Category Archives: Featured
GOP group pulls ads for Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate
Republican candidate for Governor Allan Fung talks with reporters outside the RI HHS headquarters. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A political group has started pulling ...
Oct 22, 2018
Three workers hurt in partial mill collapse
Rescuers scramble in a search for survivors after an interior floor collapsed from the 2nd floor to the basement inside this Pawtucket mill undergoing renovations. Three workers were hurt, one critica...
Oct 22, 2018
Brady, Patriots hang on against Bears, win fourth straight
By ANDREW SELIGMAN, The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are stacking up the victories and that's what matters most to them. As for the aesthetics, they'll keep w...
Oct 22, 2018
Company to begin construction on large Johnston wind farm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A company says it's beginning construction on what will be the onshore wind farm with the most operational capacity in the state. Green Development, LLC, is building a seven-tu...
Oct 22, 2018
Hasbro, trying to find footing, posts weak 3Q
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - Hasbro continues to wrestle with the demise of Toys R Us and shifting consumer trends, and it's falling well short of third-quarter expectations. The Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to...
Oct 22, 2018
No Mega Millions winner, jackpot climbs to $1.6 billion
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - No one won the latest Mega Millions drawing, meaning the jackpot climbs to a staggering $1.6 billion. Mega Millions officials say no tickets matched all six numbers to claim th...
Oct 20, 2018
Massachusetts state trooper stabbed, suspect then shot
NEW SALEM, Mass. (AP) – A Massachusetts State Police trooper sustained stab wounds to the head, neck, shoulders and arm while trying to apprehend an 18-year-old man who had earlier fled a traffi...
Oct 19, 2018
Fear, frustration pervade life in post-Michael Florida
Hurricane Michael strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it moved toward the Florida Panhandle, where it could blow ashore as the strongest storm to hit the United States this year. Image via CNN. By...
Oct 18, 2018
Trillo: Rhode Island police and prisons are not cooperating with ICE
Independent candidate for governor Joe Trillo talks about immigration policies at the ACI in Cranston. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News Rhode Island correctional authorities are delib...
Oct 18, 2018
PODCAST: Police discuss convicted child rapist’s move to Providence
By WPRO News After convicted child rapist Richard Gardner was released from custody in Massachusetts and moved to the Washington Park neighborhood of Providence, a testy community meeting and protests...
Oct 18, 2018
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