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
La Corte Suprema de Justicia de Estados Unidos dijo este martes que ha admitido estudiar el recurso legal contra la orden ejecutiva del presidente Obama sobre migración decretada el año pasado. La orden ejecutiva garantizaría la protección contra la deportación de casi 5 millones de inmigrantes que entraron al país de manera indocumentada. El recurso […]readmore
VOA News The United States is looking for three U.S. contractors who were reportedly kidnapped in Baghdad. Iraqi and U.S. officials say the company for whom the three are working went missing two days ago. There are no details on their identities or what their jobs are in Iraq, but many different companies are working […]readmore
Senators Call for Action to Reduce Student Loan Debt and Help Families Pay for College Providence, RI – Friday, at Roger Williams University’s campus in Providence, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse sat down with Rhode Island students and graduates to talk about the climbing costs of higher education and how student debt-which has skyrocketed […]readmore
BOSTON – Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Commissioner Judith Judson announced today at the New England International Auto Show that the Baker-Polito Administration is adding $2 million in funding to DOER’s electric vehicle (EV) rebate program. «Electric vehicles are a vital component of our Global Warming Solutions Act commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in […]readmore