Category Archives: Featured
Weinstein sentenced to 23 years for sexual assaults
Harvey Weinstein, former co-chairman of the Weinstein Co., arrives at state supreme court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. Photographer: Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images Ori...
Mar 11, 2020
Governor signs bill to raise Rhode Island’s minimum wage
Gov. Gina Raimondo signs a minimum wage increase into law, while Neil Condon, a minimum wage security officer at TF Green Airport (at right) looks on. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I....
Mar 11, 2020
Man with grocery cart struck, killed crossing street
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A 51-year-old man pulling a cart full of groceries across a Providence street has been struck and killed by a vehicle. Police say Timothy McGann was struck at about 8 p.m...
Mar 11, 2020
2 more coronavirus cases reported in Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Department of health headquarters in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two more Rhode Island residents have tested positive for the new coronav...
Mar 11, 2020
Trump plans payroll tax relief in response to coronavirus
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead By ZEKE MILLER, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says his administration will ask Congress to pass payroll tax relief and o...
Mar 10, 2020
Woman pleads no contest to role in baby’s death
Kent County courthouse in Warwick. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island woman whose 7-month-old baby girl died after the baby’s father passed out on he...
Mar 07, 2020
Judge declares mistrial after juror goes home sick
The Rhode Island Superior & Supreme Court building in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE (AP) – A judge has declared a mistrial in a child molestation case in Rhode...
Mar 07, 2020
R.I. high court denies strip club’s appeal of punishment
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island’s highest court has refused to hear a Providence strip club’s appeal of a punishment the city had levied against it over allegations of prostitut...
Mar 07, 2020
Governor: About 200 linked to Italy trip under quarantine
RI Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, flanked by Gov. Gina Raimondo and Administrator Director Brett Smiley update reporters on coronavirus developments. At right is an interpreter for the he...
Mar 05, 2020
Warren ends 2020 presidential bid after Super Tuesday rout
Photo via CNN. By WILL WEISSERT, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Elizabeth Warren, who electrified progressives with her "plan for everything" and strong message of economic populism, dropped o...
Mar 05, 2020
