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BusinessOct 20, 2022

NP pleads guilty in $4.4M health care fraud scheme

A nurse practitioner has pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing commercial health insurers and Medicare nearly $4.4 million for services that he never provided to patients as he had claimed

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LifestyleMay 27, 2022

Surfer helps families honor loved ones with 'one last wave'

Rhode Island surfer Dan Fischer created the One Last Wave Project to use the healing power of the ocean to help families coping with a loss

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General newsMay 26, 2022

'Horrifying' conspiracy theories swirl around Texas shooting

Misinformation and conspiracy theories about Tuesday's deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, began to spread online only hours after the carnage

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MediaApr 11, 2022

EXPLAINER: What Elon Musk's dance with Twitter really means

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s great Twitter turnabout — in which he disclosed his massive stake in the social media company, got a seat on its board, publicly floated drastic changes and then turned down the board role — all happened in a week

General newsMar 19, 2022

Rhode Island House speaker thinks his office fire was arson

Rhode Island’s House speaker thinks the fire that destroyed his law office last year was deliberately set

BusinessMar 4, 2022

Rhode Island woman pleads guilty to fraud schemes

A Rhode Island woman accused of lying on her application for a federally backed mortgage loan and fraudulently applying for a COVID-19-related business loan and pandemic-related unemployment benefits has pleaded guilty

MediaFeb 23, 2022

Singer goes to prison on child molestation charges

A professional singer from Rhode Island who performed songs by Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, Elton John and others has been sentenced to serve nine years in prison on child sexual assault charges

Social affairsFeb 13, 2022

Son of man slain in shootout charged with attacking reporter

Authorities say the son of a man who died following a shootout with Providence police has been charged with assaulting a reporter who was covering the story

BusinessDec 20, 2021

RIPTA moves away from paper fare products next month

Rhode Island’s public bus service is transitioning to a paper-free fare system next month