“Today, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed legislation that modernizes our notary laws by becoming the 12th state to adopt the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA) – a model designed to standardize notarial requirements and procedures. The bills support the advances in technology commonly used to conduct business today, including electronic notarizations, while also increasing consumer […]readmore
STATE HOUSE – The General Assembly today gave its approval to legislation sponsored by Sen. Harold M. Metts and Rep. Scott Slater to allow people to petition to expunge their criminal records for crimes that were subsequently decriminalized. The legislation, which now goes to the governor, is aimed at leveling the playing field and helping people […]readmore
PAWTUCKET – The Pawtucket Red Sox are changing their name…for one night anyway. The PawSox announced last night following their game at McCoy Stadium that they will take the field as the Pawtucket Hot Wieners on Thursday, August 16 when they host the Durham Bulls at 7:05 pm at McCoy Stadium. The name change pays homage […]readmore
VOA NEWS South Carolina Republican congressional candidate Katie Arrington, who ousted incumbent U.S. Representative Mark Sanford in a primary this month, was seriously injured in a car crash that killed the driver of a second vehicle, her campaign said Saturday. South Carolina Republican congressional candidate Katie Arrington was injured Saturday in a car accident. Arrington, […]readmore
VOA News/Mike O’Sullivan OTAY MESA, CALIFORNIA —Protests continue over the treatment of migrants detained in Texas for entering the United States illegally, although the Trump administration on Wednesday reversed its controversial practice of separating detained children and parents at the border. Still, thousands of migrants remain in detention awaiting their court cases, and many are […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump called Sunday for immediately deporting illegal immigrants entering the United States with «no Judges or Court Cases.» In a string of Twitter comments, Trump declared, «We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country…,» contending that «Our system is a mockery to good immigration policy […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the separation of children from their parents trying to enter the United States illegally is «so sad,» but showed no signs of changing the policy. «A country without borders is not a country at all,» Trump said. «We want safety and security for our country […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — One of U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers said Sunday he is advising him to not pardon anyone linked to the year-long investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election because it would «just cloud» the perception that there was wrong-doing. Rudy Giuliani, a former New York mayor and part of Trump’s […]readmore
VOA News/Anna Matteo In the United States on the third Sunday of June we celebrate Father’s Day! So, today we celebrate fathers with some expressions that use the word “father” and “dad.” Let’s begin with a great father idiom! Success has many fathers but failure is an orphan. An orphan is a child whose parents […]readmore
VOA News Growing up, Timothy “Twix” Ward, a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona, thought he was “normal.” But his family recognized there was something “special” about him. “It wasn’t until I got older that I knew who I was, that I was different from everyone else,” he said. Ward identifies not […]readmore