The 2023 Titan submersible disaster could have been prevented, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a report Tuesday, but OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush ignored safety warnings, design flaws and crucial ...

David Best, a former General Mills and Target executive, will take over as United Natural Foods Inc.’s CEO and president of retail on Aug. 17, the food distributer announced Tuesday.  Best succeeds ...

A Connecticut attorney agreed to surrender his license to practice law to settle accusations he smuggled drug-laced paperwork into the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center for one of his clients, U.S.

Researchers at Roger Williams University have developed a new technology that can quickly detect an illness that could significantly impact quahog populations. Though harmless to humans, the disease, ...

The Emerald Square Mall has announced it is under new ownership. In a Facebook post on Aug. 1, the mall posted that it had been sold to Summit Properties USA, a Manhattan-based company that owns 25 ...

The average weekly price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island increased 4 cents to $3.05 per gallon. That price is 10 cents lower than the national average and 35 cents less than ...

A federal judge says Rhode Island’s gun permit system, which requires residents to show “a need” to openly carry a firearm throughout the state, does not violate the Second Amendment. In a ruling ...

The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump’s ...

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is providing a total of $450,000 in grants to nine nonprofits, including one in ...

PROVIDENCE – A second New York man was sentenced to two years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to defraud banks in 10 states, including Rhode Island, of approximately $143,000  U.S.

TIVERTON – Representatives from seven municipal emergency medical service organizations recently gathered at St. Luke’s ...

Thirty-four local companies and organizations are among both the highest earners and the most innovative as part of ...