In a nutshell, the state is receptive to restoring local control as early as 2026, but only “provided the city is able to prepare accordingly,” said McKee. McKee was joined by RIDE ...

After months of delays and criticism from homelessness advocates, the pallet shelters of Echo Village will finally open today.

Saint Bonaventure heads to Rhode Island in A-10 play Wednesday. Wednesday's meeting is the first of the season for the squads.

Scouting America, Narragansett Council honored 11 dedicated volunteers at its annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner on ...

A new art installation honoring Black history in Rhode Island is up at the Providence Place mall.The "Dear, Love" ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — 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 cooperation ...

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 ...

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

MYSTIC, Conn. (WPRI) — Mystic Aquarium’s colony of African penguins has grown. Four penguin chicks were born at the aquarium ...

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

Each summer, the remote Italian island of Alicudi attracts a slow drip of tourists looking to escape the trappings of modernity. There are no cars or even roads on the two-square-mile volcanic ...

Dodd grew up in Providence, son of a policeman ... Right now, the largest colony of seals we have in Rhode Island is Block Island, but with far more seals on Cape Cod – 50,000 or so – that ...