PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge Elorza announced that the City will hold its Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, an effort that aims to reduce prescription drug misuse by collecting unused and expired drugs from residents, this Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 10:00am to 2:00pm. «Having unused and expired prescription medications at home presents a very alarming […]readmore
Thousands of communities participate in this weekend’s event (WASHINGTON) – DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide, operated […]readmore
Roger Williams (Londres, 21 de diciembre de 1603 – Providence, Rhode Island, 1 de abril de 1683) fue un teólogo inglés, un notable defensor de la tolerancia religiosa y de la separación iglesia-estado y un defensor de los nativos americanos de Estados Unidos.readmore
Podcast Beca LPR News Formulario de solicitud en línea RI – A través de la Beca Roger Williams, se ayuda a los estudiantes de Rhode Island que aprecian y adoptan los valores y el legado de Roger Williams para que puedan continuar estudiando en la universidad. Este programa de becas anuales fue diseñado para inspirar […]readmore
Dorian Jones ISTANBUL — The Turkish government crackdown that followed the failed July coup is expanding to businesses, with the assets of major multibillion-dollar conglomerates seized, along with hundreds of smaller companies. Earlier this month, three of Turkey’s most prominent businessmen, the Boydak brothers, appeared in handcuffs at their mother’s funeral. Their multibillion-dollar Boydak Holdings was […]readmore
Carla Babb Jamie Dettmer VOA News The general running the coalition’s ground campaign in Iraq is urging Iraqi forces fighting for Mosul not to «go so fast that they start to give opportunity to the enemy.» «I’m not telling the Iraqis not to rush to Mosul. I’m telling them, ‘You’ve got the momentum — sustain […]readmore
Luis Ramirez LONDON — Ecuador’s decision to temporarily cut Julian Assange’s internet access is a sign that the WikiLeaks founder could be overstaying his welcome at the country’s London embassy — or so some in Britain hope. British officials have long expressed frustration at Ecuador’s decision four years ago to let Assange take refuge in the […]readmore
Carla Babb PENTAGON — The flow of foreign fighters traveling from Latin America to join Islamic State forces in the Middle East has been “significantly curtailed,” a top U.S. admiral said Tuesday.Navy Admiral Kurt Tidd, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, which oversees American military activities in Central America, South America and the Caribbean, told reporters […]readmore
VOA News The lower house of Russian parliament, Duma, has unanimously approved a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin to suspend a deal with the United States on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium. Earlier this month, Putin said there is an “emerging threat to strategic stability” as a result of Washington’s «unfriendly actions.» Putin said […]readmore
VOA News A southern California man convicted of trying to become a fighter for the Islamic State terrorist group was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison. Muhanad Badawi, 25, was convicted earlier this year of conspiracy to aid a foreign terrorist organization and other crimes. “The significant sentence the defendant received illustrates the gravity […]readmore