VOA NEWS- Masood Farivar WASHINGTON — In a big legal and political win for U.S. President Donald Trump, Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded in his final report that there was no evidence that Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign or anyone associated with it colluded with Russia to influence the outcome of the vote, according to a summary of the […]Load more...
Treasurer Magaziner Releases Annual Report Highlighting Recent Accomplishments
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — General Treasurer Seth Magaziner today released his Office’s 2018 Annual Report, which highlights work to support small businesses, to make a once-in-a-generation investment in schools across Rhode Island, and how his office is returning millions of dollars in unclaimed property back to its rightful owners. «Over the past four years, we have found […]Load more...
South Africa’s Liberal Abortion Laws Hampered by Widespread Stigma
VOA NEWS- Anita Powell RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Twenty-six-year-old Precious, as she has asked us to call her to protect her identity, is 16 weeks pregnant. And so is her best friend, also by Precious’ boyfriend. That event turned her life upside down and brought her to the difficult decision to seek an abortion. She lives […]Load more...
EU Parliament Urged to Strip ExxonMobil Lobbyists of Access Badges
VOA NEWS- Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS — The European Parliament faced calls Thursday to strip ExxonMobil lobbyists of their access badges after the US oil giant missed the assembly’s first hearing into claims it knowingly misled the public on climate change. Greens deputy Molly Scott Cato told the hearing in Brussels she would formally make the request […]Load more...
Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda has told Boeing it will cancel a multibillion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after two fatal crashes involving the plane, in what is thought to be the first formal cancellation for the model. “We have sent a letter to Boeing requesting that the order […]Load more...
PHOTO:President Donald Trump shows maps of Syria and Iraq depicting the size of the «ISIS physical caliphate» as he speaks to workers at the country’s only remaining tank manufacturing plant, in Lima, Ohio, March 20, 2019. VOA News In late 2018, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw almost all of its troops from […]Load more...
VOA NEWS-Kane Farabaugh PLAINS, GA. — The early risers who managed to get to the front of the line on this dark and unseasonably cold Sunday morning in southern Georgia are the lucky ones. They will have the opportunity to warm up while sitting in the sanctuary of Maranatha Baptist Church on the outskirts of the […]Load more...
La policía arrestó a un hombre que, según dicen, robó a un anciano en el casino Twin River el jueves por la tarde. La policía dijo que Richard Settipane, de North Reading, Massachusetts, estaba sentado en una máquina de juego cerca de la víctima, un hombre de 80 años, cuando le pidió un cigarrillo. Settipane […]Load more...
Providence, RI (March 21, 2019) – Providence City Council President Sabina Matos has appointed Erlin Rogel, J.D. as the Council’s Chief of Staff effective Monday, March 25, 2019. “Since my election as Council President in January I have worked to build-out the Council office so that we can offer our constituents the highest level of service […]Load more...
Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that Fredi Lopez (age 35) was sentenced yesterday before Superior Court Justice Joseph A. Montalbano to a life sentence at the ACI after pleading guilty to a charge of second-degree murder, stemming from a 2016 incident that claimed the life of Andres Arguijo Acosta. Lopez had pleaded guilty to […]Load more...