Category Archives: Politics
Crude pipe bombs sent to Obama, Clintons, CNN; no injuries
Bomb containment unit in New York. Photo via CNN. By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) - Crude pipe bombs targeting Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, CNN and ...
Oct 24, 2018
Attorney General candidate spells out n-word at high school event
By WPRO News A video of Compassion Party candidate for Attorney General Alan Gordon “shout spelling” the n-word has gone national after being picked up by TMZ. TMZ reports Gordon and fello...
Oct 24, 2018
Pension critic endorses Fung in bid to unseat Raimondo
Republican candidate for governor Allan Fung (left) accepts the endorsement of Ted Siedle, a pension consultant and longtime critic of incumbent Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo. Photo by Steve Klamkin W...
Oct 24, 2018
Explosive devices sent to Obama, Clintons; CNN evacuated
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By MICHAEL BALSAMO, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Bombs and other suspicious packages targeting Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama and CNN were intercepted ...
Oct 24, 2018
GOP group pulls ads for Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate
Republican candidate for Governor Allan Fung talks with reporters outside the RI HHS headquarters. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A political group has started pulling ...
Oct 22, 2018
Trillo: Rhode Island police and prisons are not cooperating with ICE
Independent candidate for governor Joe Trillo talks about immigration policies at the ACI in Cranston. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News Rhode Island correctional authorities are delib...
Oct 18, 2018
Groups unite to defeat RI House Speaker’s election campaign
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Two traditionally Democratic-aligned groups have joined forces to defeat Rhode Island’s Democratic House Speaker as he runs for state representative against a Repub...
Oct 18, 2018
Fung says whistleblowers cite questionable practices in rushed UHIP rollout
Republican candidate for Governor Allan Fung talks with reporters outside the RI HHS headquarters. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News Two whistleblowers who walked into his campaign headquarte...
Oct 18, 2018
Man pleads guilty to sending white powder to Trump sons
Video via CNN BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to sending threatening letters filled with white powder to President Donald Trump’s sons, a Democratic senator and a Repu...
Oct 17, 2018
Providence City Council president called on to apologize over confrontation
By The Associated Press and WPRO News Some Providence city councilors are calling for Council President David Salvatore to apologize to two female colleagues after they say he yelled at them for postp...
Oct 17, 2018
