VOA NEWS/ Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump stretched the truth on various fronts at his Wisconsin rally and in weekend remarks, asserting that an immigration plan to send migrants illegally in the country to sanctuary cities had begun when it hadn’t. He also claimed credit for jobs he didn’t create, exaggerated his record on […]Load more...
Pope Francis has donated 500,000 dollars to help migrants in Mexico, offering assistance to local projects that provide food, lodging and basic necessities. The funds, from the Peter’s Pence collections, will be distributed among 27 projects promoted by 16 Mexican dioceses and religious congregations, Peter’s Pence said in a statement. In recent months, thousands of […]Load more...
VOA News A 19-year-old college student has been arrested in the synagogue shooting in Poway, California, accused of killing one person and injuring three more. Authorities said John Earnest, an honor roll student at California State University, San Marcos, fled the synagogue Saturday, the last day of Passover, after the shooting, but called the 911 […]Load more...
Education Commissioner’s First Day: Family Service of RI Walking School
Angélica Infante-Green starts new job Monday walking with kids at Kizirian Elementary PROVIDENCE, RI — The kids participating in Family Service of Rhode Island’s Walking School Bus at Providence’s Kizirian Elementary will have the ear of the new leader of the state’s schools as she walks them to class on Monday (April 29). “Magic in the […]Load more...
Eliminación segura de medicamentos El evento anual fue patrocinado por la Administración Federal de Control de Drogas (DEA), y está diseñado «para proporcionar un medio seguro, conveniente y responsable para deshacerse de los medicamentos recetados, y al mismo tiempo educar al público en general sobre el posible abuso de medicamentos». Los Walgreens de Providence el […]Load more...
Rhode Island State Police to Participate in DEA’s National Prescription
Colonel James M. Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, announces that the Rhode Island State Police will again join other law enforcement agencies participating in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 27. This annual event, sponsored by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration […]Load more...
BOSTON – A Massachusetts District Court Judge and Trial Court Officer were indicted today in federal court in Boston on obstruction of justice charges for preventing an ICE Officer from taking custody of an alien defendant. Shelley M. Richmond Joseph, 51, of Natick, who was appointed as a Massachusetts District Court Judge in November 2017, […]Load more...
Governor Raimondo Asks Rhode Islanders to Recycle Right, Keep Ocean
NEWPORT, RI – Governor Gina M. Raimondo was joined at Newport Hospital today by Rhode Island Resource Recovery Executive Director Joseph Reposa and Lifespan CEO Tim Babineau for the official reboot of RI Resource Recovery’s ‘Let’s recycle RIght®!’ public education campaign. With the U.S. recycling industry facing new challenges and the state’s Task Force to Tackle Plastics […]Load more...
Rhode Island State Police Major Timothy G. Sanzi, Detective Commander, reports that the Rhode Island State Police is investigating the discovery of a body at a recycling facility in Johnston earlier today. The body was found at approximately 10:30 a.m. today at Full Circle Recycling, 23 Green Hill Road, Johnston. Members of the Rhode Island […]Load more...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has alerted healthcare providers that the flu is no longer widespread in Rhode Island, which means that healthcare workers who have not been immunized against the flu are no longer required to wear surgical masks during direct patient contact. The flu had been declared widespread in Rhode Island […]Load more...