Category Archives: Local News
Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira expected to plead guilty in federal case
Jack Teixeira: FaceboookBOSTON (AP) - Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, is expect...
Feb 29, 2024
Providence NAACP president convicted of campaign finance violations
Gerard Catala. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The president of the Providence NAACP violated state campaign finance laws when he ran for City Council in 2022, officials ...
Feb 29, 2024
UPDATE: In Ukraine, Schumer challenges Speaker Johnson to ‘rise to the occasion’ and pass more US aid
A delegation of U.S. Senators in Ukraine for meetings with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget BrinkThe Associated Press Standing on Ukrainian soil in a surprise v...
Feb 23, 2024
RIDOT to add travel lanes to I-195 on Washington Bridge
Traffic is shifted away from the crippled western lanes of the Washington Bridge to temporary lanes in the eastbound side of the span in this view from a live RIDOT camera PROVIDENCE, RI - Governor Da...
Feb 21, 2024
Former Marine and crypto lawyer John Deaton to challenge Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Republican John Deaton, a former U.S. Marine and cryptocurrency attorney, announced Monday that he is challenging De...
Feb 20, 2024
Unruly high school asks Massachusetts National Guard to restore order
Airmen and Soldiers of the Massachusetts National Guard took a photo they responded together to help their communities during the COVID-19 response in a 2020 file photo by the U.S. Air National Guard ...
Feb 19, 2024
A man extradited from Scotland continues to claim he’s not the person charged in 2 Utah rape cases
Nicholas Alahverdian. Photo by Jane MacSorley – “I Am Not Nicholas podcast on Audible” The Associated Press A man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the U.S. to avoid rape c...
Feb 06, 2024
Bridge replacement could take “a year or two” says top federal highway official
Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt talks with reporters after touring the crippled Washington Bridge February 5, 2024 with local and state officials. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve...
Feb 05, 2024
Providence approves first state-sanctioned safe injection site in Rhode Island
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated PressA Rhode Island city has approved the first state-sanctioned safe injection site, a place where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be...
Feb 05, 2024
McKee was unaware of the need for bridge closure until just before it happened
Work proceeds on repairing the crippled Washington Bridge in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsGovernor Dan McKee said he found out about the need to close the Was...
Feb 01, 2024
