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Dead humpback whale washes up on RI beach
A dead humpback whale washed ashore on a remote Little Compton beach January 8, 2022. Photo: RI Department of Environmental ManagementBy Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsA ten-ton humpback whale washed up on a ...
Jan 11, 2022
Short-staffed hospitals allow asymptomatic employees to work
Eleanor Slater Hospital in Cranston. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two health care facilities in Rhode Island have allowed staff who tested positive for COVID-19 but were not...
Jan 10, 2022
Massachusetts school mask requirement extended to Feb. 28
Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey Riley is seen in an April 30, 2021 file photo provided by the Office of the Mass. GovernorMALDEN, Mass. (AP) - Students and emp...
Jan 10, 2022
Massachusetts officer stabbed in face, shoots, kills suspect
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts police officer shot and killed a man who had stabbed him in the face, officials said.Two Springfield officers responded to reports of a man with a knife who h...
Jan 10, 2022
Internal report warned R.I. gov of COVID uptick in November
Gov. Dan McKee delivers his last COVID briefing of the year in Woonsocket December 30, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A confidential government report obtained by The B...
Jan 05, 2022
RIC, CCRI switch to remote learning to start semester
The Community College of Rhode Island Knight campus in Warwick. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island announced W...
Jan 05, 2022
Rhode Island lawmakers vote to spend pandemic relief funds
Gov. Dan McKee signs the supplemental budget minutes after approval by the General Assembly January 4, 2021. Courtesy photo The Associated Press Rhode Island lawmakers overwhelmingly approved spending...
Jan 05, 2022
Rhode Island to use National Guard to help with virus surge
People line up at the state-run COVID testing site at the East Providence Senior Citizens Center December 28, 2021 amid a surge in coronavirus cases. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. ...
Jan 04, 2022
Baker stands by schools that reopened Monday
Governor Charlie Baker in Salem greets students, parents and teachers after the holiday break January 3, 2022. Photo courtesy Office of the Massachusetts GovernorSALEM, Mass. (AP) - Gov. Charlie Baker...
Jan 03, 2022
Rhode Island’s new legislative session set to begin
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Lawmakers plan to spend $119 million of Rhode Island's federal pandemic relief money when they return to the State...
Jan 03, 2022
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