Category Archives: Featured
New mayor pledges new focus away from politics
Paul Coogan exchanges smiles with his wife Judi St. Hilaire as he takes the oath of office as Fall River Mayor January 6, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News In a city th...
Jan 06, 2020
PODCAST: Lincoln Chafee files to run for president as Libertarian
Image taken from CSPAN Listen to “Presidential Candidate Lincoln Chafee 1-6-20” on Spreaker. Former Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee has filed to run for president a...
Jan 06, 2020
Rhode Island’s new legislative session set to begin
Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's new legislative session begins Tuesday. Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and Senate Preside...
Jan 06, 2020
Brady exits NFL playoffs with loss, retirement unlikely
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) By JIMMY GOLEN, The Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Tom Brady walked off the field at the end of his 20th NFL season and said he plans to be back for another, when h...
Jan 05, 2020
Derrick Henry, Titans stun Patriots 20-13 in wild-card upset
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - When the eerie Foxborough fog lifted, it became clear that New England's reign atop the NFL was ending. Derrick Henry ensured that with the kind of dominating playoff performa...
Jan 05, 2020
Rhode Island requests new federal review of truck toll suit
A tractor trailer truck rolls beneath a toll gantry on the first day that Rhode Island began collecting tolls on large trucks, June 11, 2018. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ...
Jan 04, 2020
Rhode Island congressmen urge Trump to avoid war with Iran
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) talks with reporters in his Cranston office Friday, Jan. 3, 2019 about the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO...
Jan 04, 2020
Iran vows ‘harsh’ response to US killing of top general
Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a US airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump at Baghdad International Airport, was hailed as a hero in Iran — brave, charismatic and beloved by the troops....
Jan 03, 2020
Couple held without bail in New Year’s Day Pawtucket homicide
Shaylyn Moran, 18 and Jack Doherty, 23 were arraigned separately in the New Year’s Day shooting death of Cheryl Smith, 54 in Pawtucket. Pool photos by Ernest Brown – The Woonsocket Call By...
Jan 02, 2020
Police: Shooter lied about his past on gun application
Police block the scene of a deadly shooting in Westerly. Photo by Paul Zangari WPRO News WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) – Police say the man who opened fire in a Rhode Island affordable housing complex lie...
Jan 02, 2020
