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By John Guice jguice@abc6.com Powerball tickets sales are going through the roof! Many New Englanders are making big plans,hoping to win the powerball, approaching record numbers, soaring over a half
by ABC6 Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.com (Providence, Rhode Island) – I celebrated another birthday this past week, and as always I reflected on the past, present and future of what
By News Staff news@abc6.com A Rhode Island woman who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombings is preparing to attend a welcome home party at Rosecliff, a fabulous mansion in Newport featured in a film version of "The Great Gatsby.''
By News Staff news@abc6.com A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million.
By Chris Sheppard csheppard@abc6.com Police say a body was found near a baseball field in Warwick City Park Saturday morning under suspicious circumstances.
By Chris Sheppard csheppard@abc6.com A widescale search for a missing boater ended after police found the man walking on an area beach, still dressed in his wetsuit.
By News Staff news@abc6.com The top regulators of New England's flagging fishing industry are asking fishermen not to take out their frustrations at the onboard observers who monitor what they catch and what they throw back.
By News Staff news@abc6.com More than 3,250 students at the University of Rhode Island are set to get their undergraduate degrees.
By News Staff news@abc6.com Officials are describing a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut. They say it's fortunate no one was killed.
By News Staff news@abc6.com Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis says his department and Mayor Thomas Menino's office will conduct two separate investigations into the Boston Marathon bombings response.
by Mark Curtis ABC6 News Reporter mcurtis@abc6.com It may be the most unusual interview I've ever conducted. Vivian Godin can no longer speak. She lost her voice two years ago to ALS, a neuro-disorder
By: Chelsea Priestcpriest@abc6.comIt was a joyful day at Misquamicut this morning, when hundreds came together for Hands Along the Sand. Barbara Cardiff of the Westerly Chamber of Commerce explains, "this
News Staffnews@abc6.comA man accused of punching a brown university student in the face leaving him in critical condition appeared in a Rhode Island court today. Tory Lussier was in Rhode Island visiting
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com A man accused of stabbing another man to death during Superstorm Sandy in Westerly has been indicted on 1 count of manslaughter. 40-year-old Mandell Tripp was initially
A teapot that was gifted by Lizzie Borden to her care taker has made it's way into the hands of the Fall River Historical Society. The teapot was a present from Borden to Gertrude May Russell, a woman
The Rhode Island GOP is working on rebranding and regrouping after a tumultuous election for a new party chair. At a meeting on Thursday night the party tried to get back to business introducing several
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com The MIT officer killed by the Boston bombing suspects will be honored in a non-traditional way. Cambridge brewing company is creating a beer for Sean Collier called
By: Chelsea Priest cpriest@abc6.com Tick season never really ends, and it never really begins. Many of the large ticks from last year are still active and in a couple weeks the small nymphal stage deer
by ABC6 Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.com "The Silent Speak!" Tonight on ABC6 News at 11, we'll introduce you to Vivian Godin, a Rhode Island woman who lost her voice, because she has ALS (Lou
By: Andrea Medeiros Amedeiros@abc6.comRelying on crutches, unable to drive, and constantly reminded she only has one leg. That's been the daily struggle for Newport bombing survivor Heather Abbott, during
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com A local man who hit YouTube fame after he quit his job at the Renaissance Providence Hotel with help of a marching man will appear on ABC's 20/20 tonight. Joey DeFrancesco
By: Melissa Toupin mtoupin@abc6.com A fresh start for UMass Dartmouth. The school is in the midst of renovations while students and faculty try to come to terms with the disruptive events caused by the
by ABC6 Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.comTwo female professors are standing alone against Roger Williams University. They are seeking over one million dollars in damages claiming
By: Melissa Toupinmtoupin@abc6.comFULL STORY ON ABC6 NEWS AT 11:In the days following the Boston Marathon Bombings UMass Dartmouth would learn one of the men responsible was a student. Now the chancellor
Dee DeQuattroddequattro@abc6.comThe April unemployment numbers marked a new low for Rhode Island dipping below 9%. The unemployment rate hit 8.8% in April dropping to it's lowest level since October 2008. The
By News Staff news@abc6.com North Kingstown police have arrested Joseph Howell after an investigation of Monday night's break-in at Davisville Middle School. Surveillance footage shows a suspect carrying
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Two female professors at Roger Williams University are suing the school citing sexual harassment, racism, and sexism. Professors Sharon Deluca and Bonita Cade say for
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Investigators told CNN that a note was found on the boat where Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was hiding. A source said that the note left by Tsarnaev takes
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Ernie Almonte officially announced his candidacy for General Treasurer as a Democrat in an email to close friends and supporters. Last month, ABC6 was the first to
Andrea Medeirosamedeiros@abc6.comBrown students learning tonight the man who sucker punched one of their classmates...leaving him in critical condition... Was just randomly swinging at the first person
By: News room News@abc6.com Twitter: @ABC6 VERNON, Conn. (AP) _ Vernon police have arrested a local man for his alleged involvement in the assault of a Brown University basketball player hospitalized
by ABC6 Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.com The battle to eliminate or lower the sales tax in Rhode Island has finally come to the State House. Every year thousands of people in the Ocean State
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com A man who stabbed his girlfriend to death then dismembered her body and attempted to burn the remains will be sentenced Wednesday morning. In March, Donald Greenslit
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Westerly Police confirm a man was arrested early Wednesday morning for swimming up to the waterfront of Taylor Swift's Westerly home. The 22-year-old man was found
Courtney Ponte news@abc6.com Walmart is now hiring at their newly expanded North Dartmouth store. The expansion is set to open this summer and is located at 506 State Road, North Dartmouth MA. Walmart
Providence police are following ``substantial leads'' in a weekend assault that left a Brown University basketball player in the hospital with severe head injuries.
