
2 injured in separate Providence stabbings
wpri.com > news > local-news > providence...Around the same time, officers responded to Rhode Island Hospital for a man who drove himself to the emergency room with multiple stab wounds.... ...Officers responding to the area of Cranston and Ford streets around 3:45 p.m. found a woman who was stabbed in the leg.... ...Providence police investigating early morning shooting 2023 Walk to End Alzheimer’s held at Roger Willams … Woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter... ...2 injured in separate Providence stabbings The best Halloween displays of 2023 in RI, Mass....

Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19...
wpri.com > health...The award was given to Katalin Karikó, a professor at Sagan’s University in Hungary and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and... ...Drew Weissman, who performed his prizewinning research together with Karikó at the University of Pennsylvania.... ...Paabo’s father, Sune Bergstrom, won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1982.... ...Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Assembly, announced the prize and said both scientists were “overwhelmed” by news of the prize when he contacted...

Middleboro police mourn loss of lieutenant
wpri.com > news > local-news > se-mass...MIDDLEBORO, Mass. (WPRI) â The Middleboro Police Department announced the passing of 22-year veteran Lt. Angelo AJ Lapanna III. He was 48.... ...Lapanna died after a battle with stage 4 metastatic head and neck cancer, according to Police Chief Joseph Perkins. âLieutenant Lapanna dedicated... ...He also served 23 years in the Army National Guard, with 10 years in the Military Police and 13 years as a Green Beret.... ...During that time he served two combat tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq, where he earned a Bronze Star Medal....

2 arrested on gun, drug charges at Woonsocket homeless encampment
wpri.com > news > local-news > northwest...Richard Bittner, 30, and Junior Martinez, 53, were taken into custody Friday after officers found a loaded 9mm ghost gun and a Glock 9mm magazine... ..., a loaded Colt 38 special revolver, bags of crack cocaine and other drug trafficking paraphernalia, knives, and a large amount of cash.... ...The best Halloween displays of 2023 in RI, Mass.... ...Providence police investigating early morning shooting 2023 Walk to End Alzheimer’s held at Roger Willams … Woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter...

NFL ‘Toy Story’ Broadcast Is Too Far From Real Football
wpri.com > sports...I left ESPN and Disney’s Toy Story broadcast of the Sunday morning Jaguars-Falcons game on our living room set and waited.... ...We are in a blessed space of time in which they do not quite grasp the nuances of “on demand.”... ...Apparently, Arthur Smith’s mustache just isn't enough on its own.... ...We can watch their eyes close when they"re walloped in the stomach by a defensive lineman....

Report: Aaron Rodgers Met With Jets, Delivered One Simple Message for His Teammates
wpri.com > sports...The news of the meeting and Rodgers’s message was first reported by The Athletic and then confirmed by Fox Sports. ... ...The Jets quarterback reportedly met with his teammates for the first time since his surgery.... ...in the face of running backs coach Taylor Embree.... ...Additionally, cameras showed wide receiver Garrett Wilson and quarterback Zach Wilson having an animated conversation as well....

Blazers May Flip Player From Jrue Holiday-Celtics Trade for Even More Assets
wpri.com > sports...After the Damian Lillard trade which brought in Jrue Holiday and Deandre Ayton, among other things, Portland then flipped Holiday to the Celtics ... ...in exchange for Robert Williams, Malcolm Brogdon and multiple draft picks as well.... ...Brogdon spent all of the 2022-23 season with Boston, averaging 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game while shooting 48.4 percent from... ...It"ll be worth monitoring which teams could step into the fold as potential trade suitors for the 30-year-old guard, but it's not surprising to hear...

Middleborough Police mourn the passing of one of their own
wpri.com > news > local-news...the passing of Lieutenant Angelo AJ Lapanna III,â said Middleborough Police Chief Joseph Perkins.... ...(WPRI) â The Middleborough Police Department announces the passing of a 22-year veteran after a battle with cancer, Lieutenant Angelo AJ Lapanna... ...for his dedication and sacrifice.â He served a 23-year career in the Army National Guard, 10 years in the Military Police, and 13 years as a... ...Green Bertet....

Jrue Holiday Trade Grades: Celtics Go All-In With Big Swing
wpri.com > sports...The Celtics acquired the two-time All-Star guard in a deal with the Trail Blazers on Sunday, sending Malcolm Brogdon, Robert Williams, and two-first... ...Boston makes a huge upgrade at point guard to go toe-to-toe with the Bucks as East favorites. Jrue Holiday is headed back east.... ...Boston has a fantastic top six in Holiday, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Porzingis and Horford.... ...Trevor Ruszkowski/USA TODAY Sports So the final haul for the Lillard trade for Portland is Robert Williams, Malcolm Brogdon, the 2024 Warriors...

Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield dies at age 57
wpri.com > news > breaking-news...BOSTON (WPRI/AP) — Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home... ...Wakefield had brain cancer, according to ex-teammate Curt Schilling, who outed the illness on a podcast last week — drawing an outpouring of support... ...(He was voted the MVP of the Series late in Game 7, before the Atlanta Braves rallied to win on Francisco Cabrera’s single with two out in the bottom... ...only Cy Young and Roger Clemens in franchise history....