After more than five years under state control, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is asking state lawmakers to force the ...

Friedrich St. Florian, the architect renowned for his design of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, ...

Mayor Charlie Lombardi is accused of firing a city employee who refused to do work on the mayor’s personal property.

Authorities had also established an air bridge between Mayotte and Reunion Island, another French overseas territory on the other side of Madagascar, said Sebastien Lecornu, the French minister of ...

Fogel, a former teacher at the Anglo-American School in Moscow, was sentenced to 14 years in a Russian penal colony in 2021 after being caught with medical marijuana, which he says was prescribed for ...

The portraits of governors past line the hallways of the Rhode Island State House. Why not the state’s founder? The State ...

Can Providence hit its tough climate change goals? And how will Rhode Island's immigrant community meet the Trump administration's policies? We asked members of The Providence Journal news staff ...

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (WLNE) — The Massachusetts Department of Correction said one inmate was taken to the hospital after a fire occurred in a cell at the Old Colony Correctional Center Monday.

Benedict Arnold (December 21, 1615 – June 19, 1678) was president and then governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving for a total of 11 years in these roles. He was ...

“And by raising the barrier in winter to stop high waters, the island is protected from the surges that used to erode it,” he added. The engineer added that the island’s new vegetation due ...

Officials on the French Indian Ocean colony have concerns that the number could rise in the coming days. A curfew remains in place on the island from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. local time. Defense Minister ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Independent Man was returned to the top of the Rhode Island State House on Wednesday. The 15-foot statue was removed just about a year ago for refurbishment.