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Newly-elected Providence Rep. Moira Walsh defended a December tweet which was sent to WPRO’s Tara Granahan by many upset Rhode Islanders. In it, among other things, Walsh wrote “Peace on e...

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island residents gathered at a city council meeting to protest a politician’s offensive tweet about the nation-wide women’s marches this past weekend. Mor...

Newly elected Providence, R.I., Mayor Angel Taveras waves to the crowd after taking the oath of office on the steps of Providence City Hall, in Providence, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne...

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Seven people were buried in the wrong graves at a veterans’ cemetery because grave markers in one row were off by a burial plot. Veterans Affairs Director Kasim Yarn apologi...

by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Thousands of women will march on Washington D.C Saturday, the first full day now-President Donald Trump will be in office. Rhode Island native, Mia Matias, will be among th...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Police have used pepper spray and made a number of arrests in a confrontation with protesters in downtown Washington, D.C. At one point, police gave chase to a group of about 100 pro...

photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Hundreds of Providence students have walked out of class and marched to the Statehouse to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump as presiden...

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States as Melania Trump looks on during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Ph...

MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A bill introduced in the Rhode Island General Assembly could thwart Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza’s pledge to protect city residents ...