SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Tucked between three academic halls at the University of Rhode Island lies a garden of life – and potentially death. URI’s Youngken Medicinal Garden is home to over 300 species of plants from Southeast Asia, Africa, North...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Dan McKee’s political standing was riding – once again – on the outcome of an endorsement vote by power players in the Democratic Party; in this case, the leaders of the AFL-CIO. But when the closed-door meeting of the...
“I don’t usually respond to attacks on my wife, but the comments directed at Lt. Governor Sabina Matos today crossed a line.” So began a Facebook post by the lieutenant governor’s husband, Patrick Ward, written on July 13 in response to a...
As wildfires rage in parts of Canada and northern Minnesota, wildfire smoke is once again pouring into U.S. cities, causing yellow skies and hazy sunsets as “unprecedented” fires forced a remote campground to evacuate visitors. The...
“Dancing with the Stars” pro Gleb Savchenko is seeking emergency custody of the two children he shares with ex Elena Samodanova, citing “exigent circumstances.” The Russian dancer, 42, accused his ex-wife, 43, of child abduction and...
Today is July 17. On this date in: 1453: French forces defeated the British at Gascony, near the town of Castillon-sur-Dordogne, in the Battle of Castillon, the last and conclusive battle of the Hundred Years’ War. 1862: A precursor to the...