TAUNTON — With a razor-thin lead of 21 votes, Democrat Lisa Field claimed victory in her state representative race against Republican Larry Quintal at approximately 9 p.m. on election night on ...

Mass., RI both score high ... Maine was the only New England state that failed to crack the top 10. ... Rhode Island fared worst in the category of avoidable hospital use and cost, ranking 33rd.

Michael Charles Hayes, the man who killed four people and wounded five others in a 1988 shooting spree on Old Salisbury Road, could be released from a state mental hospital ...

State police investigating after vehicle hit parked car, fled in Bethlehem History's Headlines: That other Trexler Shooting near Hamilton Street nightclub sends one victim to hospital ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than 200,000 state government employees were expected to stay home without pay Friday as California began its first-ever furlough, a move intended to save money during ...

With 77 drowning deaths reported in Rhode Island from 2018 2023, a local swim school owner stresses the importance of swim lessons and water safety for all ages ahead of summer.