Judge Melissa DuBose was faulted for releasing a man facing a murder charge in the Dominican Republic. But the feds never ...

Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a bill to allow lawsuits against the Diocese of Providence for past clergy sex abuse ...

Leaving Neverland accuser James Safechuck has offered a statement in support of survivors of childhood sexual abuse amid the release of the Michael Jackson biopic. Safechuck was one of the two men who ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- More than 50 years after the alleged abuse by former Oakland priest Stephen Kiesle, a civil jury has awarded one of his accusers $16 million. Rick Simons, an attorney for ...

A jury in Oakland has awarded $16 million to a survivor in a civil lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, a verdict that could have broad implications for hundreds of similar clergy ...

The number of websites illegally selling access to child sex abuse images more than doubled last year, according to new research from the UK authority responsible for finding and removing such ...

THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. SURVIVORS IN ATTENDANCE WHO WERE ANTICIPATING HEARING TESTIMONY FROM ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM LORI TODAY WERE DISAPPOINTED. RIGHT NOW, I FEEL LIKE WE’RE WAITING FOR A MIRACLE. A MIRACLE ...

A Pawtucket man pleaded guilty to robbing an Attleboro Stop and Shop. East Providence officials believe Aspen Aerogels will reopen this week East Providence officials say Aspen Aerogels could reopen ...

A 42-year-old corrections officer from the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office has been arrested for possessing a sexual performance by a child. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said that ...

The founder of the notorious Hartford gang Los Solidos, who once had the home of a state prison clerk firebombed to impress another inmate, has been arrested again, this time for murder in Rhode ...

A seal that was recovering from pneumonia at the Mystic Aquarium was released back into the ocean Thursday, staff say. Rockie, a gray seal, was rescued from the northern point of Block Island in Rhode ...