Category Archives: Featured
PawSox stadium plans heading to Rhode Island lawmakers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Plans for a new Pawtucket Red Sox stadium are heading to Rhode Island lawmakers. A spokeswoman for the city of Pawtucket said Tuesday the legislation is being drafted and will ...
May 23, 2017
Paiva Weed can’t lobby General Assembly for 1 year
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The former leader of the Rhode Island Senate will have to wait a year before lobbying her former colleagues in the General Assembly. The...
May 23, 2017
Apparent suicide bomber at Ariana Grande concert kills 22
JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) - An apparent suicide bomber attacked an Ariana Grande concert as it ended Monday night, killing 22 people...
May 22, 2017
Rhode Island House speaker promises no all-night sessions
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives is promising “no late-night sessions” as the legislature is just weeks away from adjourning for the year. De...
May 22, 2017
Elorza vows to strip indicted council president Aponte of powers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The mayor of Rhode Island’s biggest city says he will try to strip the indicted council president of his powers after he refused to step down. Providence Mayor Jorge Elor...
May 18, 2017
Special counsel named to probe Trump-Russia ties
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Besieged from all sides, the Trump administration appointed former FBI Director Robert Muel...
May 17, 2017
DUI suspect runs car onto train tracks in Olneyville
photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Neighbors say they chased down a man who was obviously drunk, after he allegedly hit a car while speeding on Harris Avenue, crashed through ...
May 17, 2017
Vistaprint planning a 125-person Rhode Island sales office
Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A company known for selling business cards and other customized publishing products is planning a 125-person sales office in Rhode Island. Vistaprint is...
May 17, 2017
Reports: Pvt. Chelsea Manning released from military prison
JIM SUHR, Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, was released from a Kansas military p...
May 17, 2017
Embattled White House lurches from crisis to crisis
May 17, 2017
