Nike Chang VOA NEWS STATE DEPARTMENT—The United States summoned the envoy of its close Asian ally, the Philippines, on Monday to clarify insulting and «inappropriate comments» made by President Rodrigo Duterte about U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg, according to the State Department. «We have asked the Philippine chargé to come into the State Department to clarify […]readmore
Lawsuit Seeks to Defend Rights of African-Americans, Latinos and Other Minorities Who Represent Half of County’s Population but Have Never Been Elected to Key Positions in County’s History Washington, D.C., August 8, 2016 – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), along with the Washington, D.C. office of Crowell and Moring LLP […]readmore
Providence – Four men were stabbed Monday morning in Providence, The police asked for the emergency closing of the club. The board of licenses had an emergency meeting on Monday, and unanimously voted to close the nightclub for 72 hours while police further investigated the incident. One of the victims was stabbed multiple times remained […]readmore
LOS ANGELES— South Los Angeles is home to nearly a quarter of all residents of the second most populous U.S. city. It’s a group of mostly low-income neighborhoods covering more than 130 square kilometers, and has been the scene of violent gang activity many times. When there is a shooting involving a Los Angeles police […]readmore
VOA News Day 3 of the Rio Olympics is featuring medal events in gymnastics, swimming, fencing, women’s rugby, judo and more. First timers are also debuting on day 3. Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first U.S. Olympian to compete while wearing a hijab, made her Olympic debut during the fencing competition. She won her first match but […]readmore
Spaniard won gold medal eight years ago but missed 2012 London Games because of knee problems With white tape peeking out from under the red sweat band on his injured left wrist, Rafael Nadal was back in action on Sunday (7 August), playing his first match in 2½ months and back at an Olympics for the […]readmore
Serna Williams opened the defence of her Olympic singles gold medal with a patchy 6-4, 6-2 victory over Australia’s Daria Gavrilova on Sunday, gesturing or yelling at herself as she often does when not all goes her way. «I’m always frustrated on the court if it’s not perfect,» the American said. Williams had not competed […]readmore
The USA women’s artistic gymnastics team treated fans to an impressive performance this afternoon at the Rio Olympic Arena on Sunday. The team, consisting of Ally Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles, Madison Kocian and Laurie Hernandez, are the leaders in the competition after four out of the five subdivisions. Biles and Raisman also qualified for […]readmore
RI – On August 6, 2016, at 1:35 AM, Troopers from the Rhode Island State Lincoln Woods Barracks and Officers from North Providence Police Department responded to a motor vehicle crash on Route 146 North in the Town of North Providence. The investigation revealed that a BMW was traveling on Route 146 North in the […]readmore
Foundation will give three visual artists $25,000 to devote a year to their craft PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island visual artists who dream of spending a year working on their craft have until Aug. 18 to apply for $25,000 fellowships from the Rhode Island Foundation. The grants are considered to be among the largest no-strings-attached […]readmore