Two Brown University students were killed and eight injured in a mass shooting in the engineering building. Another person was injured by shrapnel.

PROVIDENCE – With the spookiest day of the year looming on the calendar, The Providence Journal tagged along on two walking tours of Providence with appropriately macabre themes the weekend before Halloween. The Providence Tour Company's "Dark Tales ...

A study, looking at national walking trends, is revealing important insights about walking habits across the United States. For Providence County residents, these findings offer a roadmap to better health through simple, daily actions Walking regularly can ...

Explore the East Side neighborhood where artist Edward Bannister and his entrepreneur wife, Christiana Carteaux, mingled with the city's White elites.

Katrina Fournier chants into a megaphone during a strike outside of Providence Seaside Hospital on Jan. 10. Fournier is an emergency room nurse at Providence Seaside and serves on the bargaining team for the Oregon Nurses Association. At the entrance to ...

NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Health and the North Providence School Department have joined forces to bring a movement to students in the town — the “Walking School Bus.” In most districts, students who live within ...

One of the best parts of writing the Walking Rhode Island column during the past year has been the emails, comments and suggestions I’ve received from readers. Many people started hiking during the pandemic and were looking for basic information about ...

Baristas at the Providence Financial Plaza Starbucks joined colleagues from 33 other cities in walking off the job Thursday.

The anxiety level among Rhode Islanders "has risen" since a person of interest was released from custody amid a manhunt for an assailant who fatally shot two Brown University students on Saturday, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said.