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Fires in Woonsocket on Saturday and Newport on Sunday sent two men to hospitals.In Newport, a man was taken to Newport Hospital as firefighters attacked heavy flames at the rear of 47 Dudley Ave.Deputy Newport Fire Chief Tim Redmond said a 911 call came at 4:31 p.m. Sunday. Apparatus from three stations responded, and the flames were out in 30 minutes.Middletown rescue took the man to the hospital because all the Newport rescues were tied up, Redmond said. "It was a very [...]

For Florida, just a handful of miles may make a huge difference in Hurricane Dorian's slow dance with the coast.The National Hurricane Center forecasts Dorian to be 40 to 50 miles off the Florida coast on Tuesday and Wednesday, with hurricane-force wind speeds extending about 35 miles to the west.When they make a forecast, meteorologists have a general idea where the monstrous storm is going but they then have to choose a point on the map instead of a general place, making it [...]

PROVIDENCE -- Two local men are facing charges that they plotted to steal an ATV after breaking into an Alston Street garage.The police were called to 141 Allston St. around 3:51 a.m. Monday to a reported break-in. Officers arrived to see two people wearing black hooded sweatshirts and sweatpants hop over the back fence and flee, Providence Police Commander Thomas Verdi said.Canine officer Eric Chabot responded with his dog, Ripp, to a salvage yard at the end of Prescott Street, [...]

PROVIDENCE -- All eyes were on Hurricane Dorian up and down the East Coast Monday morning as the storm of historic proportions devastated the Bahamas.In Rhode Island, eight volunteers from the local Red Cross were dispatched to the south to assist with the storm and its aftermath, said Susan Roberts, executive director of the American Red Cross Rhode Island Chapter."It's just so consuming," Roberts said.Roberts said highly trained volunteers were stationed in Florida, [...]

PROVIDENCE -- Hurricane Dorian could bring rain, wind and high surf to Southern New England by the end of the work week, according to the National Weather Service in Norton, Massachusetts."A good deal of uncertainty remains in the track of what is now Hurricane Dorian but guidance continues to indicate potential for a pass offshore to the southeast of southern New England around Friday/Friday night," the weather service says in its forecast discussion. "Heavy rains are a possibility [...]

Seagrave Memorial Observatory has canceled its Saturday public observing nights "out of an abundance of caution" until the threat of mosquitoes carrying the EEE virus has passed, the Skyscrapers organization said in a news release issued Sunday night.The observatory at 47 Peep Toad Rd., Scituate, will cancel evening public viewings until further notice, expected in late September or early October.Stargazers are advised to watch for updates at [...]

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — The bodies of four people who died when a raging fire swept through a dive-boat off the Southern California coast were recovered Monday as authorities said more than two dozen others remained missing and feared dead.Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Kroll says the four bodies had injuries consistent with drowning.Searchers continued to look for more than two dozen other people who were aboard the vessel Conception, which burned while anchored off Santa [...]

PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Police Department posted on their Facebook page Friday a video of what appears to be a person spray painting the Portsmouth High School building."This is a video of recent vandalism to the Portsmouth High School. If you can assist with this investigation please contact the detective division to help identify the individuals in the attached video," the Facebook post said. Two people are shown in the video. The post did not give further information. A [...]

BOSTON (AP) — The family of the 8-year-old boy killed in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing says their foundation will stop raising money at the marathon.Martin Richard's family tells The Boston Globe it's time to field the last Team MR8 runners who raise money for the Martin Richard Foundation, now that the marathon bombing memorial and a park named after Martin is complete.While the foundation's major fundraiser will go away after 2020, Martin's mother, Denise, says the [...]

Category 4 Hurricane Dorian parked itself over the northwestern Bahamas on Sunday night and Monday morning, unleashing a devastating storm surge, destructive winds and blinding rain. With Dorian perched perilously close to the Florida peninsula, Monday is the critical day that is likely to determine whether the state is dealt a powerful blow or a less intense scrape.