Category Archives: Featured
Massachusetts abortion hotline now offers free legal advice
The Associated Press Massachusetts launched a hotline Monday offering free legal advice to people seeking abortions in the state, as well as their health care providers and helpers - joining several o...
Jan 30, 2023
Toymaker Hasbro laying off 1,000 to cut costs
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - Toymaker Hasbro said Thursday it is cutting about 1,000 jobs as part of moves announced last year to save up to $300 million annually by 2025.Th...
Jan 27, 2023
Whitehouse now chairs Senate Budget Committee
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO NewsU.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is the new chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget, one of three Senate committees deal...
Jan 26, 2023
Rhode Island governor to propose tax relief in budget plan
Gov. Dan McKee begins to deliver his State of the State address before a joint session of the General Assembly January 17, 2022, accompanied by (from left) Speaker of the RI House Joseph Shekarchi and...
Jan 17, 2023
Texas man pleads guilty to role in $1.6M romance scam plot
U.S. District Courthouse Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Texas man has pleaded guilty to his role in a romance scam in which women from across the nati...
Jan 17, 2023
Municipal Court Judge Caprio retires
Providence Municipal Court Chief Judge Frank Caprio Photo: FacebookWPRO NewsFrank Caprio, Chief Judge of the Providence Municipal Court has announced he will retire after 38 years on the bench, accord...
Jan 13, 2023
Providence launches search for a new police chief
Mayor Brett Smiley and Chief Hugh Clements announce a process for selecting a new Providence chief January 13, 2023 in a City Hall news conference. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WP...
Jan 13, 2023
RI Housing Secretary resigns
Rhode Island Housing Secretary Josh Saal. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsRhode Island’s first Secretary of Housing resigned on Wednesday, and Governor Dan McKee accep...
Jan 11, 2023
Court weighs tossing Boston marathon bomber’s death sentence
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev BOSTON (AP) - Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s attorney urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to throw out the 29-year-old's death sentence because of juror misconduc...
Jan 11, 2023
Air travel across US thrown into chaos after computer outage
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - The world's largest aircraft fleet was grounded for hours by a cascading outage in a government system that delayed or cancelled thousands of f...
Jan 11, 2023
