Category Archives: Featured
Gary Bimonte, co-owner of revered Connecticut pizzeria, dies
Gary Bimonte wields big scissors at the opening of Pepe’s Pizza in Warwick May 14, 2018. Live video still by Steve Klamkin WPRO News NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Gary Bimonte has died after a life in...
Apr 09, 2021
Boston Marathon may ask athletes for negative virus tests
A woman submits to a COVID-19 test. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Participants in this year's Boston Marathon may be required to show proof of up to two negative COVID-19 tests before...
Apr 09, 2021
Police chief in Massachusetts fishing city retiring
New Bedford Police. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - The police chief in New Bedford, Massachusetts is retiring. Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro said Thursday he’s st...
Apr 09, 2021
Gov. Baker receives his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Gov. Charlie Baker gets the COVID vaccine at the Hynes Convention Center April 6, 2021. Photo courtesy Mass. Governor’s Office BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Charlie Baker received his COVID-19 vaccine Tues...
Apr 06, 2021
Lamont, Baker tout similar plans to curb high drug costs
Governors Ned Lamont of Connecticut (left) and Charlie Baker of Massachusetts joined Gina Raimondo at RI College in this October, 2019 file photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By The Associated Press The...
Apr 06, 2021
Viral thoughts: Why COVID-19 conspiracy theories persist
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Conspiracy theories about the coronavirus have flourished since the global pandemic was declared a year ago. Researchers want to know why, and are examining the reasons some pe...
Apr 06, 2021
State makes thousands of new vaccine appointments available
The Dunkin’ Donuts Center, set up in December, 2020 as a coronavirus testing center, is being converted to a COVID vaccine center. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode ...
Apr 06, 2021
Gov. Baker scheduled to receive a COVID-19 vaccine
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Charlie Baker is scheduled to receive his COVID-19 vaccine. The Republican governor office says he will g...
Apr 06, 2021
Head of embattled state agency announces resignation
Kathryn Power, (at left), director of the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals is seen in a 2019 file photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ...
Apr 05, 2021
Rhode Island man pleads guilty to ID theft, drug charges
Federal court in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press A Rhode Island man who pleaded guilty to drug charges, and stealing someone's identity by using their Social Security...
Apr 05, 2021
