Category Archives: Local News

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has turned away James “Whitey” Bulger’s appeal of his racketeering convictions and life sentence. The justices did not comment Monday in leaving i...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Lawyers for the family of former Providence Mayor and WPRO personality Buddy Cianci are challenging his fiance’s claim to a portion of his estate. WPRI-TV reports that Ci...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A court ruling in Rhode Island might make it illegal for drivers to use their cellphone’s GPS. The Providence Journal reports that the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal recen...

Two suspects in a “black money scam” are seen in the parking lot of the Hilton Garden Inn in this frame taken from the hotel video surveillance and released by Providence Police. By Steve ...

Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A federal judge says Brown University must hold a new disciplinary hearing for a student who said he was wrongly accused of sexual assault and suspended...

Wakefield, RI, Sept 21, 2016 – Dan Doyle listens to a witness’s testimony. His trial got underway today at Washington County Superior Court in Wakefield. Doyle was indicted back in 2013 on...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) - Police have searched the home of a Connecticut woman who is presumed dead after going missing at sea during a fishing trip with her son. Officers were seen removing bags, enve...

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...

photo courtesy Matt Allen, WPRO WPRO News WESTPORT – Massachusetts State Police say 3 are dead after a head-on collision on Route 195 eastbound between Exits 10 and 11 in Westport on Wednesday m...

General Treasurer Seth Magaziner. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Saying “the expected performance of most of our hedge funds is not what we’d want it to be,...