U.S retail sales fell 0.1 percent in December, ending a very disappointing year for holiday sales and raising new concerns about consumer spending in 2016. All told, retail sales rose 2.1 percent for all of of 2015, a far cry from the 3.9 percent gain the year before. Much of the downward pressure has been […]readmore
VOA News U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has announced that Army General Joseph Votel will be nominated as commander of U.S. Central Command, which overseas operations in Iraq and Syria. Carter said Thursday Votel was his «only recommendation to the president.» Votel, who heads special operations forces, would take over leadership of U.S. Central Command, […]readmore
WASHINGTON – In just over a month, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved more than $8.5 million in low-interest disaster loans for 242 businesses and residents in the areas affected by Superstorm Sandy. The SBA on Dec. 2 reopened the disaster loan filing period for businesses and residents recovering from Superstorm Sandy. “The […]readmore
Reuters MIAMI —A judge in Miami on Thursday ordered the transfer to Texas of a Venezuelan businessman accused by U.S. prosecutors of taking part in a $1 billionconspiracy to pay bribes to obtain contracts from Venezuela’s state oil company. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrea Simonton deferred to a federal judge in Houston on whether Abraham Jose […]readmore
The western U.S. state of California and the southeastern states of Tennessee and Florida all have winners who will split the record-breaking Powerball lottery with a jackpot of $1.6 billion. A spokesman for the California lottery, Alex Traverso, said late Wednesday a winning ticket had been purchased in Chino Hills, a modest suburb of Los […]readmore
Boston – el jueves en la mañana ejecutivos de General Electric se reunieron con funcionarios de Massachusetts en la ciudad de Boston. El gobernador Charlie Baker y el alcalde Martin Baker celebraron la noticia de GE se decidiera por Boston. Boston en el distrito del puerto puede ser el lugar de las oficinas centrales de […]readmore
Carla Babb VOA NEWS – PENTAGON — Oman’s state news agency said 10 Yemeni detainees from the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, arrived in Oman on Thursday for a «temporary stay» in response to a request from the United States. A U.S. defense official had told VOA the 10 detainees would be sent […]readmore
Bernard Shusman NEW YORK—In early December, 2015, Muslims and their beliefs become the hottest, most incendiary topic in the U.S. presidential election campaign. “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of all Muslims entering the United States,” announced Republican candidate and frontrunner Trump, making his position and thinking about Muslims very […]readmore
Un nuevo reporte reveló que más de 750 mil centroamericanos indocumentados se podrían beneficiar de una extensión del Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS, por sus siglas en inglés). El reporte avala una serie de peticiones que van desde organizaciones comunitarias hasta precandidatos a la presidencia y líderes en el Congreso, que consideran necesario otorgar el […]readmore
The decade-long partnership between Family Service of Rhode Island and the Providence Police Department, and their work on sex trafficking issues, will be a focus of an upcoming international conference in San Diego on Wednesday, January 27th. The 30th annual “San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment” is sponsored by the Chadwick Center […]readmore