Providence – La ciudad de Providence informo que puso en operación el portal para dar difusión permanente sobre las casas abandonadas y ofrecer una herramienta tecnológica de cobertura amplia en constante actualización. El portal puede consultarse en la dirección http://www.providenceri.com/every-home-pvd-espanol El Alcalde Jorge O. Elorza creó el programa de EveryHome para revitalizar y llenar cada […]readmore
“Si vienes a Rhode Island y tenemos sexo por paga, iras a la cárcel” El Alcalde de Providence Jorge Elorza y miembros del Departamento de Policía en Providence anunciaron que se esperan arrestos adicionales en la llamada Operación Backpage. La investigación continúa luego de nuevos incidentes en que mujeres fueron víctimas de ataques al publicitar […]readmore
Rhode island – Carlos Ramos (age 27) 12 Courtland Street Providence, RI P1-2016-0355AG Dennise Melendez-Vega (age 23) 190 Laurel Hill Avenue Providence, RI P1-2016-0355BG The Providence County Grand Jury reported out an indictment charging Carlos Ramos and Dennise Melendez-Vega each with one count of first degree robbery, one count of using a firearm while committing […]readmore
Rhode Island – After a review of appropriate state statutes, case law, and operations, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin has found that daily fantasy sports are currently legal under Rhode Island law. Kilmartin sent his finding in a letter to Governor Gina Raimondo, Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed, and Speaker Nicholas Mattiello. Kilmartin also […]readmore
Exeter – Members of the State Police Major Crimes Unit, State Police Forensic Services Unit and the Rhode Island Medical Examiner’s Office have completed a thorough investigation into the deaths of Wilma Reynolds, age 85 and her daughter, identified as Carol D. Lydick, age 64. At this time it appears their deaths are not suspicious […]readmore
Robert Berger JERUSALEM— A high-profile court case involving events that led to the Gaza war in 2014 has concluded in Israel; but not without controversy.A Jerusalem court sentenced two Israeli teenagers to long prison terms for murdering a Palestinian youth, an incident that Israeli officials described as «Jewish terrorism.» One Israeli got life in prison and […]readmore
Jeff Seldin WASHINGTON—Some U.S. officials are heralding new intelligence on the number of Islamic State (IS) fighters as a sign the tide is starting to turn in the battle against the terror group but there are concerns the self-declared caliphate’s larger, global strategy remains very well intact. The terror group, also known as ISIL or […]readmore
Luis Ramirez LONDON—U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has pledged nearly $1 billion in new U.S. aid for Syrian refugees at an international donors conference and is calling for the Syrian government and Russia to halt attacks on rebel-held areas in order to let humanitarian aid through. The conference opened Thursday in London with donor […]readmore
Hasib Danish Alikozai DES MOINES, IOWA—While polls show that most Iowans had the U.S. economy on their minds when they participated in Monday’s caucuses to choose a candidate for president, one group of caucus watchers was picking candidates with a different issue in mind.Five thousand of Iowa’s National Guard troops have served in Afghanistan […]readmore
VOA News The senior U.S. military commander in Afghanistan told Congress on Thursday that training for Afghan forces would be severely constrained if the number of American troops there was cut to 5,500, as President Barack Obama has proposed. Obama is planning to cut the number of American forces in Afghanistan from the current 9,800 […]readmore