Rhode Island To Remove “Providence Plantations” From Its Name
[caption id="attachment_184300" align="alignleft" width="320"] File photo of the seal of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as seen on the floor of the...
Can You Help Solve the Horrific Murder of Little Michelle Norris?
It was a beautiful day in May, when Michelle Norris, a precocious seven-year-old, decided to hang with her two brothers at a nearby school playground. After a day of fun, the boys came home but said they lost track of their little sister.
These States Are Getting Ready To Legalize Marijuana
New England could become a completely recreational marijuana zone if lawmakers have it their way. Massachusetts and Maine, along with three other states, already passed...
How To Know If You Have Lyme Disease
Approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported each year around the world. The bacterial infection is transmitted by tick bites, especially deer ticks, making...
Rhode Island, Mercy Brown, and the Great Vampire Panic of 1892
In 19th century New England, an outbreak of consumption triggered a widespread panic. Consumption (also known as tuberculosis) was a leading cause of death in the 1800s; by...
Sanders Feeling the “Burn” as Fundraising Slows With Clinton Win Inevitable
Bernie Sanders' campaign is running low on cash as it enters the closing stretch of the Democratic presidential primaries. Sanders, who routinely speaks of his...
Sanders’ Supporters Prepared to Fight
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is calling on state and national Democratic Party leaders to respect the will of millions of his supporters by opening the...
Textbooks of Doubt: Climate Denial in the Classroom
This is an excerpt cross-posted with permission from the National Center for Science Education. A recent survey by the National Surveys on Energy and the...
Woman Shocked at Seeing Late Husband Die On Reality TV Show
It's true that medical reality shows are a big hit, but would you continue to watch knowing families and patients have, at times, not consented to the...
3 States ban shopping on Thanksgiving Day
Not everyone will be running to the stores on Thanksgiving Day, because in three states it's just not allowed. (Newser) The spread of Thanksgiving Day...
Gallup: A Whopping 70% Hate Their Jobs Despite That Ping-Pong Table
I've always loved my job, if not the place I worked, and if you're reading this at a job you hate, you're in good company....
Why is Patrick Kennedy launching anti-pot group?
The Kennedy’s, once America’s chief political dynasty, has become a mere shadow of its former self. This was primarily because of the untimely deaths of its stars, Jack and Bobby, but also because of relative newcomers like Patrick Kennedy.
Brand New Storm Dumps a Foot of Snow on New England
While the republicans and other less educated refuse to accept the truth, part of the climate change dynamic calls for shorter, harsher winters, and in New England the good folk are sure feeling it, as Mother Nature decides to come calling once again in the form of snow, lots of it.
Catholics Harass Teen Atheist Who Won Prayer Fight
A 16-year-old Rhode Island atheist has her heavily Roman Catholic town of 80,000 in an uproar after she successfully sued her school to take down a eight-foot-tall prayer that hung in the school auditorium for 49 years, reports the New York Times.