Stabbing at Catholic convent in Poland leaves 1 person dead and 4 wounded

A stabbing at a Catholic convent in southeastern Poland on Thursday left one person dead and four others wounded, authorities ...
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Ben Rice tops Aaron Boone’s preseason prediction of 39 homers, hitting 40th and then 41st

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Rice one-upped Aaron Boone. And then he two-upped the New York Yankees manager. Boone predicted during spring training that Rice would finish with 39 home runs this season. Rice ...

ICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on ‘uninformed’ detention projects, report finds

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing ill-conceived plans to rapidly increase detention capacity, and the total will likely ...

Deaths of students at the University of Mississippi cast spotlight on kratom

A drug task force in Mississippi is urging people to avoid kratom after authorities found packages of the substance while investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students. The ...

OpenAI’s breach of Australian health department website prompts rebuke from Albanese

Australia was extremely concerned and disappointed at an OpenAI security breach of a government website which the artificial ...

US cybersecurity agency releases election infrastructure plan 40 days before midterms

The nation’s cybersecurity agency on Thursday released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms, laying out potential threats to election systems ...

Johnson & Wales only pays Providence right now. One Cranston candidate wants to change that

Steven Stycos, Cranston citywide council candidate, is calling for JWU to “pay its fair share” as a tax-exempt institution.

3 buildings damaged by large Fall River fire

FALL RIVER Mass. (WPRI) — Police and firefighters are responding to a structure fire near the intersection of Rodman and ...

Xi says 2 giant pandas from China will arrive in the coming days at Atlanta’s zoo

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, bolstering a loan program that at one time had lapsed as ...

Weekend events canceled due to impending storm

Saturday’s Turkish Airlines Finals and Sunday’s All Charity Day have both been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3. Newport Polo said all tickets are valid for the new date and the regular gameday ...

Rights group says some people it classified as journalists killed in Gaza were militants

The Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday that 19 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire who it had previously identified as journalists or media workers were actually militants or ...

Police ID man killed in Coventry crash

A 21-year-old man died after a two-car Tuesday. Officers responding to the intersection of Harkney Hill and Camp Westwood roads found two vehicles with heavy front-end damage. One of the drivers, ...