PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Community organizations will gather this morning in front of Providence City Hall to demand additional public school funding. The group said that they represent families of students including Parents Leading for Educational Equity, The Alliance of…
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont. (WLNE) -- The Vermont State Police is currently investigating a trooper-involved shooting that happened on Sunday night. 30-year-old Brenden Sackal of Hopkinton, Rhode Island was shot and injured during an incident that resulted as officials were trying…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, has died. She was 93. The court says she died in Phoenix on…
CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE) -- Cranston voters will take to the polls Tuesday to decide who will represent Ward 6 in the city council. The seat was left open after former Councilman Matthew Reilly resigned both from the council and as…
PAWTUCKET, RI - Khano (KAHN-oh) Smith will be the first head coach and general manager for Rhode Island FC. Smith is a veteran coach…
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) -- A visually impaired woman from Warwick and her guide dog graduated together from Southern New Hampshire University over the weekend. Heather Schey, 48, graduated Saturday with her Bachelor of Arts…
MANSFIELD, Mass. (WLNE) -- After updated guidance from the town, students at Mansfield schools are now able to wash their hands in the midst of a water boil advisory. In a Facebook post Monday, Mansfield Public Schools wrote that in…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- A Rhode Island state senator has joined the call for an independent investigation into grading accusations in Providence schools. Senate Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight Chairman Lou DiPalma sent a letter to Rhode Island Department of…
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) -- The attorney representing the man accused of assaulting Rhode Island radio talk show host John DePetro said his client has become a "target" of the radio host. Attorney John Calcagni acknowledged his Mark Perkins was a…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Education confirmed Thursday that a review is being conducted on the Nathaniel Greene Middle School in Providence following a May incident. A spokesman said former U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Robert…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Last month, ABC 6 News reported on a local, family-owned business that was broken into…
The Bristol County District Attorney's Office said Friday an independent investigation into a fatal police-involved shooting last year in Fall River found that there was "no evidence that a crime was committed by the officers." District Attorney Thomas Quinn…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Dozens of members of an anti-mandate group, as well as a gubernatorial candidate, held a protest in Providence, blocking some…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- "Independent candidate for Gov.," Paul Rianna Jr. and the "Rhode Island Freedom Fighters," an anti-vaccine mandate group, protested inside Providence City Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Rianna said that the group was there to protest the impending COVID-19…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California is poised to impose the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren, a move announced Friday that could push other states to follow as many did after Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the first statewide stay-at-home…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - The Providence City Council will pursue a termination hearing after City Clerk Shawn Selleck was found to have violated conduct policies, creating a toxic work environment. Selleck was removed from his position and then reinstated following…
BOSTON (AP) — Families of veterans who died in one of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks in a U.S. nursing home called Wednesday for changes in how Massachusetts oversees its veterans homes. Members of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Coalition said in a virtual…
PROVIDENCE (AP) — Dancers from a former Providence gentleman’s club have agreed to settle allegations that the club failed to pay them fair wages and forced them to turn over tips. More than 20 exotic dancers from the former Wild…
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state attorney general on Thursday charged two Tacoma police officers with murder and one with manslaughter in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died after repeatedly telling them he couldn’t breathe as…
A North Carolina woman was arrested Monday evening after she allegedly struck peaceful protesters with her car, and police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. The incident occurred at approximately 6:45 p.m. ET at an intersection in…
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina prosecutor said Tuesday that sheriff’s deputies were justified in fatally shooting Andrew Brown Jr. because the Black man struck a deputy with his car and nearly ran him over while ignoring commands…
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former Major League Baseball player and manager Bobby Valentine is taking a swing at politics, announcing Friday that he’s running for mayor of his Connecticut hometown. Valentine, 70, who currently serves as the athletic director at…
BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday launched the main module of its first permanent space station that will host astronauts long term, the latest success for a program that has realized a number of its growing ambitions in recent years.…
PROVIDENCE, RI (WLNE) - Monday, April 19 is the day President Joe Biden said every American adult would be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine. States like Rhode Island and Massachusetts are…
