The deadly voyage of The Sally, financed by Rhode Island’s Brown brothers, procured about 200 nameless, enslaved African ...

What was once a swath of rocky land owned by Trappist monks is now a haven for wildlife as well as nature lovers ...

It has the ring of an urban legend. So it's easy to understand why one What and Why RI reader wrote in to ask, "Was Al Pacino really arrested in Rhode Island?" But it's true. #OTD January 7, 1961 ...

Rhode Island is set to benefit from $1.25 million in grants awarded by the National Park Service. These funds aim to boost ...

The RI Natural History Survey presented its initial findings on the twenty-fifth annual Rhode Island BioBlitz at Middletown ...

You wouldn’t know the state is eyeing a nine-digit deficit for the fiscal year that starts July 1 judging by the size of Gov.

This is the largest class of inductees in 21 years. The ceremony is set for March 8, during the men’s basketball ...

Every month, the “Weird Island” podcast  delivers weird and wonderful stories from Rhode Island, like the origin of the Turk’s Head building, the creation of a gym for women in the 1880s, or the story ...