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Aplazan sentencia por narcotráfico contra Tony Hernández en Nueva York

VOA News Laura Sepúlveda NUEVA YORK — La sentencia por narcotráfico contra Tony Hernández –hermano del presidente hondureño Juan Orlando Hernández- fue aplazada este viernes, según documentos a los que tuvo…

Segunda oleada de influenza azota a EE.UU.

VOA News AP Una segunda oleada de influenza azota a Estados Unidos convirtiendo a la actual temporada en una de las peores para los niños en una década. La cifra…

EE.UU. aclama a Senegal como “ancla de la democracia” en África occidental

VOA News Cindy Saine El secretario de Estado Mike Pompeo se encuentra en Senegal, donde sostendrá conversaciones con el presidente Macky Sall, centradas en fortalecer los lazos de seguridad y…

Trump Wants $1.5B Over 10 Years to Revive US Uranium Mining

VOA News By Associated Press ALT LAKE CITY - The Trump administration is asking Congress for $ billion over 10 years to create a new national stockpile of uranium, saying that…

US: No Start Date Yet for Temporary Afghan Truce

VOA News By Ayaz Gul, Carla Babb ISLAMABAD / MUNICH - Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Saturday that consultations were still underway on setting a start date for a seven-day trial…

Ukraine’s President Vows to End War, Invites Trump to Kyiv

VOA News By Associated Press MUNICH - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed Saturday to end the separatist conflict in the east of his country, where fighting between Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian…

New York Prosecutor Says Former Movie Producer Weinstein Abused His Power

VOA News By Reuters NEW YORK - New York prosecutors told jurors that Harvey Weinstein abused his power and lacked empathy in a closing argument on Friday at the former movie…

Sanders, Buttigieg Lead Muddled Democratic Race

VOA News By Jim Malone The 2020 battle for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination is off to a fast though uncertain start, with strong showings in the first two contests by…

US News

Aplazan sentencia por narcotráfico contra Tony Hernández en Nueva York

LPR NewsFebruary 15, 2020No Comment2020-02-15T17:26:13-05:00

Segunda oleada de influenza azota a EE.UU.

LPR News February 15, 2020 No Comment2020-02-15T17:22:39-05:00

VOA News AP Una segunda oleada de influenza azota a Estados Unidos convirtiendo a la actual temporada en una de las peores para los niños en una década. La cifra de muertes infantiles y la tasa de hospitalización de niños…

EE.UU. aclama a Senegal como “ancla de la democracia” en África occidental

VOA Contributor February 15, 2020 No Comment2020-02-15T16:59:17-05:00

VOA News Cindy Saine El secretario de Estado Mike Pompeo se encuentra en Senegal, donde sostendrá conversaciones con el presidente Macky Sall, centradas en fortalecer los lazos de seguridad y promover una cooperación económica más profunda. Estados Unidos reconoció oficialmente…

Trump Wants $1.5B Over 10 Years to Revive US Uranium Mining

VOA Contributor February 15, 2020 No Comment2020-02-15T16:53:50-05:00

VOA News By Associated Press ALT LAKE CITY - The Trump administration is asking Congress for $ billion over 10 years to create a new national stockpile of uranium, saying that propping up uranium production in the face of cheaper imports…

US: No Start Date Yet for Temporary Afghan Truce

LPR News February 15, 2020 No Comment2020-02-15T16:45:36-05:00

VOA News By Ayaz Gul, Carla Babb ISLAMABAD / MUNICH - Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Saturday that consultations were still underway on setting a start date for a seven-day trial of reduced violence negotiated with the Taliban in ; “That…

Trump to Propose Cuts in Foreign Aid, Social Safety Nets in Budget, Officials Say

VOA Contributor February 10, 2020 No Comment2020-02-10T06:41:29-05:00

VOA News By Reuters WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will propose on Monday a 21% cut in foreign aid and slashes to social safety net programs in his $ trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2021, according to senior administration officials. The…

Buttigieg Leads Democratic Presidential Nomination Contest

VOA Contributor February 10, 2020 No Comment2020-02-10T06:36:32-05:00

VOA News By Ken Bredemeier, Kenneth Schwartz WASHINGTON - Former South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg will enter the country's first primary election Tuesday leading in the delegate count. Iowa's Democratic Party released the results of last week's caucus which was saddled…

Republican Senators: Trump’s Ukraine Actions Were Wrong, but Do Not Merit Removal

VOA Contributor February 2, 2020 No Comment2020-02-02T18:07:41-05:00

VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON - Key Republican senators are saying that President Donald Trump's request to Ukraine to launch an investigation to benefit himself politically was wrong, but did not amount to a significant enough offense to convict him on…

US: No Start Date Yet for Temporary Afghan Truce

LPR NewsFebruary 15, 2020No Comment2020-02-15T16:45:36-05:00

Ukraine’s President Vows to End War, Invites Trump to Kyiv

VOA Contributor February 15, 2020 No Comment2020-02-15T16:41:50-05:00

New York Prosecutor Says Former Movie Producer Weinstein Abused His Power

VOA Contributor February 15, 2020 No Comment2020-02-15T16:48:51-05:00

VOA News By Reuters NEW YORK - New York prosecutors told jurors that Harvey Weinstein abused his power and lacked empathy in a closing argument on Friday at the former movie producer's weeks-long rape trial, a milestone of the #MeToo movement.…

Sanders, Buttigieg Lead Muddled Democratic Race

VOA Contributor February 15, 2020 No Comment2020-02-15T07:20:22-05:00

VOA News By Jim Malone The 2020 battle for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination is off to a fast though uncertain start, with strong showings in the first two contests by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor…

