SEEKONK, Mass. (WPRI) — A Falmouth man is facing several charges after allegedly leading police on a chase and grabbing an officer’s gun in Seekonk Thursday afternoon. Officers were called to Central ...

FALL RIVER, MASS. (WPRI) — Police have arrested a man wanted in connection with a shots fired incident that happened in Fall River last month. Joniel Medina, 20, was taken into custody outside of a ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — Emmy-winning actor Sam Waterston will deliver a reading from “Moby-Dick” following the unveiling of a new statue of its author, Herman Melville. The statue will be unveiled ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday threatened to exercise its right to self-defense in a statement that slammed the upcoming U.S.-South Korean military drills as a war rehearsal that ...

PROVIDENCE (WPRI) — A Rhode Island man is recovering after contracting a rare tick-borne disease, according to the Health Department. The Health Department confirmed that the man, who is in his 70s ...

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (WPRI) — Automated license plate-reading cameras like those offered by Flock Safety have been making headlines as of late. While some view the technology as a tool to fight crime and ...

TIVERTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Longplex Family & Sports Center on Industrial Way in Tiverton is offering its facilities to residents who have been advised to stop drinking their well water due to ...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Cranston police have filed another felony charge against a man accused of driving drunk and causing a serious crash on Route 37 earlier this month. Enrique Alvarado, 29, of ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor says tests on “a white crystal-like substance” found inside the van of a man shot to death by immigration officers in Houston last month showed the material was not ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A New Bedford police officer was suspended for three days earlier this year after investigators determined she did not render medical aid to a woman who later died after ...

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LINCOLN, R.I. (WPRI) — Jackie Dufresne and Jeannine Allard are two of seven children, but grew up like most twins: extremely close. Throughout their childhood, they believed they were fraternal twins.