Category Archives: Featured
Rhode Island provides $100M in aid for businesses, jobless
Governor Gina Raimondo holds her weekly virus update November 25, 2020 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Pool photo by Sandor Bodo / The Providence Journal The Associated Press Rhode Island will pr...
Nov 25, 2020
US jobless claims up for 2nd straight week as virus worsens
By PAUL WISEMAN, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week for a second straight week to 778,000, evidence that the U.S. economy ...
Nov 25, 2020
House coronavirus vaccine distribution task force created
Rep. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Warwick) is seen November 5, 2020, the night House Democrats selected him to be the next Speaker of the RI House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhod...
Nov 24, 2020
3 new wind turbines approved for Providence waterfront
In this rendering supplied by developer Green Development, three turbines in the foreground are the newly approved turbines. The three turbines in the background are currently located at the Narragans...
Nov 24, 2020
Ex-hospital worker charged with sexually assaulting patient
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former behavioral health specialist at a psychiatric hospital in Rhode Island has been charged with sexually assaulting a juvenile patient, state police said in a...
Nov 24, 2020
Nursing home group wants more coronavirus testing
An early coronavirus test site set up in April, 2020 at Rhode Island College. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A nursing home trade group is calling for increased coronavi...
Nov 24, 2020
CDC begs Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving
By MIKE STOBBE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation's top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not...
Nov 19, 2020
US jobless claims increase to 742,000 as pandemic worsens
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose last week to 742,000, the first increase in five weeks and a sign that the resurgen...
Nov 19, 2020
Raimondo: More coronavirus restrictions coming for holidays
RI Governor Gina Raimondo addresses Rhode Islanders on the coronavirus pandemic at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium July 10, 2020. Listening at back is RI Department of Health director Dr. Nicole Alex...
Nov 18, 2020
Trump campaign lawsuit over Pennsylvania vote heads to court
By MARK SCOLFORO, The Associated Press A hearing on the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results remains on track for Tuesday after a...
Nov 17, 2020
