VOA News NEW YORK/CANNON BALL, NORTH DAKOTA —Police fired tear gas and water at hundreds of protesters in the freezing North Dakota weather late Sunday and early Monday, in the latest violent clash over a pipeline project running through the state. An estimated 400 protesters mounted the Backwater Bridge just north of Cannon Ball, North […]readmore
VOA News Texas police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a veteran Texas policeman, one of four officers shot in the line of duty Sunday in multiple states. Police say the 31-year-old suspect, Otis McKane, was arrested without incident Monday evening following an extensive manhunt. They say they do not yet know […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – A deadly year for law enforcement just got a lot worse these past few days when five officers were shot, two of them fatally. The shootings occurred in four different states and at least three of the incidents appear to have been cold-blooded ambush-style attacks. On Friday, November 18, Deputy Commander Patrick […]readmore
VOA News/Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD —Pakistan’s military says intense clashes with India along the disputed Kashmir frontier Monday killed at least four Pakistani civilians and wounded 10 others. The army’s media wing, in a statement said, “effective retaliatory fire» killed six Indian soldiers. It did not cite sources for the Indian casualty toll and there has […]readmore
Press Conference Owen West, age 16 and a Survivor of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Speaks Out to Raise Awareness Providence, RI – November 18, 2016 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West LLC hold a press conference with Governor Gina M. Raimondo and the American Red Cross at PLDW’s Providence office, to raise awareness of Rhode Island’s […]readmore
Haitians are awaiting preliminary results from Sunday’s long-delayed presidential election, which took place after balloting in October of last year was annulled due to allegations of fraud. Six million people were eligible to vote for one of 27 presidential candidates, as well as for some members of both houses of parliament. Reports have suggested that […]readmore
VOA News A major fire engulfed a central market in the hillside Petionville district above Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, late Sunday. The cause of the fire was unclear. It came hours after polls closed for the long-delayed presidential election. Meanwhile, Haiti’s electoral council president warned candidates to accept the official results and not make premature announcements. […]readmore
VOA News Venezuela’s Socialist President Nicolas Maduro says he hopes for improved relations with the United States under President-elect Donald Trump. While on the campaign trail, Trump said in July the United States would «end up being Venezuela» if his rival Hillary Clinton were to win the White House. Speaking on his weekly program In […]readmore
Starting November 23, 2016 through November 27, 2016 the Rhode Island State Police, through funding obtained by the Department of Transportation Office on Highway Safety, will be participating in the following enforcement efforts during busiest travel time of the year, the Thanksgiving Holiday: • “Click It or Ticket Campaign” a nationwide program sponsored by the […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I.- Councilwoman Jo-Ann Ryan (Ward 5) will host a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, November 28th to celebrate the opening of a new recreation center at Pleasant View Elementary School. The neighborhood recreation center will serve students from kindergarten through high school, with programming until 9:00 pm on weeknights and weekend hours on Saturdays. […]readmore