At-home flu vaccine authorized by FDA
FluMist, a nasal spray vaccine, can be self-administered and is approved for two-year-olds up to 49-year-olds. It has to be prescribed before purchase.
Texas jury clears most ‘Trump Train’ drivers in civil trial over 2020 Biden-Harris bus encounter
A federal jury in Texas on Monday cleared a group of former President Donald Trump supporters and found one driver liable in a civil trial over a so-called “Trump Train” that ...
Trump says no to another debate with Harris
The race is tight between former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris as they vie for the White House.
Gunman in Colorado supermarket shooting is the latest to fail with insanity defense
A man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket has been found guilty of murder in the 2021 attack, becoming the latest person to fail in an attempt to be acquitted by reason of insanity.
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Volunteers help seedlings take root as New Mexico attempts to recover from historic wildfire
A small team of volunteers spent a few hours scrambling across fire-ravaged mountainsides, planting hundreds of seedlings as part of a monumental recovery effort that has been ongoing following the ...
Mental health calls to Providence police skyrocketed in recent years
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Target 12 review of Providence police data shows mental health incidents have risen nearly 200% ...
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Pac-12 in talks with basketball powerhouse Gonzaga to join rebuilding league in 2026, AP sources say
The Pac-12 is in discussions with basketball powerhouse Gonzaga to join the rebuilding conference in 2026, three people with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press on Monday. The Pac-12 is ...
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Community Focus: Dr. Stephen Salloway
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, was World Alzheimer’s Day. Dr. Stephen Salloway, the founding director of Butler Hospital’s Memory and Aging Program, joined 12 News at 4 on ...
John rapidly strengthens into a hurricane off southern Mexico’s Pacific coast
A tropical storm over the eastern Pacific Ocean intensified into a category 1 hurricane and was ripping toward Mexico’s southern coast on Monday afternoon. Originally forecast ...
4 migrants died trying to reach an eastern Greek island in a small boat that sank
A small boat carrying migrants from nearby Turkey sank Monday in wind-tossed waters in the eastern Aegean Sea just off the island of Samos, killing at least four people, ...
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A state senator has thwarted a GOP effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for Trump
A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appeared doomed Monday when a state lawmaker denied backers his crucial support for the move. GOP ...
District: Network outage improves at Providence schools
After more than a week without internet, the Providence Public School District says schools are starting to get back online. Target 12 obtained a copy of a letter ...