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WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press The Boston Police Department reported Wednesday that three more individuals have been taken into custody in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings. Accordi...

WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) – Former National Basketball Association star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been picked to give the commencement address at the New Eng...

Deborah Gist makes her "State of Education" speech on Tuesday. Screen grab from Capitol TV. By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News State Education Commissioner Deborah Gist delivered her “State of...

Fire scene becomes a crime scene on Pomona Ave. in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin and Carolyn Cronin, WPRO News A body was found in the fire damaged ruins of a 2 1/2 sto...

WPRO Newsroom Eight men from across Rhode Island were arrested today for possession of child pornography. The arrest was the result of a child pornography sweep dubbed “Operation Iceberg” ...

By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News A new independent survey shows that most Rhode Island teachers do not see eye to eye with the state’s Education Commissioner Deborah Gist, and they don’t want he...

A basking shark, like the one that washed ashore in Westerly. Image from flickr.com WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) – A 28-foot-long dead basking shark has washed asho...

Press gathers outside Mikhail Allakhverdov's West Warwick residence. Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News. WPRO Newsroom The uncle of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the two brothers suspected to be...

Photo courtesy State of Rhode Island By Steve Klamkin WPRO News A rock with historic significance in Rhode Island that was taken from its location last summer from waters off North Kingstown has been ...

WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) – The principal of Woonsocket High School says students and staff have been cleared to re-enter the building after a bomb threat prom...