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photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Anita Baffoni WPRO News and the Associated Press JOHNSTON, R.I.- Two teenagers have died after a crash that ended in a fiery blaze at a Johnston gas station. A front ...

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) Providence Police Chief Hugh Clement tells WPRO’s Gene Valicenti that the upcoming legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts is “concerning but not alarming...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) - Two cats have been found shot to death in Woonsocket, and authorities suspect a pellet gun. The (Woonsocket) Call reports that the two cats, Oreo and Petu, were found dead a fe...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The union that represents nurses and other staff at the Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island may announce plans to strike if an agreement isn’t reached with hospita...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An elector from Rhode Island who once worked for the Obama administration’s National Security Council is taking a leadership role in calling on federal intelligence agenc...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence Police have agreed to a contract to provide more than 200 officers with body cameras and are awaiting approval from the city council. Providence Public Safety Commis...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Developers of a proposed technology innovation building in Providence have been awarded more than $20 million in state incentives. The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission o...

The front door of Comet Ping Pong pizza shop, in Washington, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. A fake news story prompted a man to fire a rifle inside a popular Washington, D.C., pizza place as he attempted to &#...

Steel beams shore up deteriorating concrete beneath the 6/10 connector in Providence, prompting Gov. Giona Raimondo to order $400 million in expedited repairs. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDE...

by WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A developer proposing to build Rhode Island’s tallest building is downsizing his plans from three skyscrapers to just one. New York ...