5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (111+ words) This year, as the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, The Providence Journal is taking a look at how everyday life played out in Rhode Island in 1776 against a backdrop of extraordinary, .. . Smallpox, food shortages and war shaped everyday RI life in…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (447+ words) Providence, R. I. " A Rhode Island state prosecutor was put on unpaid leave for six months after she was captured on police body camera footage warning one of the officers who were arresting her on a trespassing charge that he was "gonna…...