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Sanders, Warren clash with moderates over ‘Medicare for All’
Screencapture of Sen Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at the CNN Debate on July 31, 2019. Via CNN By STEVE PEOPLES and SARA BURNETT, The Associated Press DETROIT (A...
Jul 31, 2019
Convicted councilman resigns
Convicted former Providence City Council President Luis Aponte. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By WPRO News Long-serving Providence City Councilman Luis Aponte, who rose to the council p...
Jul 30, 2019
Nineteen million meals delivered to RI seniors, homebound
Joseph Brisson, 88 talks with Meals on Wheels RI Executive Director Meghan Grady (center) and Rhode Island Office of Healthy Aging Director Rose Amoros Jones (at left) as he receives the group’s...
Jul 30, 2019
Police seek witnesses to East Bay crash
Power lines hang low over the Wampanoag Trail on the Barrington East Providence line Tuesday morning after two cars (one is at right behind rescue truck) crashed into a pole, pulling down wires. Polic...
Jul 30, 2019
Councilman to resign under terms of embezzlement plea deal
Luis Aponte appeared before the Rhode Island Ethics Commission in 2018. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Long-serving Providence City Councilman Luis Aponte must resign...
Jul 29, 2019
Report says Rhode Island’s $21B state debt is ‘manageable’
Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A state study has found that Rhode Island’s $21 billion in total public sector ...
Jul 29, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein found injured in jail cell with marks on his neck, sources say
Jeffrey Epstein, FILE By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN (CNN) — Financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was found in his Manhattan jail cell with marks on his neck this week, a law enfor...
Jul 25, 2019
Mueller dismisses Trump’s claims of Russia probe exoneration
By ERIC TUCKER, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL BALSAMO, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Robert Mueller on Wednesday bluntly dismissed President Donald Trump's claims of total exoneration in th...
Jul 24, 2019
Providence revokes license of club following fatal stabbing
Club Seven on Spruce Street in Providence, scene of a fight that police said led to the fatal stabbing June 30 of Stephen Cabral, 28 of North Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Listen t...
Jul 24, 2019
GOP files ethics complaint against Raimondo for lottery deal
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Rhode Island Republican Party says it has filed a complaint with the state ethics commission against De...
Jul 24, 2019
