Cindy Saine CAPITOL HILL—President Barack Obama is vowing to finally close down the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as he pledged to do when he first ran for office eight years ago. But the Republican leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate was quick to reject the president’s plan, calling it […]Load more...
Boston, MA, 23 de Febrero, 2016 — *Berklee Latino, el programa de Berklee College of Music impartido en español, se expande a Ecuador y Perú en su tercer año de vida. Berklee Latino también regresa a México con dos programas de 1 semana y a Colombia durante el 2016. El programa ofrece a músicos hispanohablantes […]Load more...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT), Rhode Island State Police and Rhode Island Department of Health today announced that fatalities due to motor vehicle crashes are down in the Ocean State, beating nationally trending data in which fatalities are increasing. Over the past five years, the number of lives lost on Rhode Island roadways […]Load more...
Pawtucket – The City of Pawtucket has been designated a HEARTSafe Community by the Rhode Island Department of Health’s Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program and the American Heart Association, Providence Affiliate. The HEARTSafe initiative is based on the principle that lives can be saved by being prepared with prevention, early access to care, early […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today announced Robert S. Hull as her choice to lead the Department of Revenue. The Governor will submit his name to the Rhode Island State Senate today for their advice and consent. «We are working to ensure that everyone can make it in Rhode Island, in part by […]Load more...
Raimondo Recognizes 2015 Graduation Rates at North Providence High School
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo will announce Rhode Island’s 2015 graduation rates during a student assembly at North Providence High School as part of her continued focus on helping students build the skills they need to succeed. Raimondo, along with Education Commissioner Ken Wagner and others, will release statewide data on graduation rates […]Load more...
Providence – Rhode Island economy created more than 8,000 jobs last year, the most created in a single year since 2000, and our unemployment rate dropped more than any other state in the nation. «Our economy has momentum but we must do more to create a pipeline of educated and skilled workers,» Raimondo said. «To […]Load more...
VOA News Last updated on: February 21, 2016 3:39 PM The suspect in a deadly shooting spree in the northern U.S. state of Michigan is due in court Monday to be arraigned on multiple counts of murder. Authorities arrested 45-year-old Jason Dalton early Sunday in connection with the shootings late Saturday around the city of […]Load more...
VOA News The battle between the U.S. Justice Department and Apple returns to a federal courtroom Monday as the government tries to get the iPhone maker to comply with an order to help it access the phone of a mass shooter. A magistrate judge said last week Apple must provide software to allow the Federal […]Load more...
Seis personas murieron en un tiroteo en el condado de Kalamazoo, en el estado de Michigan (norte de EEUU). El sheriff adjunto de Kalamazoo, Paul Matyas, dijo al canal local 17 News que el atacante disparó en un restaurante de la cadena Cracker Barrel y en una concesionaria de automóviles. Un hombre sospechoso de matar […]Load more...