Massachusetts – En Lakeville, la policía está buscando a una madre que huyo con sus dos hijos. Valerie McGrath recogió a sus dos hijos, Steven de 5 y Eden de 7 años de la casa de su padre, quien tiene la custodia, legal para un visita programada. Ella debía regresar a los niños a las […]readmore
Massachusetts – En Framingham, la Congresista Katherine Clark y el jefe de policía Kenneth Ferguson están debatiendo el fenómeno del “swatting” o la denuncia falsa de un incidente que provoca la respuesta de un equipo SWAT. Las autoridades dicen que han tenido varios de esos caos de llamadas falsas a los departamentos de policía de […]readmore
Rhode Island – El conocido empresario Leon F. Tejada comparecio el viernes en la corte federal y se declaro culpable a los cargos de fraude tributario y fraude de correo, como previamente lo habia acordado con la fiscalia. Documentos de la corte muestran que Tejada cobro ilegalmente los reembolsos de algunos de sus clientes a […]readmore
VOA News December 22, 2015 A U.S. pharmaceutical company announced Monday it had terminated CEO Martin Shkreli in what is the latest fallout from his arrest last week on security fraud charges. KaloBios said Shkreli was fired on Thursday, the same day he was arrested and stepped down as CEO of another drugmaker, Turing Pharmaceuticals. […]readmore
Associated Press December 22, 2015 3:02 PM SEMINOLE, FLA.—The federal government has acknowledged that it wrongly declared more than 100 veterans dead and suspended their benefit payments, and says it is changing its policy of confirming deaths.Mike Rieker, a 69-year-old Vietnam War Navy veteran who was among those wrongly declared dead, said his situation turned […]readmore
VOA News December 22, 2015 A grand jury in the southern U.S. state of Texas decided Monday not to charge anyone in connection with the death of a woman who was arrested during a traffic stop and later died in jail. Special prosecutor Darrell Jordan said that while no officers or jail staff were indicted, […]readmore
December, 2015- Mayor Allan W. Fung testified at a public hearing regarding a proposed municipal solid waste disposal fee pricing structure and procedure which would drastically increase the tip fee that municipalities are charged by the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation. Under this proposal, the tip fee would increase from the current $32 / per […]readmore
By David Salvatore As 2015 draws to a close, Providence has received some welcome good news. In the recent Milken Institute rankings of Best Performing Cities in the United States, the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area jumped thirty spots to break the top 100, landing at 95 for 2015, after finishing at 126 in 2014. Providence was […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – December 21, 2015 – HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University (HWRI) today released its analysis of foreclosures in Rhode Island for Q3 2015. The report looks at the number of residential foreclosures in each of Rhode Island’s 39 cities and towns and offers regional comparisons. Quick Glance Findings: * 184 residential foreclosure […]readmore
Como parte de su iniciativa para promover la necesidad de reformar el sistema de justicia penal de Estados Unidos. Voz de América Por tercera vez en un año, el presidente Barack Obama conmutó las penas de 95 presos por delitos no violentos, relacionados en su mayoría con la posesión y distribución de drogas. Con este […]readmore