PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Rhode Island Gov. Edward DiPrete, who served as the state's chief executive for six years and was later jailed for corruption, has died. He was 91. Robert Murray… ...

About 1,500 people, many of them tourists, were evacuated from hotels and homes on the Greek island of Crete on Thursday as firefighters struggled to control a wildfire in arid conditions.

If passed, Rhode Island's so-called "Taylor Swift Tax" would establish a new tax rate for non-primary residences valued at more than $1 million.

A Bellingham, Massachusetts, police sergeant is facing several charges, including operating under the influence, after an incident in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island lawmakers want to tax luxury homeowners who spend less than half the year in their second homes in the state a hefty surcharge.

United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 announced Tuesday its members had authorized a strike at Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children’s Hospital.

Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House has advanced legislation that would ban sales of certain semiautomatic rifles.

A Rhode Island man is facing more than a dozen felony charges in Broward County, including multiple counts of possession of child pornography and charges related to sexual conduct with animals ...

Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as assault weapons.

Rhode Island would become the 11th state with some sort of assault weapons ban.