It's St. Patrick's Day today, with roughly 61% of Americans celebrating regardless of their heritage. How many Irish ...

The author says the Irish juggernaut in Rhode Island flourished between 1945 to 1950, when Gaels filled every local vocational niche and government office.

An important artist since the 1990s, Sikander (b. 1969) is known for elegant paintings and animations riffing on and updating ...

The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday, hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Colonial Williamsburg is currently accepting ... of a prominent gentry class Virginia family, but seeing what life is like for everyone at the site. The program will accept ...

While many of the Ocean State’s regional names are a nod to Narragansett Indian Tribe words, others came from English ...

The R.I. Life Science Hub is leading development of our state’s first life science incubator, and is already generating a great return on our investment, writes House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi ...

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 ...

This is The Public’s Radio, I’m James Baumgartner. At a time when the longstanding friendship between the US and Canada is ...

Life on Earth may have been kickstarted by 'microlightning' created by crashing waterfalls and ocean waves, a new study has revealed. Tiny 'microlightning' sparks are generated when water droplets ...

On Thursday, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha and 20 other attorneys general filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from laying off over 1,300 U.S. Department of Education ...

Life moves slower in Laos, but the pace is quickening and the 'land of a million elephants' is increasingly in the clutches ...