Rhode Island's Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint Tuesday that accused Attorney General Patrick Lynch of improperly accepting a $428 plane ticket to a New Orleans conference. The complaint from Giovanni Cicione, chairman of the state Republican Party, accused the attorney general, a Democrat, of violating the ...

The state is making progress toward its goal of cleaning up as many as 600 housing units contaminated with toxic lead paint, Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch said Monday. The $6.7 million project is funded by DuPont and targets homes and apartments in low-income ...

A medical student jailed in Boston on suspicion of killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist was charged Monday in an arrest warrant with pulling a gun on a stripper in a Rhode Island hotel. The warrant accuses Philip Markoff of assault and weapons violations ...