PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Ciciline said Wednesday morning that he has asked Col. Dean Esserman to table his proposed directive on random drug testing of police officers, and instead confer with officers to produce a policy.


CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Two students at Central Falls High School Wednesday spoke out in support of the dramatic reforms being pushed at the city's only high school, including firing the entire faculty.


WARWICK, R.I. --Some of Rhode Island's largest users of electricity have come out for the first time in opposition to a proposed power-purchase agreement between National Grid and the developer of an eight-turbine wind farm in waters off Block Island.

A harp seal rescued in Maine is released into the wild from Blue Shutters Beach in Charlestown.
Journal photo / Sandor Bodo

Mystic Aquarium released its first seal of the winter season. An adult male harp seal was rescued in Maine on January 15 and transferred to aquarium's Seal Rescue Clinic the next day. It was severely dehydrated and needed antibiotics.


A harp seal rescued in Maine is released into the wild from Blue Shutters Beach in Charlestown.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After taking a bus cross town, Joshua Acevedo, 12, settles into his typical afterschool routine at Smith Hill library. He is seated at a long wooden table in the library's main room, PlayStation 2 in hand.

Usayo Ashamu, 7, and her sister, Florence, 9, read at the Smith Hill Library in Providence, a branch library that had been targeted for closure last year.
Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman
Usayo Ashamu, 7, and her sister, Florence, 9, read at the Smith Hill Library in Providence, a branch library that had been targeted for closure last year.

James Cook

WARWICK, R.I. -- Jurors heard closing arguments Wednesday morning in the trial of James Cook after the defense rested without presenting any witnesses or evidence. Judge Edward C. Clifton reminded the jurors that it is up to the state to present evidence that Cook committed the crimes beyond a reasonable doubt, and that he has no obligation to present any evidence, witnesses or to testify himself.


What's worse than hitting a police car? Driving into a row of just-fixed Rhode Island State Police vehicles and causing a chain reaction that totals two cruisers



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URI's Lamonte Ulmer drives past Saint Joseph's Idris Hilliard during the Rams' 87-76 win in a first-round game of the Atlantic 10 Tournament Tuesday at the Ryan Center.
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URI's Lamonte Ulmer drives past Saint Joseph's Idris Hilliard during the Rams' 87-76 win in a first-round game of the Atlantic 10 Tournament Tuesday at the Ryan Center.



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Shooting for "Body of Evidence," the latest TV pilot to be produced in Rhode Island, may begin this week. "It could be Friday," said Steven Feinberg, executive director of the R.I. Film & TV Office.