U.S.-led airstrikes hit near a key Syrian border town for a second day, as Kurdish fighters defend the area from Islamic State militants. The U.S. military confirmed three strikes Wednesday near Kobane, also known as Ayn al Arab, destroying an IS tank, artillery, and an armed vehicle. Clashes there during the past few weeks have […]Load more...
BEIJING—As China marked its National Day Wednesday, a defiant gathering of thousands of people in Hong Kong demanding deeper electoral reforms for the port city cast a shadow over Beijing’s celebration. At a flag-raising ceremony to mark the holiday in Hong Kong, protesters booed and made a “thumbs down” sign as helicopters flew overhead. There […]Load more...
BEIJING/WASHINGTON—Pro-Democracy protests in Hong Kong are expected to swell on Wednesday, China’s National Day, as demonstrators remain defiant of government orders for the civil disobedience to end. Tens of thousands of protesters camped out in at least three parts of Hong Kong Tuesday, maintaining their demands for greater democratic reforms and for Hong Kong Chief […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis is reminding Rhode Islanders that Sunday, October 5, 2014 is the deadline to register to vote in the November 4th, 2014 general election. «I want to remind voters to check their voter registration status at www.sos.ri.gov/vic to make sure their voter registration status is active, or […]Load more...
U.S. researchers have successfully tested a blood test for depression. And it not only could help diagnose and treat patients, but it could also help remove the stigma of a common mental illness. Depression is one of the most common of all mental disorders, says the Northwestern University psychiatry professor who developed the test, Eva […]Load more...
NBC 10’s Alison Bologna will be emceeing this year’s AIDS Walk for Life, which is just days away. Ms. Bologna anchors Channel 10’s 7 p.m. news during the week with Dan Jaehnig, as well as the 5:30 p.m. news with Gene Valicenti. Rhode Island Monthly readers recently voted her top female television news reporter in […]Load more...
President Barack Obama has offered additional security assistance to Ukraine in its standoff with Russia. Speaking Thursday at the White House following talks with visiting President Petro Poroshenko at his side, Obama announced an additional $53 million in fresh aid to Ukraine – $46 million to bolster Ukraine’s security and $7 million in humanitarian aid. […]Load more...
France says its fighter jets have successfully carried out the country’s first airstrikes against Islamic State insurgents inside Iraq. The office of French President Francois Hollande said in a statement Friday that its Rafale jets launched a strike against a militant logistics depot, adding that it was destroyed completely. France did not give the exact […]Load more...
Rhode Island – On September 15, 2014 at approximately 12:50 p.m., Adult Correctional Institute (ACI) Minimum Security Inmate, Keurys Pena, age 25, aka Michael Santana, of Providence, walked away from his work assignment at the Prison Industries Building on the ACI Grounds in Cranston at 12:50 p.m. Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode […]Load more...
LINCOLN, R.I., Sept. 17, 2014 – Amica Insurance recently donated a portable fingerprinting machine to the Lincoln Police Department in a ceremony held at Amica Center. The machine, made by Cogent and valued at approximately $10,000, scans the fingerprints onto a connected laptop. Both pieces of equipment are easy to transport, which will give the […]Load more...
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