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Gorton Junior High School will keep its doors open- at least a little bit longer. Hundreds of students and parents cheered at last night's Warwick School Committee
by ABC6 Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.com Hundreds of Coventry neighbors wake up to noise at 7 a.m. It's from two nearby asphalt plants and that not all. By noon, one plant was spewing
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com A bill calling for a city-wide dress code policy in Central Falls schools will be considered by the House Committee on Health, Education, & Welfare Wednesday. The bill
Andrea Medeirosamedeiros@abc6.comThat one glass of wine out at dinner might now be enough to get you charged with drunk driving, from .08 to .05.That's all it would take to be considered "drunk" behind
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com A man who robbed a Fall River Hess Station and then left behind a package that he said was an explosive will be in court this afternoon. 50-year-old Robert Raymond
by Mark Curtis, ABC6 Chief Political Reporter mcurtis@abc6.com The plan to arm campus police officers at URI and Rhode Island's other public colleges, has been delayed. The House Judiciary Committee was
By: Melissa Toupin mtoupin@abc6.com Patricia Petrie, 72, of Middletown surrounds her self with photographs of the people she loves. She knows just how special every moment with them is. Following her
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Bishop Robert McManus of the Worcester Catholic Diocese pleaded guilty to the civil violation of refusing to submit to a breathalyzer test in the Rhode Island Traffic
By: Alexandra Cowley acowley@abc6.com A Cranston School Crossing Guard is back at work after a near fatal accident while on the job. Eunique Williams is back at work after taking months off to recover
I am a maven of coincidence. One of my former colleagues calls me a "bon vivant" of news. When news happens some how I usually find some bizarre connection to it whether through a close friend, family,
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Two store clerks in Fall River fought off armed intruders using a hammer and a chair, Friday night. The surveillance video from the "ruby convenience store" shows two
By: Melissa Toupin mtoupin@abc6.com Chad Verdi's East Greenwich office is filled with boxing memorabilia. The producer says he went into the movie business to tell the story of his long time friend,
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com A Brown University basketball player is in critical condition in the hospital after he was punched in the head early Sunday morning. 21-year-old Joseph Sharkey of Norwood,
By: Chelsea Priestcpriest@abc6.comYou may have spent some of your weekend, planting flowers and gardens. Now, tonight the threat of frost may kill or damage some of the those sensitive plants. Connie Jacavone
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com A home explosion in New Bedford early Monday morning is linked to a copper piping robbery. Police say that a suspect who was removing copper piping cut into a steel
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Barbara Walters, a 37-year ABC News veteran, will announce her retirement on "The View" Monday morning. The 83-year-old Walters will announce that next summer she will
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Some people are outraged as it has been revealed that members of the Internal Revenue Service targeted "tea party and "patriot" groups in 2011. Rhode Island Tea Party
Dee DeQuattroddequattro@abc6.comA two-story home in Providence caught fire early Monday morning causing occupants to evacuate the building. The fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. on the top floor of the
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com The University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth graduated over 11,000 students on Sunday. Security was notably enhanced in light of the recent Boston bombings and the arrests
Andrea Medeirosamedeiros@abc6.com It's a day of joy and celebration at the Cox Providence Rhode Race, marathoners and fans cheering them on as they cross the finish line. This year, there was heightened
By News Staff news@abc6.com Rhode Island's governor and state lawmakers are planning to observe the anniversary of the state of the Vietnam War with a Statehouse event honoring veterans from the conflict.
By News Staff news@abc6.com Attorney General Martha Coakley is announcing a new initiative to help Massachusetts cities and towns with high rates of distressed and vacant properties cope with the recent foreclosure crisis.
by ABC6 Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.com (Providence, Rhode Island) – Happy Mother's Day to all! Being a mom is hard work and we are indebted to all of them. I would imagine being
By Abbey Niezgoda aniezgoda@abc6.com Crutching in high heels, Newport native Heather Abbott is rounding another corner on her road to recovery. After nearly a month of surgeries, a wheelchair and physical
By Chris Sheppard csheppard@abc6.com Despite the stormy weather, over a hundred people turned out for festivities taking place at Misquamicut State Beach, which is still under construction after being ravaged by Superstorm Sandy.
By Chris Sheppard csheppard@abc6.com George Scmeider touched many people's lives throughout his life, and dozens gathered Saturday at a park with his namesake to honor the late coach's legacy by beginning construction of a new basketball court.
By News Staff news@abc6.com Newtown parents Steven Uhde and Peter Barresi didn't want the town to abandon the elementary school property where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed in December and build a new school elsewhere, saying that would be like letting the gunman win.
By News Staff news@abc6.com Rhode Island health officials say they believe 10 people have died since March after using a new and illegal synthetic opiate.
By: Melissa Toupinmtoupin@abc6.com The tight-knit community of Newport is ready to welcome home Heather Abbott. They been following her progress and now, after three weeks in a hospital, Abbott is finally
by ABC6 Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.com The Central Coventry Fire dispute was back before a Superior Court judge because of continuing money problems. The Fire District's Special
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com A Connecticut man accused of kidnapping and murdering a woman then dumping her body on a road in Middletown pleaded guilty this morning in Superior Court. 26-year-old
Dee DeQuattro ddequattro@abc6.com Johnson & Wales University is officially launching Providence's first Segway tour on Friday morning. The six segways will operate six days a week leaving from Kennedy
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