The power of the Executive Branch is vested in the President of the United States, who also acts as head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The President is responsible for ...

University of Rhode Island assistant professor Che-Wei Chang will use a newly awarded US Science Foundation grant to study ...

The idea of an AI footprint is like a carbon footprint, a way to calculate the environmental costs of certain actions.

A nationwide ranking says Kansas is the ninth-most polluted state but a state spokeswoman says Kansas is doing better than ...

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management wants you to think about summer. Parking passes for beach season are now on sale. DEM says resident, non-resident and senior parking passes can ...

Check into The Chanler at Cliff Walk, a luxury boutique hotel set in a historic mansion with scenic ocean views just steps from the famed Cliff Walk. Tour The Breakers, the grandest of Newport’s ...

A 5-year-old golden retriever is recovering after falling through thin ice at a pond in Westerly, prompting a dramatic rescue that firefighters and veterinarians say should serve as a warning to pet ...

Two Rhode Island lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would require the largest fossil fuel companies to pay for ...

ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday will announce a new set of coastal initiatives her administration says will help Long Island communities protect against erosion and floods. The Democrat also ...

Every year, a surge of plastic waste smothers pristine beaches on a remote Australian island off the WA coast. Christmas Island residents say they're fed up with cleaning up the waste, and they're ...

Analysts say the Cold War agreement allows the president to increase the American military presence almost at will. By Jeffrey Gettleman Amelia Nierenberg and Maya Tekeli Maya Tekeli reported from ...

Water vapor rises from one of three stacks of a power station that stand above a tree line in winter. Water vapor rises from the stacks of a coal-fired power plant in southern Ohio in December 2025.