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1st Amendment group asks Raimondo to stop avoiding reporters
Gov. Gina Raimondo in a September, 2019 file photo. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WESTBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - A First Amendment rights organization with the backing of journalists' organizations is a...
Jan 20, 2021
Sen. Reed to back waiver for Defense nominee
Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III at the time of his retirement from the Army in 2016. Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Defense By WPRO News Senator Jack Reed signals a move clearing the way for President-ele...
Jan 20, 2021
Fenway Park to serve as vaccination site
Fenway Park in Boston. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts on Tuesday named Fenway Park as the site of its next mass COVID-19 vaccination site. Starting Feb. 1, the ballp...
Jan 20, 2021
Newport St. Patrick’s Day parade may be delayed until fall
Newport’s famed Thames Street. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Organizers of the Newport St. Patrick's Day parade are looking at postponing this year's event until ...
Jan 19, 2021
McKee promises seamless transition during virus fight
RI Lt. Gov. Dan McKee talks with reporters January 14, 2021 at Chelo’s Bar & Grill in Warwick about issues surrounding his transition, should Gov. Gina Raimondo be confirmed as President-ele...
Jan 14, 2021
Lawsuit filed on behalf of man injured in moped crash
Body camera footage issued by Providence Police show officers tending to Jhamal Gonsalves after a crash involving his scooter and a police cruiser October 18, 2020 off Elmwood Ave. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (A...
Jan 14, 2021
Expecting trouble, DC locks down a week before inauguration
U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By ASHRAF KHALIL and LOLITA C. BALDOR, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - All through downtown Washington, the prima...
Jan 14, 2021
US unemployment claims jump to 965,000 as virus takes toll
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment aid soared last week to 965,000, the most since late August and evidence that the resurgent vir...
Jan 14, 2021
Providence reports spike in gun violence
Crime scene tape marks the block on Lenox Ave. in the Elmwood neighborhood where Providence police investigate the apparent killing of a man outside his home December 11, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin ...
Jan 13, 2021
Raimondo extends restrictions, pledges more testing
RI Gov. Gina Raimondo appears at her 125th coronavirus briefing January 13, 2021 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. It may be her final COVID briefing, as she now faces U.S. Senate confirmation foll...
Jan 13, 2021
