VOA News Three days into his historic first visit to the United States, Pope Francis shifts his attention from the nation’s political capital to its economic heart. His flight Thursday afternoon from Washington’s nearby Joint Base Andrews was expected to land at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 5 p.m. local time […]Load more...
Associated Press LOS ANGELES—Bob Rand bought his Volkswagen Passat last year for its clean emissions and high gas mileage. He liked the car so much he convinced his son and a friend to buy one, too.Now, as Volkswagen comes clean about rigging diesel emissions to pass U.S. tests, Rand is desperately trying to sell the […]Load more...
NEW YORK —Pope Francis is headed to 5th Avenue in Manhattan. There, across from Rockefeller Center and New York City’s famous shopping district, stands St. Patrick’s Cathedral – the largest Neo-Gothic style Roman Catholic cathedral in the United States — where the pontiff will hold an evening prayer, shortly after arriving on September 24.For visitors […]Load more...
BRISTOL, R.I – While the 2008 election of Barack Obama as the first black president in U.S. history broke a significant racial barrier in American politics, the highest elected office in the land still remains a hurdle uncleared for female politicians. With former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina among […]Load more...
VOA News The latest U.S. political survey shows billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump maintaining his lead in the crowded field of Republican Party candidates seeking the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ahead in the Democratic contest. The Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday showed the outspoken Trump with the […]Load more...
CAPITOL HILL—Pope Francis used his address to a deeply divided U.S. Congress to call on the lawmakers to renew “a spirit of fraternity and solidarity, cooperating generously for the common good.” «A political society endures when it seeks, as a vocation, to satisfy common needs by stimulating the growth of all its members, especially those […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo has appointed Commissioner James E. Purcell, Ph.D. and Naomi R. Thompson, Esq. to the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). «Education is the ladder to the middle class and here in Rhode Island we need to do everything possible to prepare our young students to compete in […]Load more...
Senator urged changes to make applying for federal financial aid easier for students and families WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today commended the Obama Administration for making a series of needed changes that will simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application process and make applying for financial aid easier for college-bound […]Load more...
PAWTUCKET – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), who has repeatedly urgedCongress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, issued the following statement today after General Electric announced it would move 500 American jobs overseas as a result of Congress allowing the Export-Import Bank’s charter to expire earlier this year: “Yesterday’s announcement that General Electric is moving 500 American jobs overseas is the clearest evidence to date that […]Load more...
Reuters, September 16, 2015 The U.S. Federal Reserve will hold fire a bit longer on its first interest rate rise in nearly a decade, according to a little over half of economists in a Reuters poll who only last week narrowly predicted the Fed will pull the trigger on Thursday. The survey of 80 economists based […]Load more...
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