Leaders of state humanities councils throughout the country say federal funding cuts by President Donald Trump's ...

I first created “THEN & NOW” 30 years (and three newspapers) ago to offer bite-sized, tempting morsels of history. But this ...

How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...

Under the Capital Laws of New-England that went into effect between 1636-1647 the death penalty was meted out for pre-meditated murder, sodomy, witchcraft, adultery, idolatry, blasphemy ...

They sent an urgent letter to George Washington, asking for his blessing as well as men and ammunition to launch their assault ... the British intended to seize weapons owned by Virginians ...

She said she would support a ban on the manufacture and distribution of "ghost" guns, stricter limits on high-capacity ...

PROVIDENCE – On a day that brought some 2,000 gun rights advocates to the State House to rally against a so-called “assault weapons” bill, the chief sponsor acknowledged his proposal as ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Gun rights advocates are up in arms over a state House move to ban assault weapons, which they say would actually restrict many commonly used hunting rifles. House ...

The Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee held a hearing for the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025 on March 26, offering a forum for debate on a bill that restricts the manufacture, sale, ...

LINCOLN, R.I. (WPRI) — The Lincoln Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to adopt a resolution opposing a proposed statewide ban on certain firearms categorized as “assault weapons.” ...