VOA News By Kane Farabaugh CAMERON, ILL. – A sunny and warm October day outside Coleman, Illinois, is a welcome sight for farmer Jared Kunkle, who is eager to begin harvesting corn and soybean crops. Inclement weather has been a problem this growing season, as he explained to a group of farmers from Brazil who recently […]readmore
By VOA News Two unrelated earthquakes have rattled California in a little more than a 12-hour period. A magnitude-4.7 earthquake hit a remote mountainous region in central California, 25 kilometers southeast of Hollister, just after noon on Tuesday. It followed a 4.5 magnitude temblor near Pleasant Hill, northeast of San Francisco, late Monday. Despite having occurred […]readmore
VOA News By AP SAN FRANCISCO – “Desperate Housewives» star Felicity Huffman — aka prisoner No. 77806-112 — reported Tuesday to a federal prison in California to serve a two-week sentence in a college admissions scandal that ensnared dozens of wealthy mothers and fathers trying to get their children into elite schools. Huffman’s husband, actor […]readmore
By VOA News The case for obstruction by the Trump administration continues to build, House Democrat Adam Schiff says, after senior members and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani defied subpoenas in the impeachment inquiry. Vice President Mike Pence’s office called the Democratic-led House inquiry «self-proclaimed» and the subpoena «too broad.» The Pentagon also says it is «unable […]readmore
VOA News By Jim Malone WASHINGTON – A dozen Democratic presidential candidates will be on stage for the party’s next primary debate Tuesday on the campus of Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. This will be the fourth Democratic debate since June and will feature the largest group on stage for a single debate. Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi […]readmore
By VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump is pressuring Turkey to stop its offensive in northern Syria with calls for a cease-fire and sanctions against Turkish officials, as he plans to send a delegation led by Vice President Mike Pence to Ankara for talks to resolve the situation. Trump’s action follows sharp criticism in the week […]readmore
By VOA News The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has issued a bipartisan report that calls on the U.S. government and private industry to prevent social media sites from being used to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, as they were in 2016. The report, released Tuesday after more than two years of investigating foreign electoral meddling, […]readmore
VOA News By Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE – The White House is being warned by leaders of the opposition Democratic Party, who control the House of Representatives, to expect a subpoena for documents about President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. Asked by a reporter at a news conference on Wednesday if he would cooperate with such requests […]readmore
The ACLU of RI today announced the settlement of an age and sex discrimination lawsuit filed last year against the now-closed Newport Grand Casino on behalf of a female employee who claimed that she had been paid less than a younger male employee performing the same duties in the same position. The suit was on […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – 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 U.S. Department of Education will be used primarily to support communities and LEAs in strengthening literacy development and instruction from birth […]readmore