PROVIDENCE — Carolyn Rafaelian gave up control of Alex and Ani during the restructuring of the jewelry company she founded in September, according to documents filed in federal court.In a lawsuit contesting that she is in default of a $5-million promissory note, Rafaelian details financial troubles plaguing the jewelry company, known for its signature bangles […]

Updated June 4 at 9:12 p.m.Friday, June 5 is National Doughnut Day, While the mood is appropriately more somber than previous years, here are five different ways to enjoy a doughnut.Knead Doughnuts, with locations open 9 a.m. to noon at 135 Elmgrove Ave., and 55 Cromwell St., both in Providence, will donate 20% of sales […]

PROVIDENCE — Less than an hour before a highly critical deep dive by the House budget-writing committee into financial problems at the state-run Eleanor Slater Hospital — including a $35-million to $45-million budget hole, the Raimondo administration announced the appointment of an interim CEO for the hospital on Thursday.At 3:11 p.m., the head of the […]

Anti-racist anger roiling the country spilled out on the Rhode Island State House steps Thursday when one of the state’s leading black lawmakers, flanked by House Democratic leaders, spelled out her prescription for making things right.Providence Democratic Rep. Anastasia Williams denounced the "lynching" of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week — "the murder of a […]

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha warns Rhode Islanders to check their mail carefully before tossing what appears to be junk mail in the recycling. One of the envelopes might be your stimulus payment from the federal government.When the U.S. Treasury does not have bank account information on file for a given taxpayer, that stimulus payment […]