By Karen Lee Ziner Journal Staff Writer CRANSTON — For more than a decade, Latino Public Radio has served Rhode Island’s Spanish-speaking community, currently 150,000 and growing. The nonprofit, 24-7 station provides bilingual news and information, including health, educational and financial programming, and culturally targeted entertainment. But the station, 1290 AM WRNI, is facing a […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Secretary Elizabeth Roberts announced that Rhode Island has partnered with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to leverage nearly $130 million in federal funds over the next five years to further transform our healthcare system to support better care and healthier Rhode Islanders. These […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Majority Whip Jo-Ann Ryan (Ward 5) today hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of a new recreation center at Pleasant View Elementary School. Ryan was joined by Mayor Jorge Elorza, Council President Luis Aponte, Superintendent of Providence Schools Christopher Maher, leaders from Providence Public Schools and the Providence Recreation Department, representatives […]readmore
Jamie Dettmer VOA NEWS KILIS, TURKEY — The much fought over front lines in Aleppo separating Syrian rebels in the eastern districts from the mixed forces of President Bashar al-Assad surrounding them have begun to shift dramatically — that’s hardly surprising given how outmatched the fight has become both in terms of manpower and the massive […]readmore
VOA News Cubans lined up Monday to pay their respects to Fidel Castro at Revolution Square in Havana as the country begins a week-long goodbye to the island’s revolutionary leader, a man many loved and many loathed. Memorial services began early Monday after 21-gun salutes sounded simultaneously in the capital and in the eastern city […]readmore
VOA News U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to reverse President Barack Obama’s warming of relations with Cuba, the clearest indication yet that the historic restoration of ties is under threat. «If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the U.S. as a whole, I will […]readmore
VOA News President-elect Donald Trump renewed Sunday his unsubstantiated allegations of vote fraud in the election he won earlier this month. He wrote in Twitter that he would have defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the nationwide popular vote «if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.» Four hours later, he called into question […]readmore
VOA News Police in the midwestern U.S. city of Columbus say at least nine people were injured on the campus of Ohio State University when an attacker drove a vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians and then began stabbing them. The suspect was shot and killed by police. «We have to consider that it is […]readmore
STATE HOUSE — State Representative Robert B. Lancia (R-District 16 Cranston), along with his wife Maryann, will host the 2nd annual ‘Hope for the Holidays’, a benefit to support the ‘Gotta Have Sole’ Foundation. Gotta Have Soul Foundation Inc.’s mission is to provide children living in shelters across the United States with brand-new footwear to […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Health and Human Services Secretary Elizabeth Roberts today announced the next step in Rhode Island’s healthcare system transformation efforts that will increase access to quality, affordable care and build healthier communities. Rhode Island has received $129.7 million in federal funds that will better position the State to […]readmore