How 'The Gilded Age' got access to Newport's historic mansions and how it's sparking a tourism boom in the Rhode Island resort town.

Because he's a boy. Like Mary for girls, John had been the most popular name for boys born in Rhode Island through the mid to late 1800s and still remained popular long into the 20th century.

“The Gilded Age” more firmly established Rhode Island as a hub for production. The state offers a 30% incentive but competes with larger states like New York and neighboring Massachusetts for ...

"Stand back, I'm about to act," Ashlie Atkinson, who plays gossipy Mrs. Fish on HBO's "The Gilded Age," jokes as she prepares for another take of a luncheon scene that finds her giving side-eye to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island's Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as ...

The state health laboratories conduct a quiet but important work in keeping Rhode Island healthy. Their working space is ...

If Rhode Island lawmakers get their way, pop icon Taylor Swift could soon be paying an extra $136,000 a year in property taxes on her Watch Hill mansion. It's a tiny dent in Swift’s reported $1. ...

Elisabeth Ryan, policy counsel at Everytown for Gun Safety, rejected claims that the proposed law is weak. “The weakest law is what Rhode Island has now, no ban on assault weapons,” Ryan said.