Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that on March 28, Brian Torres (age 26), of Providence, pleaded nolo contendere before Providence County Superior Court Magistrate Richard D. Raspallo to charges of driving under the influence, death and personal injury resulting, stemming from a 2018 automobile crash that claimed the life of a 29-year-old man and […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island College will host the 2019 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators’ (NASPA’s) New England Latinx Student Leadership Conference on Friday, April 5, from 4-8 p.m. and on Saturday, April 6, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The purpose of the conference is to foster connections among Latinx college students within the region and to examine […]readmore
Troopers Will Run to Raise Money for Cops for Kids with Cancer Colonel James M. Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety, announces that a team of state troopers will be running the Boston Marathon again this year to raise money for Cops for Kids […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – Following a Senate confirmation hearing today for David Bernhardt, a former big oil lobbyist who President Donald Trump nominated to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior, a coalitionof 15 U.S. Senators, including Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, announced their intent to vote “no” on Bernhardt’s nomination due, at least in part, to […]readmore
VOA NEWS – Lina Correa Rosa Tania Valdés El diplomático venezolano Gustavo Tarre, designado para representar al gobierno interino de Juan Guaidó en la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), estaría cerca de ocupar su silla en el organismo en la medida en que se concreta la salida ordenada por el presidente en disputa Nicolás Maduro. […]readmore
Photo: A general view shows migrants from Central America and Cuba waiting to be registered for humanitarian visas to cross the country on their way to the United States, in Acacoyagua, in Chiapas state, Mexico, March 27, 2019. VOA NEWS- Ken Bredemeier U.S. President Donald Trump is renewing his threat to close the country’s […]readmore
VOA NEWS – Ken Bredemeier U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller’s still secret report about Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is more than 300 pages long, officials said Thursday, as Democrats made new demands that Attorney General William Barr release the full document after only writing a four-page summary last weekend. «Show us […]readmore
VOA NEWS – Victoria Macchi The number of families detained crossing the southern U.S. border without documentation continues to climb this month, according to new data released by the U.S. border agency. U.S. Customs and Border Protection predicts that by March 30, it will have detained roughly 55,000 undocumented family units that crossed into the […]readmore
With Earth Day just around the corner, there’s no better time to make the trip JOHNSTON, R.I. (March 28, 2019) – Pitch in for the environment this Earth Month by joining Resource Recovery for a household hazardous waste collection. The event will be help on Saturday, April 6 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Resource Recovery located at […]readmore
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Doug Collins (R-GA) today introduced H.R. 1952, the Intercountry Adoption Information Act, to remove obstacles for American families pursuing overseas adoption. “Whether adopting at home or abroad, families looking to provide loving homes to children in need should have access to the information required to navigate the process successfully,” said […]readmore