The Rhode Island Senate passed a bill Thursday that would defend doctors’ ability to provide reproductive health services and gender-affirming care, which includes therapies, surgeries and other medical services for transgender and nonbinary people.

Rhode Island's police chiefs have noticed more than a few new faces at their monthly gatherings over the last year.

Providence police are investigating a stabbing that occurred at Rhode Island Hospital early Friday morning. Commander Timothy O’Hara said 39-year-old Manuel Gouveia was being escorted out of the waiting area just before 2 a.

A man is accused of assaulting two hospital security guards in Providence, Rhode Island, overnight, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. Officers responded to the emergency room department at Rhode Island Hospital just before 2 a.

PROVIDENCE − Two security guards at Rhode Island Hospital were stabbed early Friday morning, according to Providence police. When police arrived at the hospital, the two guards were outside the building,

The Providence Police Department is investigating a stabbing that occurred at Rhode Island Hospital on Thursday night.