NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A wide-ranging climate bill that requires Rhode Island to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 was signed into law Saturday by Gov. Daniel McKee. “With four hundred miles of coastline, urban and rural coastal communities,…
By: Tim Studebaker Facebook: @TStudebakerABC6 Twitter: @TStudebakerABC6 Email: tstudebaker@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is changing the way they…
https://twitter.com/IanSteeleABC6/status/1354572147981758465?s=20 There is a new feel to football at Rhode Island for Jim Fleming, who is in his seventh season running the show for the Rams. With the team two days away from the start of preseason, everything about the…
WOONSOCKET, R.I (WLNE) - Woonsocket Mayor, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt announced today that she has determined that it is not the right time for her to consider a move to the open Lt. Governor's position after Dan McKee takes over as Governor…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - As news broke Thursday that Governor Gina Raimondo would be President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Commerce, support started pouring in…
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) -- While most Black Friday shopping was scaled down this year due to the coronavirus, there were still a few shoppers who went all out. Shoppers camped out outside the…
PROVIDENCE, RI (WLNE) - Three wind turbines have been approved to be built at the Port of Providence. One turbine will be located on leased land at the port, and two additional turbines will be located on leased land at…
BOSTON (AP) — The strongest earthquake to hit southern New England in decades rattled homes and nerves Sunday morning, but didn’t cause any significant damage, authorities said. The 3.6 magnitude earthquake centered off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts, in…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - The Providence Teachers Union has taken legal action against the state and Providence Public Schools over COVID-19 safety conditions…
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) - The Warwick Police Department is investigating a single-car crash on Post Road that left one person dead and three others injured.…
Matchroom Boxing Press Release Demetrius Andrade will face Dusty Harrison over ten rounds at Super-Middleweight on Friday November 27 from Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - Johnson & Wales University announced Monday that in-person learning would temporarily move to remote…
By Mark Pratt, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP)-- Brown University and attorneys for student-athletes who challenged the Ivy League school’s decision to reduce several women’s varsity sports teams to club status announced a proposed settlement Thursday. In addition to…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - Gas prices are up three cents from last week Rhode Island. The current average for regular gasoline in the state is $2.13 per gallon. Today's price is 63 cents cheaper than on this date in 2019,…
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts officials on Tuesday said they’re bracing for another summer with a high number of cases of eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but severe neurological illness transmitted by mosquitoes that hit the state particularly hard last summer.…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Small businesses on Westminster Street never thought they’d have to board up their windows to stay safe from looting. “There’s a little bit…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE): A handful of restaurants are coming together to express concerns with the Governor allowing indoor dining starting June 1st. The owners of Fortnight Wine Bar, Big King, North Oberlin, and Birch signed a letter in response to…
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (WLNE) -- "The Irishman" was nominated for not one but ten Oscars this year, and the executive producer of that acclaimed film is none other than Rhode Island's own Chad Verdi. Ve
A 17-year-old girl was shot and killed Wednesday night at the Plaza Village Apartments in Woonsocket.
Former Vice President Joe Biden met with many enthusiastic supporters of his presidential campaign Sunday, but also faced protests from the right and the left.
Governor Gina Raimondo was joined by city and state leaders Tuesday in Newport to send a message to National Grid that January's week-long gas outage was unacceptable.
By: Julia DeGiovanni Email: news@abc6.com Twitter: @ABC6 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) celebrated the opening of a new dorm on Saturday. North Hall is the college's fi
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Rhode Island aims to become the epicenter of the US offshore wind energy industry,
