PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A lack of attention to the understanding of the transmission of human influenza has left doctors debating how best to contain flu germs, a U.S. doctor says. In a commentary published online...
By Associated Press Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - Added 3m ago PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The number of beds available in Rhode Island’s homeless shelters this winter is being boosted by 88. Noreen Shawcross, chief of the state Office...
By Associated Press Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - Added 2m ago BEVERLY — A Rhode Island theater owner plans to buy the defunct North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly and reopen for performances by spring. William Hanney tells The...
We already know that IBM, although it didn't get the top position in the Top500 list this time around, did hold the number-one position with its Roadrunner for quite a while. Additionally, the company got the top position in...
We love the beautiful trees of the University of Rhode Island. Many of them are rare or old and all of them are a useful guide to the natural wonder that is Rhode Island. They are what attracted many of us to the University,...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A lawmaker defended Rep. Patrick Kennedy on Monday against a bishop who has acknowledged asking the Rhode Island congressman not to receive Holy Communion because of his support for abortion rights. "We don't...
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Police say a 17-year-old Warwick boy who skipped school to rob a bank has been arrested after leaving fingerprints on the threatening note he passed to the teller. Warwick police Capt. Sean Collins said the...
Providing adequate research infrastructure, mentoring and training opportunities for biomedical researchers in the fields of regenerative medicine and stem cell biology are the goals of two new Centers of Biomedical Research...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] - Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University. Tyrka is...