URI head coach Jim Fleming thanks his counterpart over at the Newport-based college for lending a helping hand.

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This year, Christmas - which is always on Dec. 25 - falls on a Wednesday. This year, Hanukkah begins on the night of Dec. 25. The last time both holidays landed on the same day was nearly twenty years ...

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In one of the housebreaks reported since Thanksgiving, police said a homeowner confronted an intruder pointing a handgun ...

Weather is cooling down fast in Rhode Island. Here's the Department of Energy's official answer to the debate on thermometer ...

Ocean State Job Lot opens in former Christmas Tree Shops location; and Rhode Island football heads to FCS Playoffs.

Bill Koch has been at The Providence Journal since 2014 and covers college basketball, high school sports, local sports and ...