Brown University history professor Mack Scott grew up Indigenous in Rhode Island. He moved to the Narragansett reservation in Charlestown in middle school, where he was steeped in his culture. But ...

Woonsocket city leaders followed the actions of many communities across the country. They voted to fine people who camp out on city property. . One unhoused advocacy group says the fines that are part ...

The city of Woonsocket is moving forward with a new ordinance that makes it illegal to camp on public property and carries a fine of up to $250 for repeat violators. Critics say the change is going to ...

Immigration Court Judge Donald Ostrom said he was ordering Juan Francisco Méndez’s release from a detention center in New ...

The abrupt change came the day after Cameron Hamilton testified on Capitol Hill that he did not agree with proposals to ...

Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Marilú Domingo Ortiz says Monday, April 14, started like any other uneventful weekday.

About 47 percent of registered voters ages 18 to 29 cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election last year. That’s less ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

When white smoke finally appeared above the Sistine Chapel Thursday evening, seminarian Nathan Ledoux of Newport had a front row seat. He and several other Rhode Islanders currently studying in Rome ...

Like many New England colleges and universities, Providence-based Johnson & Wales University has been hit hard by declining ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney won the Canadian election vowing to take on President Trump. Tuesday, they meet for the first time ...

Monday is the Met Gala, known as fashion's grandest event, where celebrities from various realms come together at New York's ...