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Updated Off-duty firefighters build wheelchair ramp for cancer patient

A Johnston woman is expressing her gratitude after firefighters gave her back mobility following cancer difficulties.
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Providence

Updated DCYF: 8 children died in RI over two-year span

Over the course of two years, data from the DCYF revealed there were eight child fatalities in Rhode Island.
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Call 12 for Action

It's time to get kids on a back to school sleep schedule

Getting into a healthy sleep routine for school is a lot like returning from a trip, according to sleep expert Dr. Jared Saletin.
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Massachusetts

Mom who left infant in car at Twin River held without bail

Halston Borglund is due back in court on Sept. 14 for a probation violation hearing.
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Blackstone Valley
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ACLU sues Woonsocket for withholding nonprofit's grant money

The ACLU claims the city unlawfully withheld grant money from Sojourner House, which helps victims of violence and sexual abuse.
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US and World
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Trump honors federal immigration officials at White House

President Donald Trump used a White House event Monday to pay tribute to federal immigration officials, returning to the fight over the U.S. southern border.
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Eyewitness News Investigates

Ex-Rep. Carnevale pleads no contest to perjury

Carnevale, 56, was indicted last year on three felony counts of perjury and one misdemeanor charge of filing a false document after a Target 12 investigation.

Updated RI Catholic leaders oppose latest demand for bill on sex-abuse lawsuits

Two state lawmakers are leading a push to retroactively extend Rhode Island's civil statute of limitations.

What John Carnevale can, and can't do, on home confinement

Target 12 examines what John Carnevale's life will be like when he begins serving his sentence of home confinement later this week.

A voters' guide to the City Council race in Ward 9

Where Councilwoman Carmen Castillo and Hector Jose stand on Providence's key issues.

Nesi's Notes: Aug. 18

Your weekly briefing on RI politics and more.

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Fall River files civil action to join litigation against drugmakers 6 hours ago

Fall River's is the latest of several actions by local governments stemming from the opioid crisis; it's a formal joining of national litigation filed against the drugmakers.
SE Mass
Back to school event helps kids get ready for school 7 hours ago

The annual event prepares students for school by handing out backpacks filled with school supplies.
Providence
Coventry blanks Australia 15-0 in consolation game 5 hours ago

The Coventry Little League team will soon be welcomed home from Williamsport but before the boys begun their journey, they played one final game.
Little League World Series
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Spanish police shoot man dead in suspected terror attack 11 hours ago

The suspect repeatedly pressed the buzzer to be let in at around 5.45 a.m. and spoke with officers inside over an intercom. After they decided to let him in, he pulled out "a large knife" and lunged at officers, according to Comes.
US and World
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Shots fired at gate of US Embassy in Turkey; no one hurt 12 hours ago

There were no casualties and no claim of responsibility for the fleeting attack, in which three of the six bullets that were fired hit the embassy gate and a reinforced window.
US and World
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White House drug czar to be in Conn. following overdose epidemic 6 hours ago

The meeting is a direct response to several overdoses on August 14.
Connecticut
Pope on sex abuse: 'We showed no care for the little ones' 11 hours ago

Pope Francis begged forgiveness for the pain suffered by victims and said lay Catholics must be involved in the effort to root out abuse and cover-up.
US and World

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Updated Off-duty firefighters build wheelchair ramp for cancer patient

A Johnston woman is expressing her gratitude after firefighters gave her back mobility following cancer difficulties.

Sisters meet for the first time in 50 years

Sisters Lori Palumbo and Joan Scalisi didn't even know each other existed until recently, but after meeting for the first time on Friday, they say they're already inseparable.