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, […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
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 […]Load more...
STATE DEPARTMENT—The U.S. has announced plans to expand its refugee admissions program, with a goal of providing more assistance to Central Americans. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the expansion, on Wednesday, as he outlined U.S. foreign policy goals for the year. In a speech at National Defense University, Kerry said the new provisions would […]Load more...
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