VOA News/By Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY — As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey golf course, sending out tweets of support awkwardly mixed in with those promoting a celebrity fight and […]Load more...
By VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump Monday signed a bipartisan bill to ensure that a Victim Compensation Fund related to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 never runs out of money. «Our nation owes each of you a profound debt that no words or deeds will ever repay. But we can and we will […]Load more...
VOA News/ By Ken Bredemeier U.S. President Donald Trump remained focused Monday on his criticism of the eastern U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland, and one of its top officials, Congressman Elijah Cummings, who has been critical of the Trump administration. «Baltimore, under the leadership of Elijah Cummings, has the worst Crime Statistics in the Nation. […]Load more...
VOA News/ By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – The White House on Sunday belittled Democratic lawmakers who are continuing to advance the case for impeaching President Donald Trump after former special counsel Robert Mueller failed to produce any explosive new allegations against the U.S. leader at last week’s congressional hearings. «This is not over in their […]Load more...
Among the victims is a 6-year-old boy, who was identified as Steven Romero by family members. By VOA News Authorities in the western U.S. state of California say a shooter killed at least three people Sunday afternoon at a garlic festival. The attack happened in the city of Gilroy, where police say the shooter was armed […]Load more...
Colonel James M. Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety, announces that members of the State Police Major Crimes Unit arrested an East Greenwich Police Officer for the cyberharassment of an ex-girlfriend during the month of June 2019. On July 24, 2019, Humberto Montalban, […]Load more...
Colonel James M. Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety, announces that members of the State Police Major Crimes Unit arrested a Tiverton Police Officer for falsely producing the signature of the Tiverton Town Treasurer. On July 24, 2019, William R. Munroe, age 56, […]Load more...
VOA News – By Masood Farivar WASHINGTON – “I’ll refer you to the report on that.” “That’s accurate based on what’s in the report.” “I don’t want to wade in those waters.” So it went for more than five hours as former special counsel Robert Mueller appeared before two congressional committees Wednesday to testify about his […]Load more...
By Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON — Robert Ballard, the underwater explorer who found the Titanic, has a new quest: searching for the plane of famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937. National Geographic said Ballard plans to leave from Samoa on Aug. 7 to carry out the hunt with his state-of-the-art research vessel, E/V Nautilus. National Geographic […]Load more...
Spokesman Denies Reports of Puerto Rico Governor’s Resignation
By VOA News A spokesman for Puerto Rico’s embattled governor tamped down rampant media reports that Ricardo Rossello was about to step down after two weeks of massive protests calling for his resignation. «Gov. Ricardo Rossello Nevares has not resigned,» Anthony Maceira said Wednesday. «As he said yesterday, he is in a process of reflection and listening to […]Load more...