VOA News November 12, 2015 U.S. President Barack Obama has given the Medal of Honor to an Army captain who tackled a suicide bomber as he was about to detonate himself in Afghanistan in 2012, saving his own life and that of many of his comrades. Obama hung the medal around the neck of retired […]Load more...
Mary Alice Salinas November 13, 2015 WHITE HOUSE—U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to focus on the Trans-Pacific Partnership during a trip to the Philippines and Malaysia next week, as part of the strategic rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region.“The TPP is central to our vision of the region’s future and our place in it,” said […]Load more...
Voz de América – Redacción 10.11.2015 El plan del presidente Barack Obama para proteger de la deportación a unos cinco millones de personas que viven en Estados Unidos sin permiso sufrió otro revés el lunes, en un fallo de una corte federal de apelaciones en Nueva Orleans. En una decisión de 2-1, la Corte de […]Load more...
White House – With a handshake over the “extraordinary” bond between their two countries, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought Monday to dispel the discord that was most visibly seen during the U.S.-led negotiations on a nuclear deal with Iran earlier this year. “It’s no secret that the prime minister […]Load more...
MOSCOW—British Prime Minister David Cameron says he believes it is «more likely than not» that a bomb brought down a Russian passenger jet over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last week, killing all 224 people on board. Speaking before talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is in London Thursday, Cameron also noted that experts are not […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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