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FILE – In this May 25, 1965, file photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, stands over challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston ...

PVDFest returns to the city this weekend, June 2-5, and will "transform streets in the heart of Providence into a celebration of art, music, food, performance and more." The four days of citywide even...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo says she’s concerned about legislation that would create a new roadblock for a proposed gas-fired power plant in rural Rhode Island. The Democrat told ...

Fewer than 15 percent of adults in the United States still smoke. But the pressure among young people to take up the habit remains strong – which is why the CVS Health Foundation has teamed up w...

by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News A University of Rhode Island employee, identified as 34 year old Christian Lepore of Richmond, is responsible for allegedly beating a West Greenwich man to death over Memor...

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, left, laughs with R.I. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, right, moments before Raimondo signed the state budget into law during ceremonies at the Statehouse, Tuesday, ...

A boy brings flowers to put beside a statue of a gorilla outside the shuttered Gorilla World exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Monday, May 30, 2016, in Cincinnati. A gorilla named ...

Originally written by Bill Comeau and Rob Carlson in 1981, Rhode Island retailer Benny's has reprised the one-time state song featuring Steve Smith and the Nakeds. A few famous Rhode Islanders pop up ...

As Rhode Island navigates its way toward the implementation of a tolling plan for trucks using the state's highways, D.O.T. officials here could borrow a page from their neighbors to the north: The Ne...

Rep Anastasia Williams delivered a scathing response to WPRI Channel 12’s coverage of her ethics violation and financial statements on the floor of the house on Tuesday afternoon. See WPRI’...