Lorillard, the maker of Newport cigarettes, says its first-quarter profit rose 5.7 percent on higher prices and lower costs.

An unemployed woman who won $1 million in a Maine State Lottery game has collected her winnings _ four years after she bought the scratch ticket in a store that’s...

Lineups for the Newport folk and jazz festivals indicate both are returning to their roots.

The Newport Jazz Festival is in the market for a new sponsor.

Police in Newport, N.H., say they dressed as firefighters to trick a man and arrest him after he pointed a shotgun at an officer.

The founder of the Newport folk and jazz festivals says he’s planning on producing both events again this summer.

Pencil the walking horse is back at home after being rescued from an icy pond in northern Kentucky where he was stuck for more than an hour. The Kentucky Enquirer...

EADS chief Louis Gallois said Tuesday that his priority during the financial crisis is protecting cash reserves, but that the aerospace and defense group is prepared to...

Former six-term Sen. Claiborne Pell has died after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90.

A lady lobster with four claws was pulled from the deep this week in the waters off Newport. With a large crusher claw and three pincher claws _ instead of the usual...

A man convicted in the dragging death of an Eastern Washington University student has been sentenced to 27 months in prison.

Music fans unable to attend the Newport folk and jazz festivals will be able to listen to some of the concerts online.

Newport society’s grande dame Eileen Slocum, who lived in a Gilded Age mansion along Millionaire’s Row and was a former national committeewoman for the...

A man who was part of theft ring that stole $1 million worth of sculptures to sell as scrap metal has been sentenced to as many as 20 years in prison.Roger Chaffee, 32,...

Live from Newport: it’s Chevy Chase.Chase, the comic actor and original cast member of “Saturday Night Live” will host the Newport Jazz Festival for...

Picture Courtesy of The Militant Providence, Westerly, Newport, RI— On the 14th of June, several agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (or ICE as they are...

The Newport Folk Festival is picking up good vibrations.The festival producers plan to announce Monday that Brian Wilson, a founding member of the Beach Boys, is...

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin will headline the 2008 JVC Jazz Festival.Festival organizers say the Grammy winner, whose hits include “Respect,” “Chain...

“Survivor” winner Richard Hatch has appealed his tax evasion conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court, his attorney said Tuesday. Hatch was convicted two years...

Saxophonist Sonny Rollins will headline this year’s jazz festival in Newport, Rhode Island.The JVC Jazz Festival Newport will be held August 8 through August 10...