Rebecca Turco
ABC6 News Desk
Rhode Island, United States
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Verizon tech arrested for video voyeurism of customer
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Verizon tech is charged with video voyeurism after police say he shared a sensitive video from a customer’s iPad. Derrick Calva... → Read More
Former executive director charged with stealing $100K from educa
By: The Associated Press Email: news@abc6.com SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) _ Rhode Island State Police have arrested a former union official they say embezzled more than $100,000 from a union for health c... → Read More
Newport school district goes back to old start times
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com NEWPORT, R.I. - No more sleeping in for Newport students. The school district is going back to its earlier start times next school year, after the school... → Read More
'Race Village' construction continues ahead of Newport stop-over
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com NEWPORT, R.I. (WLNE) - With less than a day until the Newport stop-over of the Volvo Ocean Race, workers continued construction on Race Village at Fort Ad... → Read More
RI gubernatorial candidate subject to civil arrest
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Giovanni Feroce is facing more legal trouble. A district court judge ordered him subje... → Read More
Providence firefighters receive $6m settlement from city
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The legal drama surrounding Providence and its firefighters is officially over. Last month, the city of Providence paid a roughly $6-m... → Read More
Lawmaker pushes for interchangeable MBTA, RIPTA passes
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A new push to make public transit between Rhode Island and Massachusetts seamless. Rep. John Lombardi (D – Providence) is heading a bi... → Read More
Backlash surrounding lawmaker's controversial tweet reaches gube
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – The Rhode Island state representative who called a Parkland school shooting survivor a “dummy” on Twitter Monday has apologized.... → Read More
State rep. raising concerns about relocation of Eleanor Slater p
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com CRANSTON, R.I. – A state representative is sounding the alarm on plans to move Rhode Island psychiatric patients from Eleanor Slater Hospital to Roosevelt... → Read More
RI woman at center of class-action immigration lawsuit
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com BOSTON, Mass. (WLNE) – A Rhode Island woman at the center of an immigration battle is now at the center of a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed by ... → Read More
Temporary restraining order on Providence speed cameras denied
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – The fight to put the brakes on Providence’s speed cameras in school zones has hit a bump in the road. A federal judge denied a ... → Read More
Attleboro prepares for recreational marijuana
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Local marijuana growers are keeping busy as Massachusetts gets closer to opening marijuana retail shops. Many cities and towns in the ... → Read More
Head of Providence NAACP reflects on MLK's legacy on 50th annive
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. – On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., the head of the Providence NAACP recalls how the reverend’s le... → Read More
Local civil rights leaders reflect on MLK's legacy
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. – On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., local civil rights leaders recall how the reverend’s legacy af... → Read More
Legislative commission studying workplace sexual harassment laws
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A new special legislative commission charged with reviewing laws involving sexual harassment in the workplace met for the first time Tu... → Read More
Seekonk voters approve howitzer ballot measure
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com SEEKONK, Mass (WLNE) – The Veterans Memorial Park in Seekonk will once again be home to a historic howitzer, which served as a weapon of division for mont... → Read More
URI, RIC increasing tuition following promised freeze
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) – Tuition rates are going up this fall at the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College. Last week, the Council on Postsec... → Read More
Jorge Depina's murder trial resumes
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Week two of Jorge Depina’s murder trial began Monday. Jurors saw more damaging videos showing some of the disturbing things Depina did... → Read More
150 Providence students heading to D.C. 'March for Our Lives'
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Student activists in Providence are taking their fight for stricter gun control to the nation's capital, days after roughly 1,000 stude... → Read More
Hundreds of Providence students walk out of school as part of na
By: Rebecca Turco Email: rturco@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Hundreds of students in Providence walked out of class Wednesday afternoon, as part of a nationwide movement to raise awareness about g... → Read More