Category Archives: Featured
Judge denies teachers union’s bid to halt in-person classes
Providence Schools headquarters. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island judge on Friday rejected a request from the Providence Teachers Union to suspend in-person...
Nov 06, 2020
GOP senator: no evidence to support Trump vote-fraud claims
By MATTHEW DALY, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A key Republican senator said Friday he saw no evidence to support President Donald Trump's baseless claim that Democrats are trying to "steal" ...
Nov 06, 2020
Biden ahead in Georgia, Pennsylvania; Trump attacks process
Joe Biden and Donald Trump take the stage for the first presidential debate of 2020. By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Joe Biden overto...
Nov 06, 2020
Ex-priest indicted on multiple counts of child molestation
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) - A former Rhode Island priest was indicted Thursday on multiple counts of child molestation, state Attorney General Peter Neronha's office said. The grand jury indictment agains...
Nov 06, 2020
Counting presses ahead 2 days after Election Day
Donald Trump and Joe Biden. (photo via pool CNN/ABC) By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Election officials in key battlegrounds pressed forward T...
Nov 05, 2020
Governor issues sweeping restrictions to stymie virus spread
Governor Gina Raimondo holds her weekly virus update at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Pool photo by Sandor Bodo / The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo issued an adviso...
Nov 05, 2020
EXPLAINER: States still in play and what makes them that way
By BRIAN SLODYSKO, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A handful of pivotal states remained in play Wednesday in the tightly contested U.S. presidential race. Here, The Associated Press reviews the...
Nov 05, 2020
Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome
AP pool photo WASHINGTON (AP) - As Democrat Joe Biden inched closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, President Donald Trump's campaign put into action the legal strate...
Nov 05, 2020
Biden rebuilding ‘blue wall’ in race for the White House
Photo via CNN Newsource. By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and ALEXANDRA JAFFE, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College vot...
Nov 05, 2020
Positivity and new case rates remain high in Rhode Island
The state’s COVID-19 data tracker indicates that there are 466 new positive coronavirus cases and two new deaths, the positivity rate is 3.6%. The Department reported on November 4, 2020 that 16...
Nov 04, 2020
