After nine seasons, countless auditions and many failed attempts to impress sometimes unimpress-able panel of judges including Heidi Klum Howie Mandel, Mel B and Howard Stern, America’s Got Talent has finally crowned a magician – and what a magician he is! On Wednesday night’s live finale, Rhode Island magician Mat Franco was named the million […]Load more...
Rhode Island – The Democratic candidate for mayor of Providence Jorge Elorza said it was a shame that the two-time convicted felon former mayor of Providence, Buddy Cianci is running for mayor again. Elorza made the remarks at a forum on Wednesday in which three candidates participated at Laurelmead, a retirement community on the East […]Load more...
Rhode Island – On September 15, 2014 at approximately 12:50 p.m., Adult Correctional Institute (ACI) Minimum Security Inmate, Keurys Pena, age 25, aka Michael Santana, of Providence, walked away from his work assignment at the Prison Industries Building on the ACI Grounds in Cranston at 12:50 p.m. Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode […]Load more...
LINCOLN, R.I., Sept. 17, 2014 – Amica Insurance recently donated a portable fingerprinting machine to the Lincoln Police Department in a ceremony held at Amica Center. The machine, made by Cogent and valued at approximately $10,000, scans the fingerprints onto a connected laptop. Both pieces of equipment are easy to transport, which will give the […]Load more...
Pawtucket – Mayor Donald R. Grebien is urging residents to go on line and to vote for the newly reconstructed Pawtucket River Bridge as the top transportation projects in the United States. “Already the Pawtucket River Bridge has been recognized as one of the top ten Transportation Projects in the country”, said Mayor Grebien. “All […]Load more...
Rhode Island – Work is underway to replace and upgrade Providence viaduct of Interstate 95, one of the busiest areas of the interstate on the East Coast. The Providence Journal reports that there will be a number of planned improvements to the stretch of highway that carries traffic beyond the city center. Plans include expanding […]Load more...
While the world continues to mourn comedienne Joan Rivers, CNN is revealing shocking new information about what may have happened inside Joan’s procedure room at Yorkville Endoscopy clinic on Aug. 28. CNN reports that a «staff member» at Yorkville Endoscopy, where Joan went into cardiac arrest, «told investigators that the doctor, who has not been […]Load more...
BLOOMING GROVE, Pa (CNN) — He’s a survivalist with an extensive shooting background and a grudge against law enforcement, officials say. And now authorities worry the man suspected of gunning down two Pennsylvania State Police troopers may be on the hunt for more officers. Eric Matthew Frein «has made statements about wanting to kill law […]Load more...
Berlin (CNN) — German prosecutors have charged a 93-year-old man with being an accessory to murder in at least 300,000 cases while working for the Nazis at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The man, from the German state of Lower Saxony, is accused of having helped remove the luggage left by new arrivals to the camp […]Load more...
Thirty-five years ago today (Sept. 17), Americans got their first good look at a spaceship that would become a national icon. On Sept. 17, 1976, NASA’s prototype space shuttle Enterprise was rolled out of its assembly facility in Southern California and displayed before a crowd several thousand strong. Though Enterprise was a test vehicle that […]Load more...