Category Archives: Featured
Rhode Island man pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges
Federal court in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Providence man who tried to sell a large amount of fentanyl and heroin while under surveillance by law enforcemen...
Oct 18, 2021
Shooting wounds 3 at club where 1 was killed in August
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Shots broke out for the second time since the summer at a Providence nightclub, wounding three people this time after a man was shot and killed...
Oct 18, 2021
Rhode Island gas prices soar to highest level in 7 years
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Rhode Island shot up 9 cents in the last week to its highest level in seven years. AAA Northeast s...
Oct 18, 2021
Commerce head out to save US jobs, 1 computer chip at a time
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WASHINGTON (AP) - Gina Raimondo only wears watches made by Bulova - a company that laid off her scientist fath...
Oct 18, 2021
Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 complications, family says
photo via Getty Imagesby Robert Burns, The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever st...
Oct 18, 2021
Rhode Island man sentenced in North Dakota fentanyl case
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A Rhode Island man accused by prosecutors of having a "leadership role" an international fentanyl trafficking operation has been sentenced in North Dakota to 33 years in federal pri...
Oct 17, 2021
Senators ask for funding to help people pay heating bills
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - U.S. senators from Rhode Island and Maine are asking the Biden administration to quickly send money to states for the program that helps people ...
Oct 17, 2021
Police: Man trying to fight off robber killed at laundromat
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A man apparently trying to fight off an armed robber inside a Providence laundromat has been shot and killed, police said.The victim, described only as a man in his 30s, was sh...
Oct 13, 2021
Hasbro CEO, Chairman Brian Goldner dies at 58
Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner, died two days after the toymaker announced he stepped down to go on medical leave to battle cancer, is seen May 11, 2017 as he and his wife Barbara endowed a playground in do...
Oct 12, 2021
Providence wants to spend up to $1.6M on violence prevention
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza is seen in his office in City Hall September 29, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza wants to spend up to $1.6 mi...
Oct 12, 2021
