Reuters OTTAWA/WASHINGTON —Canada’s charismatic Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be traveling to Washington this week for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama, hoping to revitalize a frayed relationship and draw rare attention to Canadian issues.Trudeau’s Liberals came to power in November by ousting the right-wing Conservative leader Stephen Harper, whose ties with Washington deteriorated as […]readmore
Jeff Seldin WASHINGTON—The United States is promising more transparency on the country’s sometimes-controversial use of drones to strike at terrorist targets. White House Counterterrorism advisor Lisa Monaco announced Monday the administration will release an assessment in the “coming weeks” of both combatant and civilian casualties due to drone and other counterterrorism strikes dating back to […]readmore
Meagan Duzor Residents of the northern U.S. city of Flint, Michigan, have filed a class-action lawsuit against the state’s governor and others alleging gross negligence for causing the city’s drinking water to become contaminated with lead. The group of seven residents filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court seeking damages for thousands of Flint residents […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire and former three-term mayor of New York City, has announced he will not mount a third-party White House bid that could have further upset this year’s already extraordinarily unpredictable presidential campaign. Bloomberg, who has spent months considering an independent campaign, made his decision official in an editorial posted by […]readmore
*Construction on 36,000 square-foot center expected to be completed in the fall* Providence, R.I. – March 7, 2016 – Members of the Moses Brown School community joined together with the Shawmut Design and Construction project team for a “topping off” ceremony held on March 2. The final beams were placed on the new 36,000 square-foot […]readmore
Smithfield, RI- March 7, 2016 – Navigant Credit Union announced today that it has agreed to merge Dexter Credit Union into Navigant Credit Union. Navigant Credit Union will be the surviving credit union. The legal merger will occur on April 10, 2016 and it is expected that all operations will be fully integrated by year-end. […]readmore
Governor Gina M. Raimondo- joined by federal, state, and local officials, as well as representatives from business and education- today launched the state’s first comprehensive computer science education initiative. The Computer Science for RI (CS4RI) effort, in partnership with Microsoft, Code.org, colleges and universities across Rhode Island, and others, seeks to help every public school […]readmore
DEATH OF NANCY REAGAN – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the memory of Nancy Reagan, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that […]readmore
PODCAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo- joined by federal, state, and local officials, as well as representatives from business and education- today launched the state’s first comprehensive computer science education initiative. The Computer Science for RI (CS4RI) effort, in partnership with Microsoft, Code.org, colleges and universities across Rhode Island, and others, seeks to […]readmore
Rhode Island – On March 5, 2016 at 4:23PM, the State Police responded to a motor vehicle crash on Route 95 in the City of Pawtucket. Investigation revealed a silver Toyota, that was traveling in the high-speed lane of Route 95 south was struck by a blue Toyota that had been traveling in the center […]readmore