Wayne Lee -VOA News A U.S. House of Representatives task force has accused leaders of a key military command unit of manipulating intelligence reports to depict more favorable progress in combating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria than warranted. The congressional joint task force, created in response to a whistlerblower allegation, released a report Thursday […]readmore
Colonel Michael Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces the arrest of Bunroth Chhun, 41, of 185 Budlong Rd, Cranston, RI, after an investigation into the report of an unattended child in a motor vehicle. On August 11, 2016 at approximately 2:23 pm, Officers from the Cranston Police Department responded to the parking lot […]readmore
Young Turks are increasingly taking to studying abroad as Turkey reels from social and economic crisis. «Because of terror attacks, political uncertainty and security concerns in Turkey, the willingness of Turkish students to go abroad has seriously increased,» Rahmi Mesud Yilmaz, a Turkish foreign education consultant, told VOA. The number of students looking to study […]readmore
VOA News GENEVA — Russia is willing to discuss lengthening its daily, three-hour suspension of military action in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, according to U.N. officials who are also investigating reports that a bomb containing chlorine gas was used by the Syrian military in the area. The Russian military on Thursday was set to […]readmore
Lead levels in the water are dropping in Flint, Michigan, marking «the beginning of the end of the public health disaster,» according to the Virginia Tech University researchers who exposed the lead problem in that troubled northern U.S. city a year ago. But residents still should continue to drink only filtered tap water or bottled […]readmore
PAWTUCKET, RI — One year after Governor Gina M. Raimondo and General Treasurer Seth Magaziner worked with General Assembly leaders to establish new green finance programs at the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (RIIB), the agency is providing $17.2 million in financing to six communities, with a robust pipeline of future demand. The initial round of […]readmore
CENTRAL FALLS – On August 11, 2016 members of the Central Falls Police Special Investigative Unit, Detective Bureau and the Rhode Island State Police High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, executed a court authorized search warrant at 606 Dexter Street, second floor. Upon arrival, Detectives came in contact with the renter of the […]readmore
Providence – The Nardolillo family has a history of supporting the Mounted Command. In 1997, Robert, Al, and David donated B.A.D Boy who proudly served the city for many years. Now, the next generation of the family, Robert III, Ryan, Angelo, Andrew and Anthony continue the family tradition with their donation of Goliath, an 8-year-old, […]readmore
PROVIDENCE – August 11, 2016 – Rhode Island is making progress when it comes to supporting policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Rhode Island […]readmore
Complete redesign delivers improved public access WOONSOCKET, RI: Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt announced today, the launch of a redesigned website for the City of Woonsocket, which went live at 8:30 am. The new site features an improved interface, easy access to public records and commonly used forms and documents, and virtual options to contact City Hall […]readmore