The nation’s capital has prepared for emergencies with sleek communication systems, intelligence fusion centers and chemical detention centers at train stations. What showed during the 5.8-magnitude quake that shook much of the East Coast last Tuesday was that evacuating during …
A former North Providence councilman already accused of corruption was indicted Thursday along with three others, including an on-air radio personality, of trying to rip off an insurance company by intentionally damaging a home and filing a bogus claim. A …
A former executive at Rhode Island’s dominant workers’ compensation insurer was acquitted last month on a charge that he deceived state regulators about companies that were receiving discounted premiums. Superior Court Judge Edwin Gale acquitted David Clark, a former vice …
A former executive at Rhode Island’s dominant workers’ compensation insurer was acquitted Friday on a charge that he deceived state regulators about companies that were receiving discounted premiums. Superior Court Judge Edwin Gale acquitted David Clark, a former vice president …
A student who says he was falsely accused of rape by a Brown University classmate can move forward with his lawsuit against the Ivy League school, a federal judge ruled. William McCormick III filed a federal lawsuit that accused the …
The town of Middletown, Rhode Island agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused it of polluting prized state beaches by illegally discharging millions of gallons of sewage-laced wastewater. The town, located just north of Newport on Aquidneck Island, agreed to …
Children under 18 who lost a parent in a deadly 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire should receive an average gross award of $202,000 as their shares of a $176 million legal settlement, according to a report submitted in federal court. …
The Rhode Island Supreme Court may have derailed the state’s lawsuit against former lead paint companies last summer, but one critical issue still remains — and it’s worth millions of dollars. A judge will decide whether the state must reimburse …
Downtown Providence was flooded and neighborhoods were destroyed. A group of school children who drowned after their bus was swept off the road were among the hundreds killed. It’s been 70 years since a catastrophic hurricane sped up the eastern …
Members of the 1980s rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed 100 people have agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims’ relatives, according to court papers filed Tuesday. The settlement offer from Great White is …
