Outdoorsman John Sturgeon’s fight with the U.S. government is about much more than whether the National Park Service can ban his use of a hovercraft to travel over otherwise inaccessible parts of Alaska’s Nation River. The former Alaskan chief forester’s legal battle has tapped into deep-seated anger at Washington and a passionate desire among Alaskans […]readmore
VOA News January 20, 2016 5:05 AM About 1 percent of visitors who arrived in the country by air or sea remained in the country last year after they were supposed to leave, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said. According to data the department released Tuesday, about 45 million of those visitors were due […]readmore
VOA News January 20, 2016 9:35 AM In the inaugural “Best Countries” ranking, the United States places fourth. The rankings, which were compiled by U.S. News & World Report, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and global brand consultants BAV Consulting, were released Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The best country, according […]readmore
El Servicio Meteorológico de Estados Unidos emitió este miércoles un aviso de ventisca –nieve con fuertes vientos—que podría afectar el área metropolitana de Washington a partir del viernes y hasta el domingo. La advertencia se debe a “condiciones potencialmente peligrosas” para la vida durante la noche del viernes y el sábado todo el día en […]readmore
VOA News After a mild start, winter is about to make itself felt along the eastern United States at the end of this week. Forecasters say a major winter snowstorm could affect tens of millions of people from Kentucky through New England late Friday through Sunday. Most forecasters are not calling this a historic storm. […]readmore
VOA News The Obama administration has named a senior official to help deal with the toxic water crisis plaguing the city of Flint, Michigan. President Barack Obama met Tuesday with Flint Mayor Karen Weaver to hear firsthand about how her city’s residents were dealing with the public health crisis. Obama said Dr. Nicole Lurie, assistant […]readmore
VOA News The first of several thousand Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica have crossed into the United States under a plan agreed to among Central American leaders. The migrants arrived in Miami Sunday, after 180 of them first crossed the U.S. border late last week at Laredo, Texas. The deal allows the migrants to […]readmore
VOA News After being released from Iran as part of a prisoner swap, a group of Americans got to meet Monday with family and supporters who spent months and years following their cases from afar and advocating for their release. Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian met with senior editors from the newspaper at a U.S. […]readmore
Carolyn Presutti, Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear a case challenging President Barack Obama’s plan to protect more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation and allow them to work legally in the United States. The president’s executive order was aimed at deferring deportation of parents of American-born children and […]readmore
January 19th, 2015 #innovateRI Rhode Island Innovates Metropolitan Policy Program Slater Mill 1793 The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution Blurring Distinction Between Manufacturing and Services Relentless Pace of Technological Change “Digitization of Everything” 2016 R&D-intensive industries that concentrate the nation’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. A M E R I C W H […]readmore