A Baltimore development company has pulled out of a major construction project in Providence. Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse says it will give up its ownership stake in the $230 million American Locomotive Works project. The 23-acre project, which had been scaled back over time, called for residential units and office and ...

The Providence Journal says it's "saddened" some readers have been offended by an editorial cartoon depicting a mixed-race Rhode Island lawmaker as a shoeshine boy. The cartoon, which ran Saturday, showed House Majority Leader Gordon Fox shining the shoes of House Speaker William Murphy ...

Looking for a major housing upgrade? How about the largest privately owned home in posh Newport? The Belcourt Castle, a 60-room mansion, might be for you — if you have $7.2 million. The Providence Journal reports that the sole surviving member ...

A driver has hit a natural-gas line at a Rhode Island apartment building, setting off an explosion that's injured six firefighters and a police officer. Providence Fire Department Deputy Chief James Mirza tells The Providence Journal one firefighter and the officer are hospitalized. Mirza says the driver ...