Sedans Take Backseat to SUVs, Trucks for American Buyers

VOA Contributor February 15, 2020 No Comment2020-02-15T07:16:55-05:00

VOA News By Kane Farabaugh CHICAGO - When Bill Walsh Jr.’s father began selling vehicles in the 1960s, customers visiting his Ottawa, Illinois, dealership preferred four-door sedans by the “big three” automakers — Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. “Those vehicles were really what…

US Prepares for Second Wave of Flu as Coronavirus Fears Rise

VOA Contributor February 15, 2020 No Comment2020-02-15T07:11:30-05:00

By VOA News health officials are preparing for a second wave of the winter flu season, complicated this year by similarities between flu symptoms and those of the coronavirus that has killed more than 1,500 in China and spread fear around…

Parkland High School Quiet on Anniversary of Mass Shooting

VOA Contributor February 15, 2020 No Comment2020-02-15T07:04:32-05:00

VOA News By Esha Sarai, Saqib Ul Islam ARKLAND, FLORIDA - The week of Valentine’s Day 2020 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has been quiet. “I like to get out of town this time of year,” Felicia Burgin, an English teacher at…

Stone Sentencing Controversy Raises Doubts About DOJ’s Independence From Political Influence

VOA Contributor February 13, 2020 No Comment2020-02-13T07:00:41-05:00

VOA News By Masood Farivar For decades, the Justice Department has aspired to serve as a model law enforcement agency that largely operates independent of political ;Federal prosecution decisions and sentencing recommendations have been made by career lawyers operating under strict…

Health

Segunda oleada de influenza azota a EE.UU.

LPR NewsFebruary 15, 2020No Comment2020-02-15T17:22:39-05:00

US Prepares for Second Wave of Flu as Coronavirus Fears Rise

VOA Contributor February 15, 2020 No Comment2020-02-15T07:11:30-05:00

Climate vs. Economy: Four Lessons From a Year of Reporting

VOA Contributor January 19, 2020 No Comment2020-01-19T09:57:30-05:00

VOA News By Steve Baragona Does fighting climate change mean wrecking the economy? That's the question my editor posed to me about a year ago. It has been the focus of my reporting ever ; The rhetoric from climate change skeptics…

Passengers on Wuhan Flights Shrug at ‘Temperature and a Form’ Screenings

LPR News January 19, 2020 No Comment2020-01-19T09:42:48-05:00

VOA News By Michelle Quinn SAN FRANCISCO - health officials began screening at three airports — here, Los Angeles and New York — of passengers traveling from Wuhan, a city in central China, where a viral pneumonia has spread. As of Saturday,…

Langevin Votes to Lower Prescription Drug Prices

LPR News December 12, 2019 No Comment2019-12-12T16:52:42-05:00

WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) today voted in favor of 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. The bill, which passed the House by a vote of 230-192, aims to provide relief to Americans struggling with high…

Education

261 Teacher Projects Fully Funded Through DonorsChoose.org Partnership for Rhode Island and Brown-Affiliated Donor Fund Every Project Statewide

LPR NewsNovember 5, 2019No Comment2019-11-05T19:20:53-05:00

PROVIDENCE, – Thanks to the generosity of the Partnership for Rhode Island and Theresia Gouw, a board member of the Corporation of Brown University and of the online charity, DonorsChoose, 261 teacher projects across Rhode Island will be funded through…

Rhode Island Awarded $20 Million Grant to Improve Literacy

LPR News October 2, 2019 No Comment2019-10-02T20:22:43-05:00

PROVIDENCE, - Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Commissioner of Education Angélica Infante-Green announced today that Rhode Island has been awarded a $20 million grant to improve literacy. The five-year Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant from the Department of Education will be used primarily…

UMass Dartmouth STEAM Your Way 2 College summer camp holds final presentations

LPR News July 17, 2019 No Comment2019-07-18T07:47:21-05:00

After two weeks of educational programming, local elementary and middle school students will present their final projects UMass Dartmouth’s STEAM Your Way 2 College summer camp is holding its final presentations on Friday, July 19 from 12:30-1:30 in the Grand Reading…

The Rhode Island State Victim Assistance Academy Will Hold the 11th Annual Academy at Roger Williams University July 9 to Aug. 6

LPR News July 8, 2019 No Comment2019-07-08T10:34:38-05:00

BRISTOL, , July 9, 2019 – The 11th Annual Rhode Island State Victim Assistance Academy, conducted by Family Service of Rhode Island and hosted by the Roger Williams University’s Justice System Training & Research Institute, will be held at the…

Providence Public Schools Report done by Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy

LPR News June 25, 2019 No Comment2019-06-25T17:49:13-05:00

In May 2019, the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy led a review of the Providence Public School District (PPSD). They did so at the invitation of Angelica Infante-Green, the Rhode Island Commissioner of Education, with the support of Governor…

Politics

Sanders, Buttigieg Lead Muddled Democratic Race

VOA ContributorFebruary 15, 2020No Comment2020-02-15T07:20:22-05:00

Stone Sentencing Controversy Raises Doubts About DOJ’s Independence From Political Influence

VOA Contributor February 13, 2020 No Comment2020-02-13T07:00:41-05:00

Democratic Presidential Candidates Soon to Face More Diverse Electorates

VOA Contributor February 13, 2020 No Comment2020-02-13T06:57:01-05:00

VOA News By Ken Bredemeier Democratic presidential challengers turned their focus Wednesday to the next two party nominating contests — in the western state of Nevada and in the southeastern state of South Carolina — in the marathon chase to pick a party nominee to face Republican President Donald Trump…