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A screenshot from a “No on 68” commercial airing in Colorado. By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News Folks in Colorado are getting an earful about Rhode Island this election season, and a local casino...

Governor Chafee and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the State House. Photo by Andrew Augustus, WPRO News. Andrew Augustus, WPRO News After a visit to a climate change conference at the United Natio...

WPRO News and the Associated Press BOSTON (AP) – A cousin of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has been sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to contempt for...

Buddy Cianci talks with reporters outside the state Supreme Court. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and the Associated Press The city of Providence is defending former Mayor Buddy Cianci in ...

Boats in Newport Harbor. By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News The Newport Yachting Center is being sold, according to its current owners. The Newport Harbor Corporation (NHC) says recent noise violations are pr...

Photo by Lindsey Lerner WPRO.com WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is providing an update on the overhaul of Kennedy Plaza that...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press HYANNIS, Mass. (AP) – Authorities say the shed in which an 8-year-old Massachusetts boy died during a fire while playing with friends apparently con...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Providence Teachers Union has rejected a three-year contract proposal that would have eliminated a job security clause a...

Director of the Rhode Island DEM, Janet, Coit, urges Rhode Island to pass question 7. Photo by Andrew Augustus, WPRO News Andrew Augustus, WPRO News A group of environmental leaders gathered at Rivers...

Ken Block (left) stands by before endorsing Allan Fung for governor. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Sam Wroblewski, reporting by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Nearly two weeks after losing a contentiou...