Category Archives: Local News
RI Democrats Whitehouse, Amo & Magaziner returned to office
Rhode Island Democrats (from left) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Congreesmen Gabe Amo and Seth Magaziner take part in a groundbreaking ceremony in Providence March 19, 2024. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO New...
Nov 06, 2024
CVS Health Q3 profit misses estimates, company names new leaders at 2 divisions
CVS store. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsThe Associated Press CVS Health fell short on third-quarter profit, but it posted strong sales and the health care giant shook up leadership under new C...
Nov 06, 2024
Prosecutors seek a 17-year prison term for Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira
Jack Teixeira: FaceboookBOSTON (AP) - Prosecutors plan to argue that a Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the wa...
Oct 30, 2024
Maria Sharapova and the Bryan brothers are elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Photo: Mark Higgins for the International Tennis Hall of Fame The Associated Press Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion known for plenty of on-court grit and off-court at...
Oct 24, 2024
Should the minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped? Two states are set to decide
The Associated Press Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty of how much she’s going to make...
Oct 21, 2024
CVS Health CEO Lynch steps down as national chain struggles to right its path
Karen Lynch, seen in an undated photo provided by CVS Health, left the company October 18, 2024. She had been promoted to succeed President and CEO Larry Merlo, effective Feb. 1, 2021. The Associated ...
Oct 18, 2024
Flash floods from ‘training thunderstorms’ leave 2 dead in Connecticut
In a photo provided by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, workers Monday inspected a bridge washed out by flooding from intense rainstorms that fell in Southwestern Connecticut August 18, 2...
Aug 19, 2024
Rhode Island files lawsuit against 13 companies that worked on troubled Washington Bridge
A lone work truck occupies the westbound lanes of the Washington Bridge, December 12, 2023, which were closed to traffic due to structural deficiencies. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENC...
Aug 17, 2024
Game of inches: Lobster fishermen say tiny change in legal sizes could disrupt imperiled industry
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsPORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Gerry Cushman has seen Maine’s iconic lobster industry survive numerous threats in his three decades on the water, but the latest challenge...
Aug 14, 2024
Steward Health Care reaches deal to sell its nationwide physicians network
Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, one of the facilities owned and operated by Steward Health Care, which filed for bankruptcy protection May 6, 2024. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (...
Aug 13, 2024
