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U-Haul truck breaks through ice on Maine lake; driver rescued
A 75-year-old man was rescued early Saturday after the U-Haul truck he was driving crashed through the ice on a lake in Mount Desert, Maine. A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife tells NBC Boston affiliate News Center Maine that the driver of the 10-foot box truck was apparently “confused” and did not realize he was...
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‘Full of progress and promise': Gov. McKee delivers RI State of State
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee delivered his State of the State address on Tuesday, talking about economic development, schools and health care, the Washington Bridge rebuild and the major cyberattack that hit the state’s online system for delivering health and human service benefits. McKee directed his hour-long speech to his “fellow Rhode Islanders who share a love for our state,...
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20-year-old killed in Maine crash; passenger seriously injured
A 20-year-old man is dead and his 20-year-old passenger is seriously injured after the SUV they were in went off the roadway and struck a fence and tree overnight in New Gloucester, Maine. New Gloucester Fire Rescue says they were called to 97 Dougherty Road around 12:12 a.m. Saturday for a crash with reported entrapment and one person unresponsive. Crews...
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Woman fatally struck by car in Woonsocket parking lot
A woman is dead after she was hit by a car in a parking lot Saturday morning in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Woonsocket police tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that officers responded around 10:30 a.m. to the incident at 1919 Diamond Hill Road, the listed address for Ocean State Job Lot, and found a 74-year-old woman with critical injuries. The victim...
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Man dies in fiery wreck in Warwick, RI
A 43-year-old man is dead after a fiery crash in Warwick, Rhode Island, overnight. Warwick police tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that officers responded to Centreville Road around 12:02 a.m. and found a car on fire in the middle of a roundabout. The flames were quickly extinguished, but fire crews had to forcibly remove the driver from inside the vehicle,...
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RI man killed his pregnant wife and young children in murder-suicide, police say
Police in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, have been investigating the deaths of four people in a home on Cheyenne Trail
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Missing Maine teen found safe, police say
Police in Maine say an at-risk teen from Limerick who was reported missing Saturday night has been found. Maine State Police said 13-year-old Madelyn “Ash” Fogg had last been seen on Central Avenue in Limerick around 8 p.m. In an update shortly before 1 p.m. Sunday, they said the teen had been found safe.
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2 people shot, another person stabbed at house party in Auburn, Maine
An altercation at a house party in Auburn, Maine, led to two people being shot and a third being stabbed overnight, according to police, who announced charges against an 18-year-old partygoer. Auburn police say they responded to the area of 45 Smith Street around 3:20 a.m. Saturday for a report of a stabbing and gunshot wounds and found three injured...
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Providence woman robbed outside her home; 28-year-old arrested, police say
A 28-year-old man who allegedly robbed a woman at knifepoint at her home in Providence, Rhode Island, on New Year’s Day, has been arrested. Providence police tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that Joseph Hansen, of Providence, was involved in an armed robbery at a house at the intersection of John and Governor streets. According to WJAR, the woman had just...
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2 killed, 1 injured in Christmas Eve head-on crash in Foster, RI
Two people were killed and another injured in a head-on crash in Foster, Rhode Island, on Christmas Eve. Police tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that they responded to the crash around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday on Hartford Pike and found two vehicles in the eastbound lane with heavy front-end damage, as well as three people with serious injuries. An investigation shows...
