Michael Bowman CAPITOL HILL —In this special report from Capitol Hill, VOA’s Senate correspondent spoke with multiple lawmakers about a weighty issue before Congress: authorizing the fight against the Islamic State group.Even with the announced deployment of U.S. special forces on the ground in Syria, U.S. lawmakers remain sharply divided about the need for and […]readmore
Providence, RI. – NOV. 5, 2015 – Rhode Island earned a “B” on the 2015 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card. Rhode Island’s preterm birth rate was 8.6 percent in 2014, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. The rate exceeded the new March of Dimes 2020 goal of 8.1 percent. “This detailed […]readmore
Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces that a local restaurant owner and private school teacher was arrested this afternoon for two counts of second degree sexual assault. Two female employees alleged that they were assaulted by the business owner inside his restaurant identified as PieZoni’s, located at 40 Sockanosset […]readmore
November 5, 2015 — Providence, R.I. – National Grid and the Office of the Rhode Island Attorney General are once again warning National Grid customers to beware of the latest on-going episode of utility billing scams. As has been the case several times in the past few years, the Attorney General’s office and National Grid’s […]readmore
Courtesy of Providence Journal By Kate Bramson Journal Staff Writer Governor Raimondo is keeping a member of the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation’s board of directors, Vanessa Toledo-Vickers, whom she nominated in April, saying she’s doing a good job and there’s no reason to seek her dismissal because of her ownership of a West Warwick nightclub. The […]readmore
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfTQuyoOieI[/embedyt] Miami, FL (29 de octubre, 2015) – ALEXIS y FIDO, «Los Grandes» son los artistas más escuchado en Venezuela, así lo confirma esta semana el Record Report de Venezuela, su nuevo éxito SANTA DE MI DEVOCION se encuentra en la posición #1 del Top 40. El video de SANTA DE MI DEVOCION, filmado en Puerto Rico, ya ha […]readmore
Por lprriPublished: October 30, 2015Massachusetts – El Gobernador Charlie Baker dice que la agencia de bienestar infantil del estado examinara los casos que tuvo a su cargo un trabajador social luego de que se descubriera que copio informes antiguos para preparar las evaluaciones de la madre de Bella Bond la pequeña de 2 años de edad […]readmore
Massachusetts – En Boston, Dennis Campbell de Uxbridge el hombre acusado de hacer una amenaza falsa de bomba compareció en corte y se declaró no culpable al cargo. El está libre bajo fianza de $250, el juez le ha prohibido que viaje en avión. La fiscalía alega que Campbell de 55 años le dijo a una […]readmore
Por lprriPublished: October 30, 2015Rhode Island – La policía ha identificado a una de dos mujeres sospechosas de robar 14 abrigos en la tienda REI de Chapel View Plaza en Cranston, la semana pasada como Shareese Lashawanda Dennis de 42 años de East Providence. El monto del robo según las autoridades supera los $4,000. Si ud. […]readmore
October 30, 2015 The Volvo Ocean Race will once again head back to Rhode Island, it was announced today. Newport, the sailing-mad coastal town which hosted the event for the first time in May, will again welcome the Race in its 13th edition, in 2017-18. The announcement came in Providence, Rhode Island earlier this afternoon, […]readmore