Reed-backed bill to overturn Trump Administration’s rule expanding junk insurance plans that don’t have to provide health care coverage for people with pre-existing conditions falls on 50-50 vote WASHINGTON, DC – A critical effort to protect consumers from “junk insurance” plans that deny benefits and don’t have to provide health care coverage for people with pre-existing […]readmore
Transaction on track to close in early part of Q4 2018 WOONSOCKET, R.I., Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that allows it to proceed with its proposed acquisition of Aetna (NYSE: AET). DOJ clearance is a key milestone […]readmore
VOA News/Michelle Quinn You see them everywhere in U.S. cities — young and old riding rented electric-powered scooters. When they are done, they can leave the scooters anywhere. Someone has to find and charge the scooters, then return them to designated hot spots where customers can use them the next day. And that has given […]readmore
VOA News/Lisa Schlein GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office is calling on the Venezuelan government to release 59 Colombian nationals held without charge for more than two years under horrific conditions. The detainees were picked up during security sweeps by the Venezuelan police and are being held in prisons that are «monstrous beyond belief,» according […]readmore
VOA News/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is resigning. «It has been an honor of a lifetime,» said Haley, sitting alongside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, where on Tuesday they announced her pending departure. «I’m not leaving until the end of the year.» «We will miss you,» […]readmore
FARMINGTON, Conn.,(October 9, 2018) – Six American Red Cross volunteers from the Connecticut and Rhode Island Region are deploying to support Red Cross relief efforts as tens of thousands of people are in the path of Hurricane Michael. NAME HOMETOWN […]readmore
Today, the Fung Campaign released their new ad ‘Change’ [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAyfk9OSHsA[/embedyt]readmore
VOA News/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is resigning. «It has been an honor of a lifetime,» said Haley, sitting alongside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office where they announced her pending departure on Tuesday. «I’m not leaving until the end of the year.» «We will miss […]readmore
VOA News/Carla Babb PENTAGON — The U.S. service member killed Thursday in southern Afghanistan was conducting combat operations against Taliban forces, a defense official told VOA. International forces in the country had announced earlier in the day, without providing details, that one American service member had been killed in action. A press release said the death […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina Raimondo’s Gun Safety Working Group today released its final report, which includes dozens of recommendations for reducing gun violence, including proposals to strengthen mental health resources in schools, prohibit concealed-carry weapons on school grounds, ban high-capacity magazines, strengthen our permitting laws, and improve statewide data collection on firearms. The Gun Safety Working […]readmore