VOA News/Jamie Dettmer New U.S. sanctions on Russia expected to be announced Wednesday, imposed under a chemical and biological warfare law following the poisoning of a former Russian agent and his daughter in Britain earlier this year, have taken effect – the latest chapter in what some are describing as a protracted war of attrition. […]Load more...
VOA News/Associated Press ARLINGTON, VA. — Arlington National Cemetery has been evacuated as authorities respond to a bomb threat. The cemetery said on its social media pages late Wednesday morning that all families, visitors and employees had been evacuated safely from public buildings and work areas. The threat was being investigated. The cemetery says it will […]Load more...
VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday criticized the integrity and legal skills of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, saying on Twitter that anyone looking for a good lawyer should not retain the services of Cohen. Trump was making his first public statements about his former personal attorney, who a day earlier implicated Trump in […]Load more...
VOA News/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump says he, not his campaign, paid hush money through his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, in 2016 just days prior to his election — but asserts he did not know it at the time. «Later on, I knew,» Trump has told Fox News Channel. Part of the […]Load more...
The PawSox do not make Pawtucket. Pawtucket made the PawSox The city I am proud and honored to represent is made great by our resilient community and, no matter what challenge we face, Pawtucket will continue to move forward toward an even brighter future. I know many of my neighbors in Pawtucket and throughout Rhode […]Load more...
Move means 21 religious support personnel jobs will be coming to Naval Station Newport along with hundreds of students annually NEWPORT, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, today welcomed the news that the U.S. Navy plans to relocate the Naval Chaplaincy School and Center (NCSC) and nearly two dozen […]Load more...
WORCESTER, MA — The Pawtucket Red Sox today signed a Letter of Intent to build an innovative downtown ballpark in Worcester, Massachusetts that would be scheduled to open in 2021. PawSox Chairman Larry Lucchino today signed the letter in a ceremony at Worcester’s City Hall with Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, Mayor Joseph Petty, and City […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – On Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m Lt. Governor Dan McKee will be joined by Millennial Rhode Island and the Credit Unions of Rhode Island to host the Lt. Governor’s Entrepreneurship Challenge Final Competition. This event will take place at New England Institute of Technology, 1 New England Tech Blvd., East […]Load more...
Partnership with art gallery provides public access for train passengers Governor Gina Raimondo, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, Congressman Jim Langevin, and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr. today joined with the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly to celebrate the reopening of the Westerly Train Station in downtown Westerly. The station has […]Load more...
WARWICK, R.I. – Judge Bob Flanders, former R.I. Supreme Court Justice and candidate for U.S. Senate, is calling on Sen. Whitehouse to answer to R.I. voters on the cost and consequences of the radical «Medicare for All» plan which he supports. In contrast to the vague promises of Sen. Whitehouse’s so-called plan, Judge Flanders offers […]Load more...