What can centuries-old whaling ship logs tell us about today’s extreme weather? According to scientists, the answer is a lot. They’re using the information recorded by mariners going back hundreds of ...

The Netflix series When Life Gives You Tangerines concluded on March 28. Much to fans' surprise, it is reportedly the first K ...

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce has spurred another debate on the worth of teaching cursive handwriting in the digital age by updating its five-year-old teaching guidance for ...

Do you have a strong Rhode Island accent? We want to hear it. For an upcoming story, The Providence Journal is putting together a compilation of notable local accents. If you'd like to participate ...

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a ...

Judges serve for life in Rhode Island, and magistrates serve for 10-year terms. The law would apply to judges appointed after July 1. PROVIDENCE – State lawmakers are considering a bill this ...

The second jury quickly acquitted him, sending him home from prison after 25 years. In court this month, Wright acknowledged ...

Dr. Rasha Alawieh works at Brown Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital, and she had secured an H-1B visa, her lawyer said PROVIDENCE — A Rhode Island doctor who had traveled to Lebanon to see her ...

A federal court order required a 48-hour notice before a Rhode Island doctor could be deported. Dr. Rasha Alawieh was prevented from reentering the United States on Thursday after she returned ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Brown Medicine doctor was deported despite having an H-1B visa. Dr. Rasha Alawieh was detained at Boston Logan Airport on Thursday after returning from a trip to ...

Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a doctor and assistant professor with a visa to work in Rhode Island, was deported to her native Lebanon over the weekend despite an ongoing dispute over her detention by ...