By VOA News Why do Americans celebrate Labor Day? Labor Day is a national holiday, created to honor U.S. workers and their contribution to the economy. Many Americans use the day to celebrate the end of summer and would be surprised to know the day has its roots in the labor movement of the late […]Load more...
VOA News – By Ken Bredemeier, Chris Hannas Hurricane Dorian battered Grand Bahama Island on Monday as the monster storm virtually stalled, toppling and damaging thousands of homes and sending a «life-threatening storm surge» barreling across low-lying coastal lands. Forecasters called the storm «catastrophic» and «devastating.» They predicted Dorian would continue to pound the island throughout much […]Load more...
The Rhode Island State Police announce the arrest of a Quonset Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief for Patronizing a Minor for Commercial Sexual Activity and Indecent Solicitation of a Child. On August 30, 2019, Stephen E. Barker, age 49, of 317 Namquid Drive, Warwick was arrested for one (1) felony count of Patronizing a Minor […]Load more...
Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that Joel Loarca (age 17), of Providence, pleaded guilty to five criminal counts and was given a life sentence plus an additional 10 years to serve at the ACI for the 2018 murder of 15-year-old William Parsons outside of the Providence Career and Technical Academy (PCTA). Superior Court […]Load more...
VOA News El diputado Eduardo Bolsonaro, hijo del presidente Jair Bolsonaro, y el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, se encuentran este viernes en Estados Unidos para «agradecer» al presidente estadounidense Donald Trump su respaldo en la crisis generada por los incendios en la Amazonía. El presidente brasileño hizo el anuncio en Twitter: «Nuestro canciller Ernesto Araújo […]Load more...
By VOA News El presidente Donald Trump dijo el viernes que General Motors Co (GM), el mayor fabricante de automóviles de Estados Unidos, debería comenzar a regresar sus operaciones a Estados Unidos. En medio de la disputa comercial con Beijing, Trump recordó que «grandes plantas» de General Motors fueron llevadas a China antes de que […]Load more...
VOA News By Masood Farivar WASHINGTON – Greg Craig is an improbable figure in the national saga formerly known as the «Russia Investigation.» While almost everyone caught in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s cross-hairs — from Paul Manafort to Roger Stone — had close ties to President Donald Trump’s orbit, Craig was a conspicuous outsider. The 74-year-old veteran […]Load more...
Field of US Democratic Presidential Candidates Narrows as Next Debate
By VOA News The race to pick which Democratic candidate will face U.S. President Donald Trump in next year’s election is getting a little more clear. What once was a contest that seemingly added entrants every day is starting to narrow from a field that at one point featured about 20 candidates. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced […]Load more...
By VOA News Residentes de Florida buscaron abastecerse de alimentos y agua potable mientras están a la espera del potente huracán Dorian, cuando aún no es claro por dónde tocará tierra durante el fin de semana del Día del Trabajo. El presidente Donald Trump ha dicho que podría ser un «absoluto monstruo», en un video […]Load more...
By VOA News Hurricane Dorian is expected to strengthen into «a major hurricane later today,» the National Hurricane Center said Friday. «Dorian is likely to remain an extremely dangerous hurricane while it moves near the northwestern Bahamas and approaches the Florida peninsula through the weekend,» the center said. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state […]Load more...