Category Archives: Local News
Don Carlson suspends campaign for Congress
Congressional candidate Don Carlson. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO NewsDon Carlson suspended his campaign for Congress Sunday, just over a week before the primary election, after reports ...
Aug 28, 2023
Federal legislation proposed to protect Coast Guard Academy cadets who file sexual assault reports
Photo: U.S. Coast Guard Academy FacebookNEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - Bipartisan federal legislation was introduced Tuesday that would protect cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy who report a sexual ass...
Aug 22, 2023
Feds approve offshore wind farm south of Rhode Island and Martha’s Vineyard
A simulated view of the Revolution Wind farm from Gooseberry Island at Westport, Massachusetts in an image from the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management The Associated Press A...
Aug 22, 2023
New Tri-Town animal shelter opens for business
An animal control officer holds a snake in residence at the new Tri-Town Animal Shelter, shared by North Providence, Smithfield and Johnston. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsBy WPRO NewsNorth Providen...
Aug 03, 2023
Hasbro selling eOne television and movie business to Lionsgate in $500M deal
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated PressHasbro is selling its eOne television and movie business to Lionsgate in an approximately $500 million deal, after having paid $4 billion for the c...
Aug 03, 2023
Connecticut moves to become the latest state to plan for zero-emissions cars by 2035
Kia EV6 – Photo by Paul Zangari WPRO NewsHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut is moving toward becoming the latest state with plans to halt the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.Proposed state ...
Jul 28, 2023
22 attorneys general including RI oppose 3M settlement over water systems contamination with ‘forever chemicals’
Government scientists sample tapwater for so-called “forever chemicals”. Photo: US Geological SurveyTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Twenty-two attorneys general urged a federal court Wednesday...
Jul 27, 2023
Aaron Hernandez brother faces new charges amid concerns over threats, visits to UConn, Brown
Dennis Hernandez, 37, the older brother of the late former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is seen in a July, 18, 2023 booking photo released by Bristol, Connecticut police following his a...
Jul 25, 2023
McKee “free lunch” subject of ethics probe
Gov. Dan McKee. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsWPRO NewsGovernor Dan McKee’s free lunch last January with a lobbyist and principals of a since-terminated would-be re-developer of the Crans...
Jul 25, 2023
$58M in federal grants aim to help schools, day care centers remove lead from drinking water
Senator Ellizabeth Warren (D-MA) File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced $58 million in grants to help schools and day care centers remove lead from drin...
Jul 25, 2023
