WOONSOCKET, R.I., September 3, 2014 — CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) announced today that it is changing its corporate name to CVS Health to reflect its broader health care commitment and its expertise in driving the innovations needed to shape the future of health. “For our patients and customers, health is everything and CVS Health […]Load more...
U.S. President Barack Obama has left Washington on a four-day European trip aimed at reassuring NATO allies of active U.S. support, as regional tensions over Russia’s role in Ukraine continue to rise. Obama will hold a full day of talks Wednesday in the Estonian capital with the presidents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The meetings […]Load more...
WASHINGTON — President Obama is requesting almost $4 billion in emergency funding from Congress to confront an immigration crisis from a wave of unaccompanied children surging across the southern border of the United States, White House officials said Tuesday. The financial request, which is almost twice as much as officials had previously signaled might be […]Load more...
An Internet video uploaded Tuesday by Islamic State purports to show the beheading of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff. A masked figure in the video also issue a threat against a British hostage, a man the group named as David Haines, and warned governments to back off «this evil alliance of America against the Islamic State,» […]Load more...
Rhode Island – Those applying for unemployment benefits in Rhode Island will be required to post their resume on EmployRI website, according to the new regulations of the Department of Labor and Training that came into force on Monday.Load more...
In Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Methodist pastor Jaser Davila said if the Central American migrants he meets daily in this border city are right, more travelers are on their way to the U.S from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Davila’s humanitarian relief group is anticipating another influx like the one that has brought tens of thousands […]Load more...
More than 100 angry relatives of Iraqi soldiers who were abducted by Islamic State militants in June have stormed the country’s parliament. The crowd, mostly from Iraq’s Shi’ite majority, smashed some equipment, assaulted at least two staff members they mistook for lawmakers and were refusing to leave the building, said officials inside. «They were ready […]Load more...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called for a broad global coalition to combat Islamic State militants, also known as ISIS. In an article published in The New York Times Saturday, Kerry said the terrorist group is a rising threat, not just in Iraq and Syria, but anywhere they could manage to travel undetected […]Load more...
British Prime Minister David Cameron said the «root cause» of the terrorist threat in the United Kingdom is «Islamist extremism.» He said the killing of U.S. journalist James Foley is clear evidence that ISIS’ fight in Iraq and Syria «is not some foreign conflict thousands of miles from home that we can hope to ignore.» […]Load more...
A Syrian man accused in a plot to attack U.S. troops in Iraq has been extradited to the United States. Authorities say Ahmad Ibrahim al-Ahmad made his first courtroom appearance on Thursday in Arizona, where he faces multiple federal charges, including the provision of material support to terrorists. Al-Ahmad is accused of supplying bomb components […]Load more...