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U.S. District Court clerk's office to reopen Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal © File photo Published Caption: A judge's gavel rests on a book of law. [File photo] Original Caption: A judge's gavel rests on a book of law. PROVIDENCE — The clerk’s office in federal court in Rhode Island is reopening to the public on a limited basis for the first time since the outset of the COVID pandemic. Beginning June 1, the office will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays,  “The staff in the Clerk’s Office has been fully vaccinated and we are excited to ...

Rhode Island man sentenced for 5 Massachusetts bank robberies Jack Perry, The Providence Journal © File photo Published Caption: A judge's gavel rests on a book of law. [File photo] Original Caption: A judge's gavel rests on a book of law. A Rhode Island man was sentenced Friday to more than nine years in prison for robbing five banks in the Greater Boston area in 2018, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts. Dong Lee, 50, and a co-defendant, Charles Lamont Wheeler, were arrested Sept. 14, 2018, after robbing banks in Avon and Brockton then leading the p...

RI to ease restrictions on funerals, gyms; restaurant capacity increased Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal © The Providence Journal / Sandor Published Caption: Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor [The Providence Journal / Sandor Bodo] Original Caption: Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor Correction: An earlier version of this story said that up to 30 people would be allowed at indoor wakes. That change applies to indoor funerals and memorial services at funeral homes; indoor wakes remain capped at 15 people.  PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island will begin "incremental...

Rally at ACI identifies inmate who died Feb. 9, calls for guards to follow protocols Donita Naylor, The Providence Journal © Katie Mulvaney/The Providence Journal One of the buildings at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston that Sunday's car-rally organizers included in their protest. CRANSTON — A car rally Sunday afternoon renewed the cry for decarceration and called for corrections officers to be held accountable for not following protocols. The weekly rally was held this time in memory of the inmate who died Feb. 9 in medium security, identified by organize...

Political Scene: By day, some RI lawmakers work for big players at State House Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal © SANDOR BODO, The Providence Journal Published Caption: Facing softer-than-anticipated revenue from sports gambling and other sources, and with proposed spending outpacing projected revenue by as much as $160 million in the budget year that begins July 1, lawmakers over the next few weeks will work through the Raimondo administration's budget with an eye toward pruning. [The Providence Journal, file / Sandor Bodo] Original Caption: ORG XMIT: picture page o...