Investigative reporter/Managing Editor @wpri12 (CBS) in RI. Co-author: "The Last Good Heist" - bit.ly/29II0so. Adjunct prof at @myrwu. Masters: @rwulaw
Joined September 2010
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VIDEO NOW: I spoke more with Council President Rachel Miller tonight about her decision not to run for reelection, who she is endorsing for Ward 13, and if she has ruled out running for office again one day.
Updated story: wpri.com/news/elections/prov… @wpri12
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Tim White retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: Only Target 12 was in court when former RIH nurse, Scott Amaral, who was violently beaten by a patient in 2023, addressed his attacker.
That man, George Bower, changed his plea and was sentenced.
More details coming up on @wpri12.
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NEW: Bristol bristles at RIPTA's request for yet another delay in the Mt. Hope Bridge inspection report lawsuit.
The saga began with a Target 12 investigation that revealed the agency was refusing to release the report on the nearly century-old span.
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The defendants also said the state won’t produce records on inspection, maintenance, and structural deficiencies of other bridges in its inventory.
Jun 9
NEW: The judge overseeing the state’s Washington Bridge lawsuit has tapped a special master to resolve ongoing disputes over access to documents, including internal emails at the governor’s office.
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NEW: The judge overseeing the state’s Washington Bridge lawsuit has tapped a special master to resolve ongoing disputes over access to documents, including internal emails at the governor’s office.
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Tributes to Gordon S. Wood pouring in
Paxson: "an inspiring teacher, a generous mentor ... a towering historian"
Ken Burns: "a teacher of generations of students and other historians who, like him, help us better understand who we are as a country" wpri.com/news/local-news/pro…
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Tragic news today: the eminent historian Gordon S. Wood was struck and killed while walking in the Shaw's plaza in East Providence, his family confirms to me. No comment from Brown yet
Wood was just featured in Ken Burns' American Revolution documentary wpri.com/news/local-news/pro…
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NEW: A Washington Bridge milestone - RI has now spent $200M addressing the bridge failure (and counting)
RIDOT chief says work on new bridge is "going great" - still slated to open late 2028
Lawmakers are moving to audit RIDOT over next 6 months wpri.com/traffic/i-195-washi…
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McKee is shrugging off his campaign's "sex yes" ad snafu, telling me today, "I don't think it's a big deal ... I'm glad we're still talking about the ad"
Foulkes senior adviser slams McKee team, saying mistake "shows what a clown show his campaign is" wpri.com/news/elections/mcke…
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NEW: An unexpected theme of the first @DanMcKeeRI reelection TV ad? Sex positivity
Campaign just resent the spot to fix jokes on a gfx and bought another week of TV time - but stands by attacks
Foulkes spox calls McKee campaign "not ready for prime time" wpri.com/news/elections/mcke…
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Tim White retweeted
NEW: The R.I. Supreme Court has denied Providence's petition to exclude a high-ranking Cranston police officer from sitting on a police misconduct board when the panel hears the case of a controversial police officer for the *second* time in years.
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NEW: A Newport man is accused of inappropriately touching a 16-year-old girl on a Breeze Airways flight from Tampa to TF Green in November.
James Brugman is facing two federal charges. The victim says he also showed her explicit content on the flight.
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May 30
Here you go folks. Definitely a meteor causing that big boom! @wbz
May 30
The flash density product really shows this anomalous "flash" which is pretty distinctive of a bolide/meteor reentry. east of Boston. This is the likely source of the loud boom/explosion.
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NEW: Foulkes campaign to hit the airwaves with a 60-second spot starting tomorrow.
The release comes days after the McKee campaign launched an attack ad on Foulkes.
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NEW: @DanMcKeeRI is getting reinforcements
A pro-McKee 527 outside group called "Working Rhode Island Forward" just incorporated with the IRS
Org is expected to get a cash infusion from organized labor to fund paid media to help gov beat Foulkes wpri.com/news/elections/unio…
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Tim White retweeted
UPDATE: After meeting in executive session, the Foster-Glocester Regional School Committee approved a plan for retired U.S. District Judge William Smith to conduct an independent investigation into former Ponaganset HS teacher, Alisha Crins.
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Tim White retweeted
On Oct. 2 last year, Alisha Crins texted her friends that a relationship with her male student “started as just flirting but just got out of control.”
The texts were shared in an arrest report obtained through a public records request by @wpri12
MORE: wpri.com/target-12/new-repor…
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Three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for 12 News and Target 12, including for "The Last Don of Providence" docuseries.
Proud to work alongside amazing journalists!
@JohnnyVillella @Eli_Sherman
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Helena Foulkes and CVS Health both hit back at Gov. Dan McKee’s campaign on Wednesday over a new attack ad focusing on Foulkes' time as a top executive at CVS, as well as her role in a Medicaid panel a decade ago. Fact Check by @TedNesi: wpri.com/news/elections/foul…
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