Category Archives: Featured
Vandals strike Marine bombing memorial in Providence
A passerby points to one of the shattered glass panels that make up the memorial to nine U.S. Marines from Rhode Island who were among 241 Marines killed in a 1983 terrorist bombing at a Marine barrac...
May 16, 2022
K-9 featured in Netflix’s ‘Rescued by Ruby’ euthanized
Rhode Island State Police dog K-9 Ruby was last seen in a visit to the WPRO studio April 8, 2022. She was euthanized after an illness May 13, 2022. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (A...
May 16, 2022
7 people injured during clash between motorcycle clubs
A Fall River police cruiser stands outside the “headquarters” of a motorcycle gang where more than 50 people were engaged in a fight May 14, 2022. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News FALL RIV...
May 16, 2022
Rhode Island Supreme Court decision upholds abortion law
Then RI Gov Gina Raimondo signed the Reproductive Privacy Act into law late on the night of June 19, 2019 soon after passage by the General Assembly. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, ...
May 04, 2022
RI leaders respond to report that Roe could be overturned
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By WPRO NewsRhode Island political leaders, virtually all Democrats, are responding with a flurry of statements in the wake of a report b...
May 03, 2022
Court that rarely leaks does so now in biggest case in years
By JESSICA GRESKO, The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court keeps secrets. Year after year, in major case after major case, there's little beyond what the justices say during oral argum...
May 03, 2022
Report: Supreme Court draft suggests Roe could be overturned
WASHINGTON (AP) - A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report...
May 03, 2022
Supreme Court rules against Boston in Christian flag case
The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in this undated photo, courtesy of the United States Architect of the Capitol WASHINGTON (AP) - A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that Boston violated the ...
May 02, 2022
New Rhode Island State Police commander sworn in
New RI State Police Colonel Darnell Weaver is sworn-in by Gov. Dan McKee April 29, 2022 in the State House rotunda as his wife, Michelle and son and daughter Chase and Maleah look on. Photo by Steve K...
Apr 29, 2022
Biden appoints RI Public Defender to a top federal judgeship
Rhode Island Public Defender Lara Montecalvo, in a photo submitted by her office, was nominated by President Joe Biden to a seat on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. WPRO NewsPresident Joe Biden ...
Apr 27, 2022
