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By WPRO News and The Associated Press Mayor Jorge Elorza has vetoed a zoning change that would’ve allowed a proposed 46-story skyscraper in Providence. The City Council voted last week to approv...

Starwood in Fall River. Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business (CNN) — Marriott says its guest reservation system has been hacked, potentially exposing the personal i...

The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Lindsey Lerner. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A legislative financial adviser says Rhode Island is headed toward a $160 million deficit budget over the next 19 m...

A tsunami warning is in effect for coastal areas of Cook Inlet and southern Kenai Peninsula in Alaska after an earthquake Friday with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7, according to a bulletin from the N...

By WPRO News Johnston Mayor Joe Polisena says he’s reached a deal with National Grid, taking the town off the hook for the bill to light state roads which go through town. Polisena describes a l...

Michael Cohen takes a phone call as he sits outside near the Loews Regency hotel on Park Ave on April 13, 2018 in New York City. Photo via CNN By ERIC TUCKER, LARRY NEUMEISTER and CHAD DAY, The Associ...

Richard Gardner & attorney Robert Mann. Pool photo. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence residents continue to push for a convicted child rapist to move out of their neighborhood. Providence P...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island’s secretary of state says the demand for mail ballots in the recent election shows the need to allow for early voting. Democrat Nellie Gorbea said Wedn...

File NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) – The first commercial pot shops in Massachusetts sold more than $2.2 million worth of marijuana products during the first five days they were open for business. Tha...

Photo via CNN CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) – Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says Rhode Island is making progress against opioid addiction with its prison programming. The billionaire presid...