Brown University will no longer require Providence's public and charter school students to pay an $80 application fee.

Court records show that Nelson Blanco, who faced a judge in District Court, Providence, on Oct. 8 has been accused of hurting children in the past.

While all eyes are on the Gulf, Hurricane Isaias may bring some rain to the Northeast. Here's the latest forecast.

The Providence Journal sports team is back with its weekly high school football picks. The experts at 75 Fountain St. are ...

33-year-old federal prosecutor Patt Cannaday was voted off "Survivor" by the Toka tribe in Episode 3. While a five-person ...

The Powerball jackpot is on the rise again after no ticket matched all six numbers in Wednesday night's drawing.

Blank Street, an up-and-coming coffee shop chain from New York, plans to open its first Rhode Island location.

Don't like the RPI football playoff system? Our writer breaks down two ways to use RPI better and makes his predictions for ...

The biggest flash point: the best way to deal with Democratic Socialist David Morales, should he become the next mayor of ...

See where Black entrepreneurs, civil rights leaders, doctors and educators made their mark during the city's Gilded Age.

Board President Ty'Relle Stephens said that if he were a Providence parent, he would call on them all to resign.

Halloween is right around the corner, which means costume parties, trick-or-treat nights and haunted houses. Rhode Island has ...