The extreme heat wave this week has forced the New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge to close for a second day in a row, halting ...

State officials In Rhode Island hope the life-sciences will propel new economic growth in the state. But there are challenges ...

Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure to rescind already-approved funds for public media ...

The union representing roughly 2,500 nurses and other health care workers at Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital on Tuesday voted to authorize a strike, though the union stopped short ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep profiles Iran's supreme leader, who is deciding on his next steps after a ceasefire with Israel.