Category Archives: Featured
CDC: Rhode Island leads nation in virus cases per capita
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island has reported more coronavirus cases per capita in the past week than any other state, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. R...
Dec 07, 2020
Judge upholds RI order closing gyms during COVID pause
Providence Superior Court. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By WPRO News A Superior Court judge Friday ordered the closure of of gyms that remained open despite orders from the governor that they...
Dec 04, 2020
Rhode Island new case, positivity averages still on the rise
Latest coronavirus figures issued December 4, 2020 by the RI Department of Health show 408 people hospitalized, 13 new deaths and the positivity rate at 9.2%. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's co...
Dec 04, 2020
1 dead, 1 wounded in daylight shooting in Providence
Police pore over a car in which two men were shot, one fatally in the Olneyville section of Providence on December, 4, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Providence Poli...
Dec 04, 2020
Vaccine doses headed to state; Gov not joining Biden cabinet
Gov. Gina Raimondo, during her weekly COVID-19 news briefing, said “I am not going to be” President-Elect Joe Biden’s health and human services secretary. Pool photo by David DelPoio...
Dec 03, 2020
Champlin Foundation awards $18M to Rhode Island nonprofits
South Side Providence residents line up for food August 20, 2020 at the Rukiya Center, one of the nonprofit recipients that will share in $18 million in grants from the Champlin Foundation. File photo...
Dec 03, 2020
Raimondo said to be a frontrunner for HHS Secretary
Gov. Gina Raimondo launches her general reelection campaign in the packing room of a small business, the RI Mushroom Co. in West Kingston September 17, 2018. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve ...
Dec 02, 2020
1 killed, 1 injured by stray bullet at apartment complex
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - One person was fatally shot and another person was struck by a stray bullet in an early morning shooting at a Providence apartment complex. Police say officers respondin...
Nov 30, 2020
Virus news: Rhode Island offers tests upon airport arrival
Inside the terminal at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press People flying into T.F. Green Airport were given the option of a free coronavirus test ...
Nov 29, 2020
Trump pardons RI native Flynn, taking direct aim at Russia probe
Retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn gestures as he arrives at Trump Tower, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has pardoned former nation...
Nov 25, 2020
