WEYMOUTH, MA – A Weymouth police officer who suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting Sunday morning has died, along with a woman inside a nearby home who was struck by gunfire as officers chased the suspect on foot, her name has not been made public authorities said. Weymouth Police Chief Richard Grimes has identified the […]Load more...
Raimondo, Coit to kick off Summer Hours at Scarborough Beach on Monday; Governor to sign Executive Order to reduce reliance on single-use plastics PROVIDENCE, RI – The Governor’s Office announced today dates for Governor Raimondo’s Summer Office Hours at state beaches and parks. The first open Summer Office Hours is scheduled for Monday, July 16 at […]Load more...
URI-led consortium selected by National Science Foundation to operate new research ship to replace R/V Endeavor WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to advance ocean exploration and modernize America’s fleet of Regional Research Vessels, U.S. Senator Jack Reed has worked for years helping to provide $250 million to allow the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today signed an Executive Order announcing that the 30th Governor’s Bay Day celebration will take place on Sunday, July 29, 2018. Governor’s Bay Day will include free parking at all Rhode Island state beaches, as well as fishing in Rhode Island’s saltwaters without a fishing license. The Rhode Island Public Transit […]Load more...
Providence, RI (July 12, 2018) – Providence City Council President David A. Salvatore participated in National Summer Learning Day today at Young Woods Elementary Schools’ Bell Summer Learning Program. «The summer is a great time for Providence youth to enjoy our parks and recreation centers, but it is also a time to remind students to […]Load more...
VOA News The founder of the popular U.S. pizza delivery franchise Papa John’s has resigned as chairman of the company’s board after a published report he used a racial slur during a conference call. Forbes magazine published a report Wednesday that John Schnatter was participating in a media training session with a marketing agency on […]Load more...
WASHINGTON, DC – In advance of the upcoming NATO Summit in Brussels and the Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki, the U.S. Senate today voted 97-2 to pass a motion to instruct authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to reaffirm the ironclad U.S. commitment under Article 5 to […]Load more...
VOA News All 12 boys and their coach have been pulled out of a flooded Thai cave where they and they had been trapped for more than two weeks, according to the Thai Navy SEALs. «All 12 ‘Wild Boars’ and coach have been extracted from the cave,» a post on their Facebook page said, referring […]Load more...
VOA News/Victoria Macchi, Aline Barros By the end of July, the Trump administration is expected to take a step closer to another sweeping policy shift that could block millions of foreigners from coming to the United States or from staying in the country if they have had access to certain public benefits, like children’s health care. […]Load more...
VOA News/Steve Herman BRUSSELS — U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Brussels — home to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union — two steadfast allies with whom the American leader has increasingly put himself at odds. Trump on Tuesday tossed barbs at both organizations. On Twitter, he again bluntly demanded NATO members […]Load more...