Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever wondered where the state of Rhode Island got its name? The state is one of many from the original 13 colonies to be ...

The controversy over the official name of Rhode Island has ended. The voters weighed in tonight, defeating the measure with 170 of 539 precincts reporting. The results indicate that 72,723 voters ...

What’s in a name? For the state of Rhode Island, years of acrimony over an official designation with connotations of slavery. But change is brewing in the union’s smallest state, as Rhode Island Gov.

Have you ever wondered where the state of Rhode Island got its name? The state is one of many from the original 13 colonies to be named by European explorers, as Europeans settled in Rhode Island all ...