Rhode Island welcomed its first baby born in 2009. At 12:42 Thursday morning, Bruce Edward Price Junior was born to Mary Core and Bruce Price at South County Hospital.

The Roger Williams Park Zoo is celebrating the birth of a new giraffe. Zoo officials say their adult female Masai giraffe, Sukari, gave birth to a young female on the Monday before Christmas.

A little more than a week after a man was murdered on the streets of Providence, police announced Tuesday they have made an arrest.

Family members have identified the 7-year-old boy killed in a house fire Sunday as Nasir Dickerson of Central Falls. Investigators are still trying to figure out what sparked the deadly fire.

Shop owners at the Providence Place Mall breathe a sigh of relief as the mall opens following a weather-related power outage.
 

Forecasters are still expecting clear skies to quickly fill with flakes as a storm remains on track to blanket parts of Rhode Island with up to a foot of snow.
 

More than a year after a mid-day storm left children stranded on buses for hours and created major gridlock, Rhode Island officials announced Thursday that it would close schools in anticipation of …

A rare snowfall blanketed Las Vegas, canceling all flights in and out of the city, snarling traffic and dusting palm trees and marquees along the Las Vegas Strip with accumulations that were expected…

WINTER STORM WATCH now in effect from FRIDAY MORNING through late FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A winter storm watch means that there is the potential for 8" or more of snow during this time frame.

The fate of two Providence nightclubs hangs in the balance today.
 

There is a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 10 PM Tuesday until noon Wednesday across parts of the area. This includes Providence and Kent Counties in Rhode Island and Northern Bristol County …

There were some tense moments on Webb Street on Monday morning when workers on a sewer line suddenly smelled gas. Six homes were quickly evacuated when sewer workers became concerned about an …

Sanctions have been imposed following an altercation between two New England teams at the Pop Warner national championship.
 

Nearly five inches of rain is causing widespread flooding throughout Rhode Island. One of the hardest hit areas appears to be Fletcher Ave. in Cranston, right on the Johnston line.

A Florida sheriff says there are "clues" linking a child's remains found yesterday to the home of missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony.
 

After nearly serving eight years as Rhode Island's Supreme Court Chief Justice, Frank J. Williams announced Thursday he is retiring at the end of the year.

Governor Carcieri is unveiling an economic stimulus plan for small businesses Thursday morning.

Windy weather is responsible for sparking a fire that destroyed a home on Hartford Ave Wednesday morning, Johnston fire officials said. That fire then eventually led to road closures and school …

A man who lost his wife, two daughters, and mother-in-law is speaking out about Monday's military crash in California.