U.S. President Donald Trump is hailing progress in ongoing trade talks with China, with negotiators set to meet next week in Washington as the March 1 deadline approaches. «It’s going extremely well, who knows what (that) means because it only matters if we get it done. But we’re very much working very closely with China […]Load more...
VOA News/Mike O’Sullivan TIJUANA, MEXICO — Migrants have arrived in Tijuana and other border cities in caravans of thousands, while others come in small groups of a dozen or so. They have often walked for days through Central America, then ridden buses or gotten rides on trucks through the vast expanses of Mexico. In border cities […]Load more...
Traffic change necessary for Centerville Road Bridge rehabilitation The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced it will implement a detour for a portion of Route 117 East in Warwick effective Monday, February 18. The detour is needed to provide a safe work zone as part of the $6.1 million reconstruction of the Centerville […]Load more...
Rhode Island State Police Arrests FormerBoy Scouts Assistant Chaplain for
Lieutenant Colonel Kevin M. Barry, Acting Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Acting Director of the Department of Public Safety, announces the arrest of an Exeter resident for allegedly sexually assaulting a disabled 18-year-old male. James Glawson, age 74, of 101 Widow Sweets Road, Exeter, is charged with: Three counts of first-degree […]Load more...
O SAY CAN YOU SING AGAIN? PAWSOX TO HOLD AUDITIONS FOR NATIONAL ANTHEM SINGERS SUNDAY, MARCH 3 at the WARWICK MALL, 12-4 pm Pawtucket, RI – The Pawtucket Red Sox are once again offering fans the special opportunity to sing the National Anthem prior to a PawSox game at McCoy Stadium during the upcoming 2019 season. The […]Load more...
«South Side: Where Providence Begins» Exhibit Open PROVIDENCE, RI (February, 14, 2019) – On Thursday, February 14, 2019 a new exhibit will open to the public on the day of Frederick Douglass’ believed date of birth. The exhibit shares the story of the African American Community in South Providence, commemorating a history full of both triumphs […]Load more...
Theme: “Pawtucket Works” Deadline for entry: August 3, 2019 PAWTUCKET – Grab your cameras and snap that picture! The City of Pawtucket and Camera Werks announced the 21st Annual City of Pawtucket Photo Contest. Twelve winning photos will be selected by a panel of local photographers and placed in the 2020 City Calendar. This annual […]Load more...
The Rhode Island State Police and imPossible Dream, a charitable organization that helps chronically ill children, today brought together a group of individuals, organizations and companies that are working together to help make a dream come true for a 10-year-old boy from Cranston. Travis, a fourth grader from Cranston, suffers from a rare congenital disorder […]Load more...
VOA News/William Gallo WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency, bypassing Congress to build a wall along the southern U.S. border, and setting up a legal challenge that could help determine the limits of U.S. presidential power. Warning against what he called “gang monsters” and an “invasion” of drugs and crime, Trump […]Load more...
VOA News/Brian Padden WASHINGTON — Accusations of extortion and blackmail made by the world’s richest man against a national gossip newspaper may have breached the legal limits of broad press freedoms protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, who owns both the Amazon online shopping site and The Washington […]Load more...