PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Boy Scout who was involved in the rescue of a man who had slipped and fallen into the frigid waters of the basin at Waterplace Park and nearly drowned Tuesday night has been identified as Nick Fleming, an 18-year-old senior at Classical High School.
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Wet? Yes. But drowning? Really?
Not to take anything away from the heroic actions of the bystanders who selflessly rushed to aid the gentleman struggling in the Waterplace Park basin Tuesday night — anyone willing to touch the Woonasquatucket is a [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A team of students and faculty members from Brown University won top honors in the "elevator pitch" contest sponored by the Rhode Island Business Plan CompetitionTuesday night. The Brown team won for its 90-second presentation of an idea for a device to treat the pain resulting [...]
NEWPORT, R.I. - State Republicans will gather here on Tuesday night to adopt their election-year platform.
A proposal to "end political dynasties in the state by imposing term limits'' on state lawmakers is among the more controversial proposals up for debate when the 200-plus members of the Republican State Central" [...]
CENTRAL FALLS_ The author of a scathing audit that calls for sweeping changes at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility will be appointed interim executive director of the 700-bed jail on Tuesday night.
Bill Fischer, spokesman for the Central Falls Detention Facility Corp., the board that oversees the for-profit jail, [...]
WASHINGTON -- As the military's top civilian and uniformed leaders continued Thursday to defend and explain President Obama's new Afghanistan strategy, Rep. James R. Langevin posed a question about the plan that has weighed on him since Mr. Obama announced it Tuesday night.
How is it that the rise [...]
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Two Massachusetts fugitives, 19 and 15, were arrested early Wednesday as they tried to put gas into a stolen car that had run out of gas, East Greenwich police said Wednesday afternoon.
Late Tuesday night, a Warwick police officer reported a disabled vehicle at Exit 8A, on [...]
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed was among President Obama's advisers watching his speech from the front row at West Point, N.Y., Tuesday night. From left are: National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones; Deputy National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute; Senator Reed; Gen. David Petreaus, the American commander' [...]
By Peter B. Lord
Journal Staff Writer
Many scientists worry that Royal Bengal tigers could become extinct in the wild in 20 years because their numbers have become so depleted by human development. But an expert told several hundred people at the University of Rhode Island Tuesday night there is [...]
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In the presence of about 70 angry firefighters Tuesday night, the Town Council voted to ask Mayor Charles A. Lombardi to postpone the closure of a firehouse on Douglas Avenue.
The requested delay would give councilmen and firefighters time to digest recommendations set forth in a consultant's' [...]
SWANSEA, Mass. -- The guy owed money to Gina M. Andreozzi and she apparently decided it was time he paid up, according to the police.
On Tuesday night, Andreozzi, 21, and her younger brother, Anthony, 19, kidnapped the man at gunpoint from a rap-music studio in Bristol, R.I., and drove [...]
Journal photo/ Ruben W. Perez
Travelers line up to board their train Tuesday night at the Providence Train Station.
If you're heading out of town for Thanksgiving, give yourself plenty of time for travel.
AAA is anticipating a slight increase nationwide in Thanksgiving travel this year' [...]
