Richard Egbert, a prominent defense attorney whose clients included Providence Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, has died. He was 61.

Meteorologists confirm a small tornado touched down in Rhode Island on Wednesday and ripped across the Massachusetts border.

A man suspected of robbing a bank fatally shot himself during a chase with officers, police say.

Hasbro is suing the creators of "Scrabulous", saying it infringes on the property rights of their game "Scrabble".

A child has died after he was pulled from a pool early Thursday morning.

The Coast Guard is searching the waters off Atlantic City for the captain of a Rhode Island-based fishing boat that sank.

Some funnel clouds were reported above waters off Barrington and over East Providence on Wednesday.

Police say a woman killed herself after faxing a letter telling her mortgage company she would be dead by the time they foreclosed on her house.

Residents and recovery teams began fanning out across south Texas at dawn Thursday to look at Dolly's destruction.

Rhode Island State Police arrest a man whose blood alcohol level allegedly was more than six times the legal limit.

Rhode Island State Police arrest a man whose blood alcohol level allegedly was more than six times the legal limit.

Coastal officials worry Dolly may bring so much rain that flooding could break through the levees holding back the Rio Grande.