President Barack Obama was in Newport attending a fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Friday night. Air Force One landed about 6:15 pm, then took off before 10pm. The President was greeted by Governor Lincoln Chafee and the U.S. Senator Jack Reed. He took a few minutes with supporters before boarding Marine 1 for […]readmore
Listening to Residents Helps Rhode Island Nursing Homes Continue to Outperform the Nation Quality of life and care for Rhode Island seniors and their families reach above average marks, making the state a more desirable place for elders Providence, Rhode Island, August 28, 2014 – Nursing home providers are increasingly recognizing that the people who […]readmore
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called for a broad global coalition to combat Islamic State militants, also known as ISIS. In an article published in The New York Times Saturday, Kerry said the terrorist group is a rising threat, not just in Iraq and Syria, but anywhere they could manage to travel undetected […]readmore
On this day in 1967, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. He would remain on the Supreme Court for 24 years before retiring for health reasons, leaving a legacy of upholding the rights of the individual as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. From a young age, […]readmore
Rhode Island College President Nancy Carriuolo is urging students to support the upcoming AIDS Walk for Life. The 29th annual event is slated for Saturday, September 27, 2014 starting and ending on the Rhode Island State House lawn. The event benefits AIDS Project RI, which provides education, prevention and testing programs, and a range […]readmore
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, as a Category 4 hurricane on this day in 2005. Despite being only the third most powerful storm of the 2005 hurricane season, Katrina was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. After briefly coming ashore in southern Florida on August 25 as […]readmore
British Prime Minister David Cameron said the «root cause» of the terrorist threat in the United Kingdom is «Islamist extremism.» He said the killing of U.S. journalist James Foley is clear evidence that ISIS’ fight in Iraq and Syria «is not some foreign conflict thousands of miles from home that we can hope to ignore.» […]readmore
A Syrian man accused in a plot to attack U.S. troops in Iraq has been extradited to the United States. Authorities say Ahmad Ibrahim al-Ahmad made his first courtroom appearance on Thursday in Arizona, where he faces multiple federal charges, including the provision of material support to terrorists. Al-Ahmad is accused of supplying bomb components […]readmore
NATO has called on Russia to cease its «illegal military operations» in eastern Ukraine, which it says are aimed at destabilizing the country. The comments by NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday followed an emergency meeting in Brussels to discuss the worsening crisis. Rasmussen, referencing satellite images released by his organization Thursday, said it […]readmore
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday condemned the stigmatization of Nigerians travelling abroad, due to the recent outbreak of Ebola in the country. In a meeting with David Nabarro, Special Envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, Jonathan said there was no justification for such stigmatization, since his administration has made significant efforts to contain the […]readmore
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