Category Archives: Featured
14 Cranston firefighters hospitalized for chemical exposure
photo by Paul Zangari, WPRO News CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Fourteen firefighters were hospitalized after being exposed to chemicals while responding to a fire at a Cranston business. The fire was reported...
Jan 30, 2018
Thousands of fans give Patriots a super sendoff
photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Tom Brady praised the Philadelphia Eagles, dropped the microphone and then walked off stage Monday to lead the New England Patriots on the roa...
Jan 29, 2018
Old laws in Rhode Island govern dueling, horses on highways
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Archaic laws that are a holdover from a time when people fought in duels a la Alexander Hamilton and rode horses ...
Jan 29, 2018
Gov. Raimondo debuts initiative designed to support small businesses
Jan 24, 2018
Federal judges dismiss unions’ appeal over pension overhaul
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A panel of federal judges has dismissed a lawsuit filed by police and firefighter unions that challenged Rhode Island's pension overhaul. WPRI-TV reports the appellate panel up...
Jan 24, 2018
PawSox hold ‘information session’ in Speaker Mattiello’s district
photo by Tessa Roy WPRO News by Tessa Roy, WPRO News In the wake of House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello proclaiming the Senate's version of the Pawsox bill "dead" in the House, representatives from the t...
Jan 24, 2018
Newport Jazz Festival offers early glimpse of 2018 lineup
Ccile McLorin Salvant performs at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Newport Jazz Festival announced an initial list of artists who will pe...
Jan 23, 2018
Speaker: PawSox Rhode Island stadium deal ‘dead’
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The speaker of the Rhode Island House says the deal to provide public funding for a new stadium for the Pawtucket Red Sox is "dead." House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello tells WPRI...
Jan 23, 2018
Update: Suspect in ex-chiropractor killing was patient
Owen Morris, 21, appears in District Court in Providence. Pool photo by Steve Szydlowski – The Providence Journal EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Police won’t comment on the moti...
Jan 23, 2018
Sessions interviewed by Mueller team in Russia investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed for hours last week in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday. The interview c...
Jan 23, 2018
