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Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, and Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton. By Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) announces the Broadway sensation, "Hamilton" ...

The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island legislators are proposing to make the state House of Representatives more democratic by taking some ...

Retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn gestures as he arrives at Trump Tower, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) STEPHEN BRAUN, Associated Press ROBERT BURNS, Associated Press WASH...

Governor Gina Raimondo. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s governor is asking a court to release grand jury documents from a criminal investigation into the ...

MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A lawyer calls it the “third-shift terror squad”: a band of white officers who patrol the South Side of Providence at night and...

MARIA DANILOVA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Tuesday confirmed school choice advocate Betsy DeVos as Education secretary by the narrowest of margins, with Vice President Mike Pence...

(AP Photo/Steven Senne)   PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The New England Patriots are bringing their Super Bowl trophy to Rhode Island. Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is hosting a rally Tuesday in Prov...

The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Parents who leave a child unattended in their car could face a year in prison under a bill being considered by Rh...

Governor Raimondo and Dan Yorke talk in her office at the Rhode Island State House. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle.   Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo sat down with WPRO’s Dan Yorke on Monday...

photo by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Contractors say Providence is expected to have 19 hotels by 2019 if current developments remain on schedule. The Providence Journal reports that...