hungry
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island ACLU and a national organization that promotes economic justice for low-income families on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against the state Department of Human Services, alleging that the state's fails to process food stamp applications in a timely manner.
New: R.I. senators may favor second stimulus
Rhode Island's U.S. senators are discussing the possibility of a second economic stimulus package, a position that puts them at odds with President Obama.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense vilified for his role in escalating the Vietnam War, a disastrous conflict he later denounced as "terribly wrong," died Monday. He was 93. McNamara died at 5:30 a.m. at his home, his wife Diana told The Associated Press. She said he had been in failing health for some time.
PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Islanders hoping for a shot at tickets to the Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service on Tuesday got an unwelcome surprise this weekend: they were barred from taking part in the lottery.
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