Category Archives: Local News
Governments target medical debt with COVID relief funds
BOSTON (AP) - An increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are using federal pandemic relief funds to pay residents' burdensome medical debt. Experts say medical debt often forces p...
Feb 15, 2023
Providence charge suspect in 2nd homicide of 2023
Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez (left) and Major David Lapatin detail a weekend shooting on Burnside St. that left a 25-year old man dead February 13, 2023. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By WPR...
Feb 13, 2023
Judge affirms placing Massachusetts tribal lands into trust
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge has ruled against a group of Taunton residents who sued the federal government in an effort to prevent the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe from b...
Feb 13, 2023
Tom Brady retires at 45, insisting this time it’s ‘for good’
Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looks on before the start of a game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Raymond James Stadium on October 04, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/G...
Feb 01, 2023
State reaches lead abatement agreements with 4 landlords
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The owners of four Rhode Island lead-contaminated properties have agreed to fix the problems and pay fines that combined total more than $700,00 in value, the state attorney ge...
Feb 01, 2023
Top Rhode Island officials call for ban on assault weapons
Gov. Dan McKee (at podium) and RI general officers (at right) announce their support for legislation that would ban assault weapons in RI at the State House January 31, 2023. Photo by Steve Klamkin WP...
Jan 31, 2023
Officials: Estimated 100,000 hens died in Connecticut fire
BOZRAH, Conn. (AP) - An estimated 100,000 hens died in a weekend fire at a Connecticut farm owned by one of the country’s largest egg producers, Connecticut officials confirmed Monday. It’...
Jan 30, 2023
Man charged with killing mom at sea seeks grand jury minutes
Nathan Carman arrives in a small boat at the US Coast Guard station in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. Carman spent a week at sea in a life raft before being rescued by a passing freighter. (AP Photo...
Jan 30, 2023
Massachusetts abortion hotline now offers free legal advice
The Associated Press Massachusetts launched a hotline Monday offering free legal advice to people seeking abortions in the state, as well as their health care providers and helpers - joining several o...
Jan 30, 2023
Toymaker Hasbro laying off 1,000 to cut costs
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - Toymaker Hasbro said Thursday it is cutting about 1,000 jobs as part of moves announced last year to save up to $300 million annually by 2025.Th...
Jan 27, 2023
