12+ hour, 13+ min ago  (100+ words) Several injured in East Providence explosion, fire'WPRI. com EAST PROVIDENCE, R. I. (WPRI) " An investigation is underway into an explosion at an East Providence industrial facility that injured 13 workers, according to police. First responders rushed to Aspen Aerogels off Dexter Road just…...

20+ hour, 41+ min ago  (374+ words) PROVIDENCE, R. I. (WPRI) " Long before the first shots were fired in Lexington and Concord, Rhode Island was already pushing back against British rule. The smallest state's role in the American Revolution is bigger than many people realize, and as the nation…...

20+ hour, 36+ min ago  (578+ words) PROVIDENCE, R. I. (WPRI) " Lawmakers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts are considering proposals that would ban social media for children. Both pieces of legislation would set new age requirements for children using social media. The Rhode Island proposal limits the use of…...

22+ hour, 44+ min ago  (145+ words) NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) " A man is facing gun and drug-related charges following an investigation between New Bedford police and Massachusetts State Police. On April 2, detectives executed a search warrant at the Earle Street apartment of Steven Ellis, where they…...

19+ hour, 28+ min ago  (460+ words) SWANSEA, Mass. (WPRI) " Two people in Swansea are facing charges following reports that a second-grade student may have brought a gun to school last week. Swansea police launched an investigation after receiving an anonymous tip late Monday night that a…...

13+ hour, 22+ min ago  (597+ words) Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina, is accused of violating federal law, as well as multiple nondisclosure agreements by sharing details of her work with a "special military unit" at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. "Anyone divulging information they vowed to…...

20+ hour, 35+ min ago  (438+ words) BOSTON (WPRI) " The FBI is urging the greater public to check the Wi-Fi routers in their homes, officers and businesses after thousands were infiltrated by Russian government hackers. FBI Boston and the United States Department of Justice recently launched a…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (346+ words) If the ordinance is approved, Smiley said the city would invest $3 million to fund energy efficient projects, renewable energy projects and electrification projects around the city Barbara Ron reports from South Kingstown, where the community is eager to share its…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (485+ words) But the weight of that phrase truly sunk in at the O'Smach Resort complex that we visited on Tuesday. Thailand's military, which conducted a tour for the media, said that the whole area encompasses around 197 acres (80 hectares), equivalent to 150 American…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (382+ words) Erick Valencia Salazar formed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel with Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the drug lord known as "El Mencho" who was killed by the Mexican army in February. Valencia Salazar, 49, of Santa Clara, California, faces a mandatory-minimum prison sentence…...