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Senator Collins backs Kavanaugh, paving way for confirmation
Photo via CNN By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Friday she will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nominati...
Oct 05, 2018
Senators: Utility “woefully” unprepared for gas explosions
Multiple suspected gas explosions have set structures on fire across dozens of blocks and forced evacuations in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, Massachusetts State Police said Thursday. Photo via...
Oct 05, 2018
Abandoned Rhode Island industrial building burns down
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – An empty mill in Rhode Island has gone up in flames. Firefighters responded to the old Roberts Chemical building in Pawtucket just after midnight Friday. Part of the build...
Oct 05, 2018
Gun task force calls for magazine limits, age increases
photo by Joe King via Flickr Creative Commons PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island task force formed to study the state's gun laws has released a series of recommendations, including a ban on high-c...
Oct 05, 2018
Newport students stage walkout over deteriorating high school conditions
Aerial view of Rogers High School, Newport, via Wikimedia Commons NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - More than 100 students at a Rhode Island high school staged a walkout to protest deteriorated conditions at the s...
Oct 04, 2018
Thousands of gallons of gas spill in Rhode Island
Oct 04, 2018
Warwick man awarded for lifesaving actions in Rite Aid attack
Mayor Joe Solomon gives Connor Devine the Carnegie Medal. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News By Tessa Roy, WPRO News Connor Devine, 21, said he didn’t think twice when he stepped in to help save a wo...
Oct 03, 2018
Officials: Skyscraper project changes could be illegal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence leaders are concerned about a legislator’s plan to limit the city’s power over a project to build what would be the tallest building in the state. ...
Oct 03, 2018
School bus drivers’ strike continues with no end in sight
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A strike by Providence school bus drivers that’s affecting 9,000 students has continued for a fifth day, with no end in sight. Drivers picketed Wednesday near the y...
Oct 03, 2018
Emergency alert test going out to mobile phones nationwide
By COLLEEN LONG, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - About 225 million electronic devices across the United States will wail and buzz Wednesday afternoon as the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
Oct 03, 2018
