While many of the Ocean State’s regional names are a nod to Narragansett Indian Tribe words, others came from English colonists.

Some of the best museums in the country are in Massachusetts ... include the Historic Patuxet Homesite, a re-created 17th century English village, Plimoth Grist Mill, the Craft Center and ...

Night - Cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds from SE to SSE at 13 to 21 mph (20.9 to 33.8 kph). The overnight low will be 48 °F (8.9 °C). Rain with a high of 53 °F (11.7 °C) and a ...

During TNT’s 4 Nations Face-Off coverage Monday night, when Team USA fell to Lundqvist’s native Sweden, the legendary Rangers goalie was tasked to locate Massachusetts on a map while ...

In response, Sheinbaum sarcastically remarked that North America should be called "América Mexicana" — "Mexican America" — because a 17th-century map labeled the continent as such.

"What a beautiful name — and it's appropriate." In response, Sheinbaum sarcastically remarked that North America should be called "América Mexicana" — "Mexican America" — because a 17th-century map ...

This is a far cry from the apothecary shops of the 17th century where shelves would have been lined with countless jars of dried plants, roots and animal parts and the apothecary would have been busy ...

Over 5,000 National Grid customers in Massachusetts are without power as of 7:30 a.m. on Monday morning after icy storms slammed the state yesterday. Ahead of the storm, National Grid said they ...

“What makes Alain’s discovery so very important is that it provides the link between the church architecture plan used at Jamestown in 1608 and plans later in the 17th century elsewhere in ...

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