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By Kirsten Glavin kglavin@abc6.com @kirstenglavin EAST PROVIDENCE, RI -   "A lot of people describe it as a war zone,” Christian Hopkins said, sitting at his family’s home in East Providence. H...

E.C. Matthews scored 15 points and Rhode Island stifled Old Dominion 51-39 on Tuesday night. The Rams (6-3) held the Monarchs (5-3) to a season-low for points for a game and a half as Rhode Island ...

By Melissa Randall mrandall@abc6.com @MRandallABC6 A man will likely lose his leg after he was dragged nearly two blocks by a truck in Taunton Tuesday night. Police are still investigating what...

By: News Staff news@abc6.com TAUNTON, MASS. — A man was dragged nearly two blocks in a serious hit-and-run in Taunton Tuesday night. According to officials, the man was hit by a pick up truck on...

By Alana Cerrone acerrone@abc6.com @Alana_Cerrone In just an 8-hour span. police throughout Rhode Island who took part in a drunk driving enforcement task force arrested 12 suspected drunk drive...

A total of 364 days elapsed between games for No. 23 Rhode Island's E.C Matthews. Matthews, who missed all but 10 minutes of last season after tearing his right ACL, played like he never missed any...

By News Staff news@abc6.com A jack-knifed tractor trailer has caused serious delays on 95 South. Witnesses tell ABC6 a motorcyclist was involved in the accident which resulted in the truck hit...

Rhode Island was picked to finish second and E.C. Matthews and Hassan Martin were selected to the preseason all-conference team, it was announced today at Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball media day, he...

Newport, R.I.— Newport police responded to an incident Thursday afternoon after a man fell from Newport’s Cliff Walk . The fall took place near Webster Street.

By: Melissa Randall mrandall@abc6.com @MrandallABC6 A pile of cinder blocks, a broken door and scraps of wood are all that's left of an office at 1380 WNRI Radio. The extensive damaged was cause...

By News Staff news@abc6.com The Associated Press 10:25 a.m. The U.S. National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for South Florida. The center issued the watch from Deerfield Beach ...

By: News Staff news@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. - According to a new report released today by "Watchdog RI" and "The Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity," one in eight Rhode Island lawma...

Montell Cozart threw three touchdown passes, Ryan Willis tossed two more and Kansas gave second-year coach David Beaty his first victory by routing overmatched Rhode Island 55-6 on Saturday night.

International overdose awareness day is observed by health care professionals like Dina Burstein each year, to address a growing problem in southern New England and across the U.S. "It's huge, and...

PROVIDENCE, R.I – Police are searching for 36-year-old Pedro Torres of Puerto Rico wanted for the murder of three people in that country. He was last spotted in Providence Friday afternoon

By Alana Cerrone acerrone@abc6.com @Alana_Cerrone The ambush on police in Dallas comes just one week before the department had scheduled a community forum to help strengthen its relationship wit...

By The Associated Press  news@abc6.com  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ The Rhode Island Ethics Commission has found probable cause that a former state lawmaker violated the ethics code by accepting a jo...

By News Staff news@abc6.com Fall River Police are investigating a shooting that happened Thursday morning in the 2000 block of Highland Ave. Police have released little information other then to...

By The Associated Press news@abc6.com  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Officials say a 52-year-old Providence man arrested on drug charges collapsed at the Public Safety Complex and died while in police ...

By Bianca Buono bbuono@abc6.com @BBuonoABC6 The Providence College men’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA tournament. They are seeded ninth and will face the eighth seeded USC Trojans in ...

By The Associated Press news@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - When Rhode Island lawmakers strengthened the state's open records law four years ago, they blocked a bid to include in the sweeping c...

By News Staff news@abc6.com  Police are on scene investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle crossing the road in Warwick Wednesday morning. The accident happened on Main Avenue aro...

Kuran Iverson had 13 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks as Rhode Island took control early and beat Massachusetts 68-50 on Thursday night. Jared Terrell added 15 points, and Andre Berry and Earl ...