Rhode Island was probably the only colony which decreased the number ... but said that other types of torture such as “drawing and quartering, embowelling alive, beheading, public dissection ...

In the 1980s, Smith literally turned the figurative tradition in sculpture inside out, creating objects and drawings ... from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2005, the fiftieth Edward MacDowell ...

The Newport Historical Society (NHS) announced today (April 24) a new self-guided, QR code tour of The Colony House, the ...

Dominick Ruggerio, Rhode Island's longest-serving legislator at nearly 44 years and its Senate president since 2017, died Monday, his office said. He was 76. Ruggerio, a Democrat, died at Fatima ...

Rhode Island has a special connection to carousels. The Crescent Park carousel is the finest example of Charles Looff's work. Looff is celebrated for the beauty of his carousels. EAST PROVIDENCE ...

(WJAR) — A powerful figure in Rhode Island politics has died. Senate President Dominick Ruggerio passed away early Monday morning at the age of 76, after he went back into the hospital last week ...

A Rhode Island school district is being investigated by the Department of Justice for discrimination practices over a student loan forgiveness program that did not include white teachers.

Rhode Island has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. But that doesn't mean tragedies don't touch the Ocean State. Longtime residents may ...

Khano Smith’s Rhode Island lost 2-0 away to Detroit City in the United Soccer League [USL] Championship yesterday [April 19]. Smith, a former Bermuda captain and New England Revolution winger ...

The Rhode Island Public Utility Commission, made up of only two members, reduced a requested increase to a portion of Rhode Island Energy electric bills on Friday. The proposal would have ...

Rhode Island natives Cam Rust and Hassan Washington committed to Seton Hall and Northern Illinois, respectively. The University of Rhode Island men's basketball team started and ended the week ...