Category Archives: Featured
SEC, Wells Fargo ink 38 Studios settlement, will be delayed
By MICHELLE R. SMITH, The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission and Wells Fargo Securities said in a joint court filing Thursday that they have agreed in prin...
Jan 11, 2019
Committee approves amendment posting, sexual harassment policy changes
Some reform caucus members were among those observing the House Rules committee. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News. By Tessa Roy, WPRO News Reform caucus members of the House didn’t get all the chan...
Jan 10, 2019
Former Job Lot employee charged with stealing $20,000 in gift cards
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island woman has been charged with stealing nearly $20,000 in gift cards from the discount retailer where she once worked. Rhode Island State Police say Jennifer C...
Jan 10, 2019
Trump’s border visit comes as shutdown talks fall apart
By CATHERINE LUCEY, LISA MASCARO and LAURIE KELLMAN, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is taking the shutdown battle to the U.S.-Mexico border, seeking to bolster his case ...
Jan 10, 2019
Massachusetts inching closer to licensing “cannabis cafes”
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts is inching closer to licensing so-called “cannabis cafes” where individuals could smoke the drug in a communal setting R...
Jan 09, 2019
Networks to air Pelosi, Schumer rebuttal to Trump
Photo via CNN. NEW YORK (AP) - Television networks airing President Donald Trump's Oval Office speech on his proposed border wall and the partial government shutdown have also committed to airing the ...
Jan 08, 2019
Trump to take case for border wall to prime-time audience
President Donald Trump speaks at the House and Senate GOP lawmakers at the annual policy retreat in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) By MATTHEW DALY, CATHERIN...
Jan 08, 2019
Elorza sworn in for second term
Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News By WPRO News Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza took his oath of office for his second term on Monday, touting a city that’s changed since he took office for the first t...
Jan 07, 2019
Police: Man dies when car crashes onto railroad tracks
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island man who crashed his car on the train tracks in Providence has died. Police say the car was speeding at about 4:30 a.m. Monday when it crashed through a fen...
Jan 07, 2019
Sen. Reed: $100M authorized to combat Alzheimer’s disease
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Jack Reed says that a bill he co-sponsored to combat Alzheimer's disease and promote brain health has been signed into law. The Rhode Island Democrat says Republican ...
Jan 07, 2019
