PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2023: A Woonsocket man, who was identified in court documents as one of the initial participants in a conspiracy that went on to receive more than five dozen packages containing kilograms of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island through the U.S. Postal Service has been sentenced to eight and a half years in federal pr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: The Department of the Interior today announced its approval of the Revolution Wind project. Located about 15 nautical miles southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, the project will have an estimated capacity of 704 megawatts of clean energy, capable of powering nearly 250,000 homes. The project is expected to create an estimated 1,200 local jobs during the construction phase. Today's  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Justice Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 23-092) entitled "Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Victim Assistance Funds Subawarded by the Rhode Island Public Safety Grant Administration Office to Refugee Dream Center, Providence, Rhode Island." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary Background The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) provided funds to the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety and admin  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Aug. 24 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Quantum computing has the potential to exponentially improve the way the U.S. Navy operates. Possibilities include improved processing time that would quickly advance machine learning and autonomy efforts, the removal of noise clutter would optimize sensing, and encryption methods would become virtually impenetrable. This exciting field has been active for more than 50 years, but much of quantum computin  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: The former IT Director of a Warwick, RI, metals fabrication and supply company who used his purchasing authority to devise and execute a decade-long fraud scheme that bilked his employer out of more than $1M was sentenced today to nearly three years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Juan Hicks, 47, of   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: A Providence man admitted to a federal judge today that, in February 2021, while he was detained at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) on unrelated charges, he arranged by telephone with his then girlfriend to locate and sell a firearm that he illegally possessed, and took steps to continue running his established drug trafficking   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: A Woonsocket man, who was identified in court documents as one of the initial participants in a conspiracy that went on to receive more than five dozen packages containing kilograms of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island through the U.S. Postal Service was sentenced today to eight and a half years in federal prison, announced  more