Category Archives: Featured
Day after Jon Stewart plea, House panel advances bill to boost 9/11 Victims Fund
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that tried to prevent construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side, saying that construction should begin ...
Jun 13, 2019
Trump says he’d ‘want to hear’ foreign dirt on his rivals
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says that if a foreign power offered dirt on his 2020 opponent he'd be open to accep...
Jun 13, 2019
Head of Rhode Island Hells Angels charged with assault
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The head of the Rhode Island chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is heading to court to face a felony assault charge after police battered down the organization&#...
Jun 13, 2019
WPRO’s Dan Yorke named one of the most influential radio hosts in America
WPRO’s Dan Yorke has once again been named one of the most influential talk show hosts in America. Yorke was ranked at number 47 in the annual “Heavy Hundred” list published by Talke...
Jun 10, 2019
1 dead as helicopter makes crash landing on top of building in Manhattan
The FDNY responds to a helicopter crash on the roof of a Midtown building in New York City. (CNN) — At least one person was killed in a helicopter crash on the roof of a building in Manha...
Jun 10, 2019
Bear sighting prompts lockdown at Cranston school
A bear is seen with a bird feeder in a photograph taken by Cranston homeowner Monti Crowley By Steve Klamkin WPRO News A school in Western Cranston was placed on lockdown, students and staff told to &...
Jun 10, 2019
Supreme Court rejects challenge to regulation of gun silencers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to federal regulation of gun silencers Monday, just days after a gunman used one in a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in Virginia. The j...
Jun 10, 2019
President Trump is worried United Technologies-Raytheon merger will kill competition
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business (CNN) — Industrial conglomerate United Technologies and defense company Raytheon are set to merge, but the deal has at least one big critic: ...
Jun 10, 2019
Navy probing claims against war college leader in Newport
Listen to “Navy probing claims against war college leader in Newport” on Spreaker. By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MICHELLE R. SMITH, The Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - The military is in...
Jun 07, 2019
RI Senate passes bill to allow child care as election expense
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Rhode Island Senate has approved a bill to allow political candidates to use campaign funds for child c...
Jun 06, 2019
