Providence, Rhode Island August 14, 2018— youth activists representing Young Voices, Providence Student Union, and One Gun Gone gathered on the State House lawn this afternoon for a rally to end gun violence in their communities, on their streets, and in schools across the nation. The rally, led by Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence Youth […]readmore
«Los estudiantes de Providence no deberían necesitar una investigación federal para obtener una buena educación», dice el ex superintendente escolar y candidato a la alcaldía PROVIDENCE, RI – Hoy, el departamento escolar de Jorge Elorza tuvo cerró acuerdo tras una investigación federal del Departamento de Justicia sobre el fracaso de sus programas de Aprendices del Idioma Inglés. El […]readmore
VOA News/Associated Press SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Power has been restored to all of Puerto Rico for the first time since Hurricane Maria struck nearly 11 months ago, officials said Tuesday. The island’s electric utility announced that crews working in the southern city of Ponce reconnected the last neighborhood that had been offline since the […]readmore
VOA News/Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON — The Trump administration believes missing U.S. journalist Austin Tice, thought to have been captured in Syria six years ago, is still alive. «We believe him to be alive,» State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on the sixth anniversary of his disappearance. «We remain deeply concerned about his well-being, and we are […]readmore
VOA News More than 300 Catholic priests sexually abused at least 1,000 children over the last 70 years and church leaders did all they could to cover it up, a Pennsylvania grand jury report released Tuesday said. The report said the number of victims might actually be in the thousands because church records have been […]readmore
Governor: «I’ve personally hired people in recovery because they are determined, committed and focused» PROVIDENCE, R.I. – At a one-stop job training center today in Providence, Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced a new Recovery-Friendly Workplace Initiative — supported by a $4 million federal labor grant — to expand skills training and job opportunities for Rhode […]readmore
WHITE HOUSE — Fifteen months since special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to head the probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, prosecutors and lawyers for President Donald Trump are still negotiating over what questions investigators can ask the president. News reports Wednesday quoted the president’s lawyers as saying they are trying to narrow […]readmore
Residential recycling rate highest since 2013; City on track to meet zero rejected recycling loads by 2030 PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza today announced the City’s significant progress in its residential recycling program. As of July 2018, Providence’s weekly curbside recycling rate stood at 14.6% of total waste collected, the highest seen since […]readmore
Colonel Michael Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces that there will be no further charges lodged against a dog trainer in connection with the death of Knox, the English Bulldog. After a joint investigation between the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA) and the Cranston Police, it was […]readmore
VOA News Venezuelan authorities have arrested six people they call «terrorists and hired killers» in what President Nicloas Maduro says was an assassination attempt against him. The apparent attack during a a military parade Saturday involved two explosives-laden drones. One is said to have blown up in midair before reaching its target and the other […]readmore