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Report: Injured sheriffs on payroll costing state millions
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A new report finds that a significant number of Rhode Island sheriffs are injured and collecting untaxed salaries, costing taxpayers more than $2 million annually. WPRI-TV repo...
Cumulus Media Nov 13, 2018

Smoky fire delays Providence mall opening
Providence Fire Department crews outside the loading dock entrance to the Providence Place Mall, scene of a smoky truck fire. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Firefighters and photographers look over ...
Cumulus Media Nov 13, 2018

Leatherback turtle rescued off town’s beach
File photo via AlbertHerring on Wikimedia Commons. EASTHAM, Mass. (AP) – Volunteers have rescued a massive leatherback turtle off a Massachusetts beach. The Cape Cod Times reports that the turtl...
Cumulus Media Nov 12, 2018

Providence teachers reach tentative contract agreement
Providence School. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Providence Teachers Union has reached a tentative contract agreement with the city that includes pay raises a...
Cumulus Media Nov 09, 2018

Democrats back Mattiello for Speaker despite opposition
Representative Deborah Ruggiero, Representative Moira Walsh, Representative Elect Justine Caldwell, and Representative Susan Donovan voted against Nick Mattiello getting a second term as Speaker. Phot...
Cumulus Media Nov 09, 2018

Traffic patterns change Saturday for 4-year Rt. 6/10 reconstruction
Steel beams shore up deteriorating concrete beneath the 6/10 connector in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The interchange of Routes 6 & 10 in Providence which is about to undergo...
Cumulus Media Nov 08, 2018

13 dead including gunman in shooting at California bar
An FBI agent talks to a potential witness as they stand near the scene Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. where a gunman opened fire Wednesday inside a country dance bar crowded with hun...
Cumulus Media Nov 08, 2018

US Sen. Warren avoids 2020 talk in post-midterm speech
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) speaks at Brown University and answers questions from students during a Governor Frank Licht lecture series sponsored by Brown. Pool photo by The Providence Journal/...
Cumulus Media Nov 07, 2018

Rhode Island mayors rally to keep toy maker Hasbro in area
Visitors to the Hasbro, Inc. corporate headquarters in Pawtucket pose for pictures with Mr. Potato Head on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. City officials called for urgent action by the state to retain the t...
Cumulus Media Nov 07, 2018

Jeff Sessions resigns as attorney general at Trump’s request
(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) By ERIC TUCKER, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned Wednesday as the country's chief law enforcement officer after enduring more th...
Cumulus Media Nov 07, 2018





