Rhode Island Department of Transportation crews did a massive cleanup of a homeless encampment right on the lines between Cranston and Providence Thursday.Home ...

France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense ...

Mystic Aquarium is welcoming four new additions to its African penguin colony. The aquarium announced the hatching of four penguin chicks on January 6, 7, 9 and 10, according to a post on Twitter. The ...

The First Unitarian Church of Providence is willing to shelter immigrants again but it’s gauging the best course amid a new ...

Here's the story of the first elementary school in Rhode Island. According to the Portsmouth Historical Society, the site of The Southermost Schoolhouse traces back to 1716, when the town of ...

Raylene Hinz-Penner here, a Liberal, Kansas native, retired English professor now living in Newton, with a glimpse into Wordy ...

For the first time in Rhode Island, Providence is on track to add a designated LGBTQ+ landmark to the National Register of ...

After years of oppressive British policies which stifled commerce in Narragansett Bay and surrounding communities, the Colony of R.I. and Providence Plantations renounced allegiance to the Crown on ...

How a pair of Providence city councilors bucked the mayor—and the trend of homelessness criminalization nationwide—to open an ...

The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals. The ...

Jon Dodd has one of the coolest jobs in Rhode Island – he follows sharks around for a living. Yes, including great whites, but also a ton of others. He says there are 545 species of shark – new ones ...