PROVIDENCE, RI, Feb. 5, 2014 – Amica Insurance, in partnership with United Way of Rhode Island, Crossroads Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, began the Amica $75,000 Community Challenge on Tuesday. The Community Challenge, now in its second year, encourages people and businesses to make donations to the three charitable organizations between […]readmore
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Feb. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ –CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) announced today that it will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its more than 7,600 CVS/pharmacy stores across the U.S. by October 1, 2014, making CVS/pharmacy the first national pharmacy chain to take this step in support of the health and well-being of […]readmore
Providence – A 17-year-old boy died of a gunshot wound in Providence Tuesday night. The Providence Police were called to a home on Colfax Street shortly before 9 p.m., and officers discovered the boy with a gunshot wound in the Kitchen. The boy was later pronounced deadreadmore
On Monday, Italy’s Justice Minister Annamaria Cancellieri ordered an investigation into the comments made by the judge who reinstated the murder convictions of Amanda Know and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. Last Thursday, Alessandro Nencini sentenced Know to 28 years and six months and Sellecito to 25 years for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith […]readmore
On Tuesday, The FBI arrested forty-five people and sixteen juveniles were rescued following a two-week crackdown on prostitution in the New York-New Jersey area leading up to Sunday’s Super Bowl. According to the FBI, some of the people arrested claimed that they had visited the site because of the football game, which drew about 400,000 […]readmore
Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announce the arrest of thirteen (13) individuals involved in an intricate, large-scale criminal gambling operation. During the past several months, members of the Rhode Island State Police Intelligence […]readmore
Providence, R.I. (February 4, 2014) – As part of the strategic direction of the Providence Public School District articulated by the Providence School Board and Superintendent Dr. Susan Lusi in recent months, the Board’s policy committee began last night to refine a draft policy allowing stakeholders at the building level (administrators, teachers, students, parents and […]readmore
Hillary Rodham Clinton is part of an effort to encourage Hispanic families to read, sing, and talk more to their young children in the hopes that they will be more prepared for school. Last year the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, along with the San Francisco non-profit, Next Generation, started the «Too Small to […]readmore
As New England continue to dig out from yesterday’s storm, state officials are planning for the next round of winter weather due to arrive overnight which could make for a slow morning commute Wednesday. Winter Storm Warning URGENT- Winter Weather Message National Weather Service Taunton, MA 1222 pm Est. Tue Feb 4, 2014 …Wintry weather […]readmore
The Food and Drug administration is launching a new campaign geared towards teens in hopes of stopping them from smoking and encouraging them to quit. This $115 million multimedia education campaign called «The Real Cost» will use adds depicting yellow teeth, wrinkled skin, and other costs at-risk teenagers face if they smoke cigarettes. Beginning February […]readmore