FILE – Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis. (L), Representative-elect Karen Handel, R-Ga.(R), and her husband Steve Handel participate in a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 26, 2017. VOA News-Associated Press Top Republicans are hunting district-by-district for just the right candidates — women and minorities in many cases — to help […]Load more...
FILE – Containers of Roundup are displayed on a store shelf in San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2019. VOA News For the third time in less than a year, a jury has ruled the main ingredient in a popular weed killer caused cancer in its users. A San Francisco jury Monday awarded more than $2 billion […]Load more...
FILE – U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China. VOA News-Ken Bredemeier Capitol Hill correspondent Michael Bowman and reporter Ira Mellman contributed to this report President Donald Trump said the United States «can make a deal with China tomorrow» to resolve the trade dispute between the world’s two […]Load more...
Governor Raimondo will visit a Pre-K classroom to Promote Universal
“Kids flourish because of access to quality pre-K,” Raimondo said. “If you don’t start early, these kids are behind by first, second grade.” Governor Gina M. Raimondo, Department of Human Services Director Courtney E. Hawkins, and United Way CEO and President Cortney Nicolato will visit the Tri-County Action Agency’s pre-kindergarten classroom to plant lima beans with the […]Load more...
JOHNSTON, RI – The American Red Cross is helping one family – five adults – no children after a fire today on Finne Road, Johnston. The Red Cross provided assistance to meet the family’simmediate needs. Responders included: Peter Prowe, Christopher Caldwell and Bob Foti. The Red Cross is also providing comfort kits containing personal care items […]Load more...
Federally-funded program will use the Rhode Island 2-1-1 infrastructure to help victims of cybercrime and online fraud PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Congressman Jim Langevin will be joined by local and national officials Monday to celebrate the launch of a statewide cybercrime support and recovery system. The new system allows Rhode Islanders to dial “2-1-1” in order […]Load more...
FILE – A doctor speaks to a patient in an emergency room at Northside Hospital in Cumming, Georgia, Jan. 29, 2018. VOA News – Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will begin a push Thursday to fight health care sticker shock by limiting “surprise medical bills,” the unexpected charges faced by insured patients when […]Load more...
VOA News NEW YORK — U.S. communications regulators are rejecting a Chinese telecom company’s application to provide service in the U.S. due to national-security risks amid an escalation in tensions between the two countries. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted unanimously, 5-0 across party lines, to reject China Mobile International USA Inc.’s long-ago filed […]Load more...
VOA News – Michael Bowman WASHINGTON — A U.S. official on Wednesday said the nation would «lose control» of its border with Mexico unless a massive and protracted surge of undocumented immigrants and asylum-seekers, primarily from Central America, is contained and reversed. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost issued the warning to a Senate panel […]Load more...
FILE – Attorney General William Barr is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 1, 2019, on the Mueller Report. VOA News VOA’s Patsy Widakuswara and Masood Farivar contributed to this report. CAPITOL HILL — The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold Attorney General […]Load more...