Associated Press TUCSON, ARIZ.—In the past five years, Gabby Giffords has hiked the Grand Canyon, gone skydiving, raced in a 40-mile bike ride and founded an advocacy group that helped persuade President Barack Obama to take executive action on gun control.That’s while recovering from a gunshot wound that nearly killed her, learning to speak again […]Load more...
Associated Press YOKOSUKA, JAPAN—U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin talked to reporters Friday about two of the biggest challenges the U.S. military faces in Asia: North Korea and the South China Sea.It was his first such meeting with the media since assuming command of the Navy’s 7th Fleet last September. He spoke aboard the USS […]Load more...
Molly McKitterick Fighting the battle against terrorism on the Internet, the White House and its top law enforcement officials met Friday with the nation’s biggest technology companies in San Jose, California. The list of government participants reveals just how seriously the Obama administration is taking the threat posed by Islamic State and others on social […]Load more...
U.S. officials are trying to figure out how an inert Hellfire missile used in a training mission in Europe ended up in Cuba, according to a report, in what appears to be one of the most bizarre ever disappearances of sensitive U.S. military technology. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that U.S. officials have for […]Load more...
VOA News Last updated on: January 08, 2016 A gunman claiming to have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State terror group ambushed a police officer Thursday as he sat in his marked car in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, firing multiple times at the officer. According to authorities, the officer, who was struck three times in the left […]Load more...
Applications are due January 18. Priority will be given to college students studying/ residing in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts. Students will receive a weekly stipend, and all housing and transportation costs will be covered. I’d be happy to answer any questions. We appreciate your help sharing this opportunity with students. Four of the local positions […]Load more...
SLAMABAD—A suspected US drone strike Friday killed at least 17 Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan shortly after the extremist group beheaded seven people in the same area, said officials and residents. The violence occurred in the remote Achin district of Nangarhar province, which borders Pakistan. The volatile district is where IS is believed to […]Load more...
Sus arrestos reviven los pedidos de detener la acogida de refugiados hasta asegurar que no se compromete la seguridad de Estados Unidos. Voz de América – Redacción – Dos refugiados iraquíes fueron arrestados en Houston, Texas y Sacramento, California, por cargos relacionados con terrorismo. Las capturas avivan las críticas al plan de la Casa Blanca […]Load more...
Rhode Island – La Gobernadora Gina Raimondo se unió a Dunkin Donuts en el Rhode Island Blood Center el jueves para celebrar el Mes Nacional del Donante de Sangre y lanzar el programa de Donantes de Dunkin Donuts que reconoce la contribución de los donantes durante el mes de Enero regalándoles una tarjeta de $5 […]Load more...
VOA News January 07, 2016 The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned a key Hezbollah support network Thursday, targeting financier and member Ali Youssef Charara and his telecommunications company, Spectrum Investment Group. As a result, all the assets of Charara and Spectrum that are based in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. […]Load more...