Reactions to decline in Rhode Island's unemployment rate
Gov. Carcieri remains cautious as the state's unemployment rate drops one tenth of one percent to 12.9% in October. WPRO's Steve Klamkin reports ...Read More
New supercomputer installed at Brown University
Billed as the most powerful computer in Rhode Island, it is 50 times more powerful than than what is presently in use at the Ivy League school's Center for Computation and Visualization. WPRO's Steve Klamkin reports ...Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Lawmakers responsible for setting Rhode Island's spending may soon get unwelcome news about a growing budget deficit.... Read More
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island's only Tall Ship will be towed from Newport to Providence next week for steel and mechanical work.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- James Florence scored 33 points to lead Mercer past Bucknell on Friday night, 89-80.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Providence wants tax-exempt institutions that call the city home to contribute more in lieu of taxes, especially since the amount of tax-exempt property in the city is growing.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Providence police are investigating a drive-by shooting.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A staffer for Rhode Island's governor gets paid to be calm in a crisis, at least until a rat crosses her path.... Read More
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- Rep. Barney Frank said Monday he is pushing a proposal to use some of the interest the government collects from the financial industry bailout to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay the mortgage.... Read More
PROVIDENCE R.I. (AP) -- A Coventry man charged with killing his friend at her Providence apartment has been ordered held without bail.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is looking for a new general manager, even though the current boss isn't going anywhere.... Read More
LINCOLN, R.I. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man shot in the face during a scuffle with a Rhode Island state trooper in a Lincoln park has been ordered held on $200,000 bail.... Read More
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter plans to direct medical marijuana dispensaries to start paying sales tax.... Read More
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- The federal government may get to collect billions of dollars in court-ordered restitution under a new divorce decree between former Cendant Corp. chairman Walter Forbes and his wife of 27 years.... Read More
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- The federal government might get to collect billions of dollars in court-ordered restitution under a new divorce decree between imprisoned former Cendant Corp. chairman Walter Forbes and his wife of 27 years.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Nine members of two high school girls' soccer teams have been suspended for their roles in a fight that sparked a brawl in the bleachers.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Motorists face overnight highway closures in Providence in the next two weeks.... Read More
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) -- Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce has returned to practice after missing a day with a sore left knee.... Read More
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The New England Patriots' young defense kept Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts under control for three quarters.... Read More
BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) -- A law allowing police in a beach town to place orange stickers on homes that have hosted loud parties creates a "system of public humiliation" and unfairly targets and shames college students living there, a lawyer told a federal judge Tuesday in urging that the ordinance be struck down.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A reputed Rhode Island mobster fighting charges that he tried to hire someone to kill a rival has fired his lawyer and taken his motion to dismiss the case against him to a federal appeals court.... Read More
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The EU's anti-piracy force says Somali pirates have again attacked the Maersk Alabama, the U.S.-flagged ship hijacked last spring.... Read More
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.... Read More
BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) -- A sea captain from Rhode Island assured his family that he know how to handle a pirate attack before his vessel was targeted off the African coast.... Read More
UNDERHILL, Vt. (AP) -- The former captain of the Maersk Alabama says he has nothing to say about the second pirate attack in seven months on his former ship.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island health authorities are reporting two more deaths due to swine flu.... Read More
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- New England lobstermen are bracing for potential bait shortages next summer after fishery managers voted to slash the amount of herring that can be caught next year.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The Providence Board of Licenses says it'll permit a party at Brown University on Friday after being assured the Ivy League school would beef up security following a rowdy and violent party on campus last weekend.... Read More
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont and seven other states will share nearly $4 million in economic stimulus funding to support a green jobs program.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A Rhode Island couple has been sentenced to federal prison for tax evasion.... Read More
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The company that owns the Maersk Alabama, a freighter targeted by pirates twice in seven months, did not heed a request to rename, repaint or reroute the ship after the first attack off the coast of Africa in the spring, former crew members say.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Power company National Grid has again rejected a proposal to buy clean power from a planned wind farm off the coast on Block Island.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A Senate panel created to consider Rhode Island's marijuana laws has met for the first time.... Read More
EAST LYME, Conn. (AP) -- Authorities say a Rhode Island woman's gambling debts led her to embezzle almost $335,000 from the company that runs East Lyme's school lunch program.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A Providence poet has won a National Book Award for his work.... Read More
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal agency says 136 people died in New England from work-related injuries last year, 27 fewer than in the previous year and the lowest number since it began compiling the statistics in 1992.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Police are investigating the disappearance of two hard drives from Woonsocket City Hall.... Read More
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- The air traffic equipment failure that has delayed flights around the country is also expected to cause some delays at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A new law eliminating mandatory minimum drug sentences in Rhode Island has taken effect without the governor's signature.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The chief justice of Rhode Island's Supreme Court says he's not planning to implement a law that would allow retired judges to be hired to hear cases in private.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A federal appeals court says a Rhode Island judge was correct to order a new trial for a state trooper who was ultimately cleared of using excessive force during a raid on a tribal smoke shop.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The unemployment rate in Rhode Island has fallen for the first time in nearly three years, dropping slightly to 12.9 percent in October.... Read More
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- A North Providence man who claims a Newport police officer shot him with a stun gun has filed a notice of intent to sue the city.... Read More
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- A Rhode Island woman has pleaded no contest to charges that she stole more than $500,000 from two former employers, including a local charity.... Read More
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- A witness says the late brother of the actor James Woods was not seen by a doctor until an hour after he came to the Kent Hospital emergency room complaining of a sore throat.... Read More
MIAMI (AP) -- Investors claiming they were fleeced by a high-profile South Florida attorney filed a $100 million lawsuit Friday contending that the lawyer orchestrated a massive Ponzi scheme with the help of a Canadian bank's U.S. subsidiary and several accomplices.... Read More
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Associated Press has named Karen Testa, currently the news editor for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as New England news editor as part of a restructuring of U.S. news management to ensure the continuing strength of the news cooperative's state reports.... Read More
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- A state medical examiner says a 6-week-old Newport baby who died earlier this year had bruising on her skull and multiple rib fractures.... Read More
BOSTON (AP) -- Vince Carter scored 26 points, Rashard Lewis had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 83-78 on Friday night.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A lawmaker-elect from Providence will be sworn in next week to fill a seat that his late father held for 15 years.... Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri (kuh-CHEHR'-ee) and his wife, Suzanne, are asking residents for help decorating a special "Heroes' Tree" at the Statehouse this holiday season.... Read More
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