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“Providence residents have a right to know how their schools settled a federal investigation into these abysmal learning conditions,” says former superintendent and candidate for mayor. PROVIDENCE, RI — Robert DeRobbio, longtime educator and candidate for mayor, calls on the Providence City Council to block a contract extension for Superintendent Chris Maher until the school […]readmore
(Cranston) - As Mayor, Allan Fung has made it a priority to keep Cranston safe. From fighting the ACLU to keep panhandlers off dangerous intersections, to increasing community policing stations across the city, he is on the front lines in building a safer and stronger community. As Governor, Allan Fung will reform Governor Raimondo's policies […]readmore
Rebecca Edwards The days are getting shorter, school bells are ringing, and Labor Day weekend festivities are almost upon us. Along with the last BBQs of the season, Labor Day also brings more impaired drivers to our nation’s roads. The number one cause of death for Americans aged five to twenty-four is car crashes—and nearly one-third of […]readmore
Colonel Michael Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces that there will be no further charges lodged against a dog trainer in connection with the death of Knox, the English Bulldog. After a joint investigation between the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA) and the Cranston Police, it was […]readmore
VOA News Venezuelan authorities have arrested six people they call «terrorists and hired killers» in what President Nicloas Maduro says was an assassination attempt against him. The apparent attack during a a military parade Saturday involved two explosives-laden drones. One is said to have blown up in midair before reaching its target and the other […]readmore
VOA News/Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan announced Sunday three of its soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a combined, dismounted patrol with local forces. An American service member and two Afghan National Army soldiers were also injured in the blast, the mission said. “My thoughts and prayers, along with […]readmore
VOA News A seventh person has died in the wildfire burning 600 kilometers northeast of San Francisco, as twin fires burning father south exploded in size, forcing hundreds more to evacuate. The Carr fire, which has been burning near the city of Redding for two weeks, killed a power company lineman. It has also killed […]readmore
Stew Leonard Names 19 LB Lobster "Bon Jovi" FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK (August 4, 2018) – Jon Bon Jovi made a surprise appearance at Long Island’s Stew Leonard’s in Farmingdale to visit hundreds of shoppers, fans, and staff. Bon Jovi, a surf and turf fan, was greeted by Stew Leonard’s CEO Stew Leonard, Jr., with a twenty-pound […]readmore
VOA News/Bill Rodgers GETTYSBURG, PA — On a recent Thursday evening, residents of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, brought bags filled with school supplies, toiletries, games and other items to be donated to a shelter in Baltimore, Maryland, that houses migrant children who have been separated from their families. Galvanized by the Trump administration’s now-ended policy of separating detained […]readmore