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Ethics commission to investigate complaint against governor
Governor Gina Raimondo (D-RI) File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and The Associated Press The state ethics commission has decided to open a formal investigation into Democratic Gov. Gina ...
Cumulus Media Aug 20, 2019

Explosives detonated in portable toilets in Rhode Island
Photos distributed by the Rhode Island State Fire Marshal’s Office show portable toilets in Charlestown (left) and Westerly, destroyed by suspected explosive devices. WPRO News & The Associa...
Cumulus Media Aug 20, 2019

Mayor joins call to close jail where protesters were hurt
Sister and brother Ruby and Sam Goldstein of Providence, who are 15 and 17 years old, tell a rally at the State House Tuesday about their experience during a rally turned violent August 18 at the Wyat...
Cumulus Media Aug 20, 2019

Members of Congress push for more comfortable airplane seats
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline and Joan Matley Sheehan of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants urge adoption of minimum standards for airplane seats...
Cumulus Media Aug 19, 2019

UPDATE: Police identify man found shot to death inside SUV
Providence Police investigate at the scene on Eddy Street where a man was found shot inside an SUV (at center). He later died at the hospital. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ...
Cumulus Media Aug 19, 2019

2 hurt while protesting at Wyatt immigration facility in Central Falls
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's attorney general and state police launched investigations Thursday after a truck drove through a group protesting federal immigration policies at a detention cen...
Cumulus Media Aug 15, 2019

Dow tumbles 700 points after bond market flashes a recession warning
By David Goldman, CNN Business (CNN) — The Dow fell more than 700 points Wednesday after the bond market, for the first time in over a decade, flashed a warning signal that has an eerily accurat...
Cumulus Media Aug 14, 2019

Police seize guns, about $1 million worth of drugs
Providence Police Chief Hugh Clements (at left) and Detective Commander Major David Lapatin look over the drugs and guns seized by narcotics detectives in a raid on Sisson Street. Photo by Steve Klamk...
Cumulus Media Aug 14, 2019

Officials promise cleaner, safer Providence schools
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – Improvements with Providence’s public schools, albeit mostly cosmetic, are already taking effect in the wake of a scathing independent report that found city schools a...
Cumulus Media Aug 08, 2019

Taunton ice rink worker faces charges after cameras found in locker room
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) - The former maintenance manager of a Massachusetts skating rink is facing charges after two cameras were found in the girls' locker room. Brian Boll, of Providence, Rhode Island i...
Cumulus Media Aug 08, 2